tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:59 +0000Oil Painting Theory and Techniques with a focus on experiential learning, conception, color, and design.http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/Gabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)Blogger7125SecretsOfAModernPainterhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-8506123132216069638Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:24:00 +00002009-02-21T18:09:39.248-05:00Oil PaintingCityscapeMemoryKey ConceptsWhen you are approaching a subject, or deciding to paint experimentally, based purely on feeling, it is often helpful to ground the work in an idea.Most of my paintings have been done from memory, so always the dreamlike quality of memory is one of the subjects of my paintings.Here are 3 Key Concepts to guide you toward a more powerful and cohesive work of art.Base the work on one set of emotionshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/1gMHgwWRDoI/oil-painting-3-keys-to-formulating-idea.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/1gMHgwWRDoI" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/02/oil-painting-3-keys-to-formulating-idea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-3392684669611212785Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:39:00 +00002009-02-14T13:59:45.352-05:00First, a thank youto all of the new readers of SecretsofAModernPainter, this week saw a huge increase in subscriptions. Please keep the emails and questions coming and I will do my best to answer in my posts.3 Thoughts on Oil Painting1. Endings- Know where you are headed and balance repetition and variation. It may change, but try to keep in mind where that final stroke will be, where are our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/8xTmXnzVus4/oil-painting-3-thoughts.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/8xTmXnzVus4" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/02/oil-painting-3-thoughts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-7091158286930413122Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-02-09T12:15:50.099-05:00Oil PaintingMusicShapeSpaceTime I'll start as I usually do with a stream and clarify throughout the post sections. What do I mean by defining and having control over Space and Time in painting, or for that matter in any art? Typically, you don't start off with a misshapen piece of canvas or paper, you start off with a shape, more often than not, a rectangle or a square. Right there you have defined space and begin reflecting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/w6j7N0iV5gg/oil-painting-on-space-and-time-part-1.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/w6j7N0iV5gg" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/02/oil-painting-on-space-and-time-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-479836767143336032Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:49:00 +00002009-02-03T22:00:53.033-05:00VariablesSuspensionEvolutionResponseMaterialsEnergyWeightStimulusDirectionPowerIf you want to learn to really paint, and not just mimic a style or copy the world or pictures of it, you have come to the right place.These are the tenets that guide me, what I think about in order to create my works. If you have any questions, let me know. If you like what I have to say, please leave a comment.Everything you do will make you better. Move forward, learn, grow. Don't worry about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/Wa2uqJqLj6o/secrets-of-modern-painter-evolution-5.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/Wa2uqJqLj6o" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/02/secrets-of-modern-painter-evolution-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-3795820526640419975Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:01:00 +00002009-02-03T22:01:47.740-05:00ColorInfinite ColorColor TheoryColor MixingInfinite ColorThis is a powerful, now revised and updated article, on Infinite Color, I had previously published at Helium.com. Make sure to subscribe to Secrets of A Modern Painter to get all the latest posts to help you deepen your artistic sensibility and rapidly improve as an painter.While learning to mix color from the master oil painter Hongnian Zhang, at the Woodstock school of art, I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/Q69UCJ4kEwg/secrets-of-modern-painter-infinite.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/Q69UCJ4kEwg" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/01/secrets-of-modern-painter-infinite.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-3540820274656039118Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:16:00 +00002009-02-03T22:03:09.392-05:00Oil PaintingPainting StylesWritingSuccessExperienceHaving spent over ten years writing just about everything: poetry, stories, plays, and screenplays, as well as essays, articles, and journals, before I began to paint in 1999- after nearly a year off- I see many similarities between the construction of a painting and a piece of writing.As with all of my entries, as in all of my paintings, this will not be completely linear, the process of writinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/T-d58bFFUcY/oil-painting-secrets-of-modern-painter.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/T-d58bFFUcY" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/01/oil-painting-secrets-of-modern-painter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750980160280425282.post-4814845762803455295Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:04:00 +00002009-02-03T22:02:52.774-05:00Oil PaintingSucessReal ArtistryBeginningsOptimismI hope my insights help you become the artist you want to be.When I began to paint a decade ago, I brought with me 15 years of writing experience, and over 20 years of music improvisation and composition. But nothing really prepared me for the challenges of creating powerful images in paint.Now, I have painted thousands upon thousands of pictures and made notes of my discoveries. Some of what I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~3/lvovn9aBY7A/secrets-of-modern-painter.htmlGabriel@GabrielBoray.Com (Gabriel Boray)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SecretsOfAModernPainter/~4/lvovn9aBY7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://secretsofamodernpainter.blogspot.com/2009/01/secrets-of-modern-painter.html