Old People Can Too

Feedback from Dale

I am an older art student who is making an effort to re-degree my career in Fine Arts. Fine Arts training is usable training not only in artistic endeavors but in mathematics, chemistry, biology and research. I am always looking for new materials, discovering old ways of creating my own materials and their uses. I plan to use my research and training as a tool for education in local communities and foreign countries to enrich the lives of others.
My biggest challenge in art is proportion and color. I grope extensively for proper placement and dimensions of my visual field. I am also mild / moderate duetan colorblindness depending upon the light. The best light seems to be mid-tone, not to bright, not to dark. Awkwardly, I seem to see greens / reds comfortably enough to function well in life.

I hope to see learn specific techniques in painting that would allow me to demonstrate how the older masters painted. I’ve looked over a number of paintings to see how they moved color into a painting, moved paint next to another without overlap and no white space, and the lighting effects.

I want to win the Web Art Academy course to complete my training in drawing and painting, specifically oil painting. I’ve taken Drawing I and Drawing II, and water-based painting but will have to quit this semester because of finances. The next step is oil-based painting and clothed figure drawing.

I am traditionally began as a 3D artist in ceramics and sculpture but became intrigued in 2D visual studio art after two courses in Art History. In my art history classes I studied Wilton Diptych where we get our current company branded logos (the white hart) and Winslow Homer’s “Snap the Whip” where we see the entire American civil are played out among the blue and the grey. I’m hoping to complete my basic 2D training with a course in oil painting.

I enjoy exploring history through art and it’s effects on modern day society. Both of these paintings portray history and effect on today’s society. I’ve chosen to use the American painter Homer Winslow painting of Crack the Whip as my image (public domain).