In the 1980’s, during the farming crisis and a time of farm auctions and tight budgets, my father did a risky thing: he decided to pursue his lifelong dream. Right in the middle of being serious and focused on keeping the farm afloat and off the auction posters that covered the walls of local businesses [...]
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When everything is shades of gray.
Despite providing depth and realism in drawings, chiaroscuro ideally has no place in real life. Chiaroscuro, that blending of grays from near-white to all-but-black to round out the shapes. It transforms what was flat into something with dimension, showing the shadows and the light. The shadows are as important as the light. – Charlotte Bronte’s [...]
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