Painting The Movie
I have spent more than ten years being a visual artist. I started with classic drawing and painting and I remember how passionate I was about Leonardo’s Method in developing a color pallet.
“One need to spent most if the time making the appropriate color!!!”
from www.ibiblio.org
As I was studying on the Art Academy, a mystery of color, form and perspective was my only interest for a 5 years.
We, students in the painting class, were so old fashion but we loved being old fashion. We had regular evening sessions of drawing and painting together, looking at reproductions of master pieces and analyzing them to the smallest detail. Caravaggio’s light and brush stroke, Van Gogh with his remarkable color composition and the letters he wrote to his brother etc.
from http://www.grf.hr
from www.cis.nctu.edu.tw
This was 1994 -1999 and the Photoshop was already well known. A friend bought a scanner and I saw that exciting process of scanning than manipulating the image. What can one do in the Photoshop? Too many effects caused the talk if the classic painting process will survive in the future.
I have always loved computers and programming but I wasn’t sure what to thing about this. Actually I secretly thought no way any computer generated image can replace a painting done by a human. This remains my opinion.
This is a painting I did 1998 - A self portrait.
Today I am completely focused on the computer generated image and I am lacking time to get some oil colors on my hands. This is pity because I am a good painter and I love doing it. The only thing that makes this easer is that all the knowledge I have gained through the years of painting is very applicable on the development of the image in the movie.
After all Andrei Tarkovsky started his career as a painter. And when you see his movie you can tell this. He is painting his scene. Great example is his movie Nostalgia.
from www.sensesofcinema.com
