Graphic LA - pgs 39-57

big shapes are important, more important than individual parts
Ivan 小红花... | Kai Fine Art

I think applying this idea to the figure would be good too, not just landscapes jordan_sokol
Aimee Erickson's painting, "Sarah", awarded Best of Show at the 2014 American Women Artists national Juried Exhibition.

graphic in nature, dimensional in execution, I'm not sure if I think this is a universal law but it works really well with Rob Ruppel's art


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