visual grammar

Designing occurs when you draw the same picture over and over again. Since ancient times, paintings have focused on natural objects, so curved shapes have been used.  It is simplified because it is not a sketch but a shape that remains in memory. The line is a connection of line segments with a limited bend.  When creating a design, the lines naturally become a series of circular arcs. Once you realize that the arc is part of a circle, you will realize that the circle of the arc is used for structuring drawing. This realization occurred to several modern artists who saw Cézanne's paintings. Two popular myths about Mondrian still persist. A) From the Tree series, the curves gradually became less and less, and eventually the picture evolved into a picture with only vertical and horizontal lines. B) Balance is based on the golden section.   Regarding B), I showed in the previous blog that it is made by a simple integer ratio.  The tree series shows that the...

When you pick up a Picasso catalog raisonné, you'll find that works like "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' in the museum aren't necessarily masterpieces. The selection of works in museums is simply because they had the opportunity to acquire them. Critics and the general public have praised the collection because it is easy to see.   When I was in New York, gallery shows weren't very interesting. Instead, I enjoyed going to the Strand bookstore once or twice a day and looking for art books. Now, every time I open Twitter five or six times a day, I find new images and copy them.   There is no need to see the original work. A masterpiece is a work that is copied for seeing the image again and again. When you start thinking about where and how the joy of viewing comes from, you become a critic. I have written several blogs about Picasso. All of the digital image I used for this purpose was found online. Nowadays, it can be said that digita...