{"id":268,"date":"2013-10-25T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T16:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hagermanartblog.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:59:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:59:37","slug":"how-to-improve-your-oil-painting-by-creating-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hagermanart.com\/blog\/how-to-improve-your-oil-painting-by-creating-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve your Oil Painting by Creating a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another title for this post could be When the Subject isn\u2019t the Subject in a Painting<\/i>. What do I mean?<\/p>\n

The best way to answer that is with an example. Years ago I saw a painting that is an excellent example of what I\u2019m talking about by artist Oleg Stavrowsky titled: Something\u2019s Funny<\/em> as seen here.<\/p>\n

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When you look at it, your eye will travel to the cowboy on the far left, holding his cowboy hat with his extended arm.\u00a0 From a compositional point of view, he\u2019s the main subject of the painting. Or is he?<\/p>\n

The real subject of the painting is not what\u2019s in the painting, but what is going on outside our view that is making these cowboys laugh and take notice. We become engaged as well, wondering what it is that\u2019s making them laugh. It\u2019s a story line that we can take part in. Not that every painting has to tell a story, but it should not be overlooked how an implied story can emotionally engage your viewer. So don\u2019t underestimate the value of how to improve your oil painting by creating a story in your own art work as well as improving the marketability of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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