BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter March 23rd, Tangents

Published: Tue, 03/23/21

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #305, Tangents

Hello from Florida! It is definitely a lot warmer then last week when I was in Duluth, MN and also a lot warmer then the last time I was in Florida a couple of months ago. I will be in Fort Lauderdale and then move to Sarasota where I decided I can still do a BeckerArt Paint-a-long this coming Thursday.
I came down to Florida to see if I can pick up a bunch of new places to do workshops and classes at. I was suppose to do one here in Fort Lauderdale this year but it got canceled but I decided to come down anyways to search for more places to teach next year around Jan. and Feb. 2022. Thanks to the many of you that have already suggested places I should look into.

I have to apologies for screwing up the paint-a-long photo in last week's newsletter... If I ever screw that up again the place you can get that photo is on my website at www.BeckerArt.net. I have all info on my website anytime you are looking for anything that has to do with anything that is happening with my classes, workshops, paint-a-longs, brush and painting sales.

Show your paint-a-long work on my Facebook Group.

NO Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville March 25th 1pm to 3:30pm

NO Class at The Studio in McHenry March 20th and the 27th 9:00am to 11:30am

Email me at Beckerart@gmail.com for any info you may need about my classes or workshops.

Tangents

One of my artists friends had asked me last week about tangents and I thought it would be a great time to explain tangents and how they can flatten a watercolor scene. Tangents can be a problem in composition by flattening the scene and make things look wonky.

Tangents come into play when designing two dimensional artwork such as drawings and paintings. They are created when two objects, such as a line or shape, touch but do not overlap. Because they can be visually awkward or ambiguous, tangents tend to draw the viewers attention which can be a bad thing in composing a good composition. It also flattens the image because you can't tell which of the lines or points of an object are closer or farther away making it impossible to identify it's position.

The easiest ways to fix a tangent is to just illuminate the exact point where the lines or objects touch by either overlapping the objects or separating them to a distance away from each other.

Below is a sketch where the top sketch has loads of tangents and the sketch below was fixed by overlapping and separating the tangents. See how many you can find that were fixed in the sketch below. I think I count about 11 tangents.

Overlap your objects to create dimension.

David

BeckerArt Live in Person WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2021

WORKSHOP Michigan Water Color Society, Battle Creek, MI. June 1st, 2nd and 3rd POSTPONED TO 2022

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June28th - July 1st INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Thousand Island Arts Center, W/C, Clayton NY Aug 10,11,12 INFO HERE

Product of the Week

Yep that's my book and it has things about tangents in it. BUY HERE

Artist of the Week

MICHAEL REARDON Saw this artist was a judge for a Florida watercolor society show.

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