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Professor Bronner
Index of Concepts & Examples
Painting & Drawing Concepts
Thomas Eakins
Swimming (The Swimming Hole)
1885
oil on canvas
27 3/8 x 36 3/8 inches
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
Index
Index of Concepts & Examples
Gesture
Chiaroscuro
Notan
Imprimatura
Grisaille
Blocking In
Ellipses
Cross-Contour
Golden Ratio, Rabatment, Rule of Thirds
Disegno
Building form with Planes
Preparatory Drawings for a Painting
Human form through Planes (head and body)
Linear Perspective
Atmospheric Perspective
Reflected Light
Elements of Design : Shape
Keep it Simple
Edges
Clouds and Perspective
Water and Perspective
In Person
Touch
Alla Prima
Color
Color Theory
Color Temperature
Complementary Colors
Analogous Colors
How Wayne Thiebaud uses color
Cennini System
Sfumato (Leonardo)
Cangiantismo (Michelangelo)
Unione (Raphael)
The Zorn Palette
Color Zones of the Face
Color Mixing : Say no to White and Black, Three tubes every time, Color Temperature and Mixing
Color Gamut (limited palette).