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<\/a>Inspiration<\/h3>\nIn the early 1950\u2019s, Dal\u00ed painted Galatea of the Spheres<\/em>. He had been greatly interested in nuclear physics since the first atomic bomb explosions of August 1945, and described the atom as his “favorite food for thought”. Recognizing that matter was made up of atoms which did not touch each other, he sought to replicate this in his art at the time, with items suspended and not interacting with each other.<\/p>\n After marrying Gala in 1934, Dal\u00ed started to sign his paintings with his and her name and stated, \u201cTis mostly with your blood, Gala, that I paint my pictures”. Gala acted as his agent and aided in redirecting his focus.<\/p>\n I wanted to pay homage to Dal\u00ed by mirroring some of his color choices, unique suspension theme and even his inspirational muse. Of course, my muse is my beautiful wife, Jennifer.<\/p>\n I began by selecting a photograph of my muse:<\/p>\n I converted the original image to a pencil sketch to simplify the design and tested different styles such as a couple colorful cubism motifs, some chalk variations and even a Warhol-like design.<\/p>\n Finally, I settled on a photographic sphere-based theme to more closely resemble Galatea of the Spheres<\/em> and positioned it on top of my sky background.<\/p>\n First, I trimmed a piece of Bristol board to 16 \u00bd\u201d square. This size allowed me to leave a 2\u201d border and a 2 \u00bc\u201d padding. The border was protected with drafting tape.<\/p>\n My first attempt at a free-hand, haphazard background was a disaster. I decided to clean it up by planning a two-tone, abstract landscape; unfortunately, I wasn\u2019t pleased with the result for this design. I settled on a simple, sky-blue wash and was quite happy with the outcome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I began with the center four sections of the image and utilized Cadmium Yellow Light Hue as my basic yellow hue. I then mixed Primary Yellow with Titanium White to create my highlight tint. Next, I chose to indicate shades with Yellow Oxide and finished by creating a wash from my basic yellow to cover each circle and produce a sphere effect. The last two steps were to produce a reflective light and shadow on each sphere which I did by generating a new shade wash from my basic yellow and adding Mars Black and then making a tint wash from my previous highlight hue.<\/p>\n The sections surrounding the center four spheres would eventually fade from the center of the design toward the edges but started with a basic Cadmium Orange Hue. Next, I mixed this basic orange with Titanium White to produce my highlight tint. I utilized Cadmium Red Light Hue to create a dark shade for each circle around the composition. To generate the sphere effect, I created a wash from my basic orange and coated each circle. Again, the last two steps were to make a reflective light wash from my highlight orange and a shadow wash by adding Mars Black to my previous dark shade.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the design dried and the drafting tape was removed, some blemishes were reveled within the border; so, I used some pure Titanium White to abstractly add almost invisible lines randomly around the entire border.<\/p>\n View\/Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prototype<\/h3>\n
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\nI copied contours of my digital design onto tracing paper and then transferred them to my background, starting with the center four spheres. I chose to radiate my warm colors, golden-yellows and deep oranges, from the center of the design to the edges. By placing these hues on my cool, rich blues, I intended to mimic some of Dal\u00ed\u2019s color choices and placements.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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\nJennifer Dal\u00edesque<\/strong><\/h1>\n