Yes, I have something to say!

I am a published Haiku poet who finds great satisfaction in devotional writing. On a practical level I write “how to” articles about the things I love to do and the questions I hear most often on my job as a graphic designer. I aspire to write art reviews and articles on faith, art, and culture. The Blog, Yes, I Have Something to Say, was restarted the summer of 2020 with that goal in mind. It is about art and all things creative.

 

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Dealing with the Background in Your Artwork.
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Dealing with the Background in Your Artwork.

This question is probably one of the most important questions a student can ask, because most students don’t want to deal with the background in their art work. They render an object and then they are done. That isn’t wrong, but there is this whole other dimension of creating objects that exist in a place with things around them, or atmosphere, light, and shadow.

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