margaret-cooter
Looking and thinking, seeing and doing
08 February 2015
"A touch of red"
If you saw the movie Mr Turner you probably remember him adding a blob of red to a painting. (
This
is what that was about.)
Not this much, though
When you look at almost any painting by Constable, you'll see a bit of red ... put your thumb over it to "remove" it, and something vital is missing.
Hadleigh Castle (
via
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The White Horse (
via
)
In Julia Caprara's embroidery classes I learned that a touch of red - or turquoise, her favourite - both draws your eye and sends it to other parts of the work.
By Julia Caprara (
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)
What "touches" do you use to enliven your work?
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