RE: It's A Tree ~ Drawing By Red Dust
Very nice piece of art here!
I really enjoy the way you have framed this piece, as seen in the first image. It nearly looks like a tapestry or even a really cool rug.
The composition is great too, that frame keeps me looking inward but there is enough detail in the frame where it eventually becomes a focal point itself.
The first thing I saw was all of the blossoms in the tree. The branches lead my eye down to the trunk and into the garden below the tree. From there my eyes go to the frame as I work my way back up around the outside. Which leads me right back to those blossoms again.
The second time around, I noticed that some of the blossoms and branches in the background are done in blue. As my eye went through the same cycle, I went up the frame on the other side noticing that the tree even tends to overlap this border frame a tiny bit, here and there, breaking up the design of the perfect rectangle.
Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you @kidsysco, I thought of a tapestry or fabric design too, as a wall hanging. I've always wanted to learn to weave. Thank you for the excellent critique and your time. A book you may ne interested regarding industrial revolution, art in everyday workmanship.
http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/products/0-941532-71-2_Every_Man_An_Artist.aspx?ID=131
I have not heard of this book or the Author before. The description sounds pretty deep. I have been looking for a good book for the summer, however. I might check it out and I usually post a review of the books I read so... Not a bad idea. Thanks!
One more interesting effect I noticed about that wonderful border.
My eyes would travel down, to the right then up the border easily. I really had to force it to look to the left and then up. When I really analyzed it, I think it works this way due to the direction of the scales. The border travels in only one direction.
So I cleared my head and re-framed...
Looking at it today, I get a more circular composition from it. Fortunately, it is a delight to look at for so long but I can see some interesting opportunities for variation here. It gives me some ideas for my own work.
I would do this piece totally different now. I didn't think of layout or how to move the viewer...I just hit the piece thinking about exploring my new pens and pencils😋
If you like to explore Ananda Coomaraswamy more look up Sophia Perennis, it's a deep thinking phisophical group that looks at our spirit as the "whole" in the middle of the wheel in every religion. Ananda writes in English and he loves art, he is my favorite out of his group. Rene Guenon is my husband's favorite, he is a mathematician, his works are written in French and translations are tough to read sometimes, plus he looks at the world through a mathematical mind set. I still love his work!
http://www.sophiaperennis.com/books/biography/the-simple-life-of-rene-guenon/
http://www.sophiaperennis.com
http://www.sophia-perennis.com/index_english.htm