Half a Shell
pastel on pastelbord 9.5" x 19"purchaseAn instructor of mine from my days at PAFA (The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) thought that the practice of cropping a subject is a detriment to the world of painting. He would say that it broke the illusion of a "poetic" dimensional space by bringing too much attention to the edges. Since then I've become a fan of cropping intentionally. I like the tension it can create, and the element of surprise.
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pastel on pastelbord 9.5" x 19"
An instructor of mine from my days at PAFA (The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) thought that the practice of cropping a subject is a detriment to the world of painting. He would say that it broke the illusion of a "poetic" dimensional space by bringing too much attention to the edges. Since then I've become a fan of cropping intentionally. I like the tension it can create, and the element of surprise.
