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11-30-2019 – Photographing for Painting
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excerpt,
“There are multiple opinions about painting from photographs vs. working from real life observation. Frankly, like many controversial subjects, I think this one takes on tunnel vision. The important thing is not where your images come from, but how you experience them and what you do with them….”
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Dianne Mize is one of my fav artist teachers to read and learn from. She’s the one who explained Notan well enough for me I bought a Notan book, lol! And, begun applying it – ok, sorta 😊 – in my art work. She is definitely the 1st to make me really look at and consider values in colors as not only technically useful, but beauty enhancing (for my purposes).
She publishes free tutorials via both her newsletter and YouTube, plus offers live fee-based online intensives with live feedback.
This particular tutorial appealed to me specifically because, other than my free-range intuitive abstracts, most of my work is based from my own original photos. So I personally know how valuable her information in this post is, and was a great reminder to myself of how to take better advantage of the visual information in my photos! ❤️
Her full website w/tons of links is at : https://diannemize.com/ .
And her most eye-catching career detail for me is, “Teacher and Art Department Head, Georgia’s Governor’s Honors Program (Six Summers)”
My fav quote from her bio is, “I prefer artists who ignore the current trends and follow their own inner directions, regardless of genre or time period.” 💕
I hope you’ll give this remarkable teacher of many decades a look. I truly think you might be surprised how pleased you’ll be you did 😊
Thanks everyone!
Adan
I love the shots. I really appreciate that
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Thanks, Robert! Dianne always has these amazingly clear to understand visual examples! I’ve gotten a few of her digital download art instruction videos and I’m just continually amazed the clarity of her visuals & instructions. Glad you saw this & commented, thanks again! 🙏 😊
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You are very welcome
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[…] setting before clicking the shutter. Then thought they’d make a good comparison. Reminded me of Dianne Mize’s Photography for Painting reblog post I’d done. Not exactly what she was talking about, but along the same thread – using […]
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Most of my work comes from photos I have taken as well and it is a constant struggle not to lean on them too much. I do feel very strongly that artists should use only their own material.
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It’s “very” rare myself that I use something outside my own work, preferring my own photos or memories or just imagination, to do a new painting; but I no longer fight the fact of all the visual and musical and other influences I’ve absorbed over the decades percolates in pieces and patterns into my own interpretations. It’s good this is so I think, that we are truly all bound to each other this way ❤️
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That is an inspiring thought. Thank you for sharing it with me.
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[…] only after sun’d gone down. Ahhh, the challenges of art 😊 And speaking of photo’ing my art, my recent Reblog, Photography for Painting, a newsletter tip via artist-teacher Dianne Mize, handling a different aspect of using photography […]
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing, I’m watching/following her on You Tube right now! We can all use education!
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Isn’t she wonderful! And the vastness of what she offers on YouTube, newsletter pointers, and on her site still surprises (and pleases 😊) me!
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