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July 9 2015

I am thankful for times spend with my beautiful daughter.

Thankful for the beautiful sunshine!

Category Painting

I’ve been studying one of my painting books and found something interesting, I wanted to share with everyone.   It has to do with a mathematician from the 13th Century named Fibonacci, he recognized a series in nature, where the third number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 etc.

Otherwise known as the “Golden Ratio” or phi. The ratio of 1.618 and can be detected through out nature, discovered in plants, animals, DNA, crystals, everywhere in life. Basically divide your picture plane into thirds both horizontally and vertically and never have the focal point in the middle.

I created this painting; I’m calling it “Blue Alien”.   I used Acrylic paint on 8 ½ inches by 11 inches, 110 pound card stock.

Lessons Learned:

• Bones in our hands from the tips of the fingers to the base of the wrist increase by the proportion of 1.618
• The length from the shoulder to the fingertips, divided by the length from the elbow to the fingertips is 1.618
• Divide your page into thirds
• Never place your subject in the direct center

My thoughts:

While I don’t divide my page in exact thirds, this theory is used in design of web sites, photography, painting, and drawing; I do keep it in mind. Because it is found in nature and is all around us, it only makes sense that people would find your painting more pleasing.

Beacon Tate