Qiang Huang 8-11-09
August 11th, 2009
“Flowing Color”
5″ x 7″ Oil Painting
I was not familiar Qiang Huang’s work until very recently but I am really impressed with his work. Qiang Huang is always trying to bring his work to the next level. As he explains on his blog, he is trying new surfaces to see if he can get more painterly effects with thinner paint. This is something that I have also been trying and I have found that I get a much more painterly effect and I can control the paint much better.
Here is what I like about the oil painting “Flowing Colors”
- #1. The way the color from the yellow apple flows into the red apple. Actually, the color is bouncing of the red apple into the yellow apple, but I like the way he handles this.
- #2. There is a harmony to this painting that comes from astute observation. If you were to paint these three local colors with your head you would not get a very good harmony. If you observe what is actually there you always find a harmony due to the light source.
- #3. By allowing the green apple to be slightly submerged in shadow the painting takes on great depth.
Look and Enjoy!
