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 Most of the courses in the Virtual Art AcademyŽ program deal with either the
music side of painting (notan, design & composition, color, and brushwork),
or the illusion aspect of the poetry side of painting (observation, shape,
and form). As we saw in the course unit on visual music and poetry, a good
illusion by itself does not make poetry. The illusion needs to have some sort
of focus and to create a concept for the painting.
For example, if you want to exaggerate one aspect of your painting to support
your concept, you need to simplify all the other areas of your painting. Often,
what you take out of your painting is more important than what you leave in.
If you have rendered one area of the painting in some detail, you may need
to leave other areas of the painting looser and less defined. If you have a
high degree of contrast in one area of the painting, you may want to have less
contrast in other areas and leave them more subdued.
In this course unit
In this unit we are going to take a look at how to create a concept. You will
learn:
- the six major types of concept: emotional; aesthetic; descriptive; narrative;
complex idea; and message
- the two types of concept that can get you in trouble, and why
- the principle of subordination and how to deal with multiple subjects in
your paintings without losing your focus
- how to take advantage of relationships to add poetry to your work and why
they are so powerful
- when and how to simplify to give more focus to your concept
- the most common mistake beginners make when creating poetry and music:
the poetry/music mismatch
- how to choose the subject matter for your work
- how to develop your own individual style of painting
- a five-step process for coming up with a concept for a painting
Total number of assignments: 4
Total number of pages: 22
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