Armature Example - Borrego Springs and a Tool.
Notes I am beginning a series of shorter posts. Each post will concentrate on one topic and in an order such that they will build on each other. The series is open-ended but they will begin with topics on composition. The underlying mathematics will be explained where ever possible or at various points. Introduction I want to preface this post with my usual 'disclaimer'. When I first began to paint I wanted to make sure that the left-side of my brain didn't take over, which -as a Mathematician- it's prone to do; I wanted to be expressive ! However, as the years went by I couldn't avoid seeing how often mathematics entered into discussions of composition, for example. So I decided to spend time investigating for my own self the symbiotic relationship of math and art. My usual approach to a painting now is to start off analytically, with measurements and thoughts about proportions and unequal measures, and perspective in the landscape and the direction of light and