{"id":101153,"date":"2018-07-04T20:16:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101153"},"modified":"2018-07-04T21:08:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:08:01","slug":"georges-seurat-color-theory-and-composition-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/04\/georges-seurat-color-theory-and-composition-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges Seurat: Color Theory and Composition Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Study the work of George’s Seurat, his colors, layers, and composition. His work reminds me of the classic work of Henri Cartier-Bresson<\/a> (people by the water), and also the layered compositions of Alex Webb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Georges Seurat<\/a><\/h2>\n
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  1. Note how his layers in his photos have spacing and depth. <\/li>\n
  2. Ask yourself, which colors and hues and tones do I see? How do the photos make me feel emotionally? <\/li>\n
  3. How does our mind interpret colors, dots, and how does it form a picture in our mind? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Quotes by Seurat<\/h1>\n

    His thinking process with colors<\/h2>\n

    Seurat studied carefully the paintings of Eugene Delacroix, and wrote in 1881 about Delacroix’s painting ‘The Fanatics of Tangier’ this notation:<\/p>\n

    \n The flag is green with a red spot in the center; above, the blue of the sky, the orange-tinted white of the walls, and the orange-grey of the clouds. [short notation, 1881: from ‘Notes inedites de Seurat sur Delacroix’, in ‘Bulletin de la Vie Artistique]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    My notes:<\/p>\n