Of the various forms of art, I recommend the still life as the best learning tool. When I started out I first studied the still life paintings of Chardin. I copied paintings by Chardin and Cezanne, among others. 1973 Richard Perry oil on canvas from Chardin composition
The advantages of still life painting are: You can take your time (until the fruit rots). Unlike a landscape you can easily rearrange the composition. I recommend using a lazy Susan so you can spin your objects around to get new views. This allows for randomness - a great tool to progress in art. (I read that one of the Impressionists, it may have been Renoir, painstakingly set up a flower still life in class, only to instruct the class to paint if from the back.
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Steve Rowan
2/15/2021 09:14:16 am
Really good work..I did not know about that talent..thanks for sharing.
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AuthorRichard Perry is an artist in Brewster, Massachusetts Archives
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