Quick Tip 421 - Importance of Edges

Everything has edges, except for when they don't. Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize explains the importance of the different edge styles.
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[@Laura-ud8im]

I have been working on a landscape of a distant mountain and a desert in the foreground. I have felt that it looked "cartoonish" but couldn't put my finger on why. I realize that it is now the edge of the mountain is too sharp and the color of the sky is a darker value so it makes it even more pronounced. Dianne, THANK YOU so much. This was a tremendous help for me!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I am delighted, Laura!

[@Laura-ud8im]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction I started painting again during the worst part of Covid in 2020 after many, many years. I’m so glad I found you. You have been so helpful and I appreciate everything you do! Thank you, Ms. Mize!

[@marcyperrier7030]

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[@amandagermany5933]

Wonderfully explained. So appreciate you giving your time to educate.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@nehehehgraylois]

What really stands out to me here is the fact that through the edges alone, the vague example lines come together and look kind of a line an object in of itself. It really drives home their importance

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Fun stuff, isn't it!

[@lorachristian7030]

So simple, yet so important!....Thank you for this tip, this will be greatly helpful in my paintings!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome! Enjoy the journey!

[@evealton2712]

I also learn so much from your responses to others comments. A lot of knowledge tucked away in there. 😊. Thank you again for everything.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome! Hope you can join us for the live chat Sunday.

[@2stansfield903]

Your so good at explaining thank you for your time to help others become more confident and creative xx

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. Keep enjoying the journey.

[@dianebaresich1580]

Yes! I recently discovered the importance of varying my edges in drawing and it made a great difference! Can't wait to get back to painting soon. Thank you once again for your wonderful quick tips.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure, Diane.

[@indepthliterature]

Such an important but overlooked part of making a good painting, thanks for this great analysis of edges

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@robyncarr4896]

Just great to have this reinforced and be re-educated. Thank you . I tend to forget the importance of edges and wonder why a painting doesn’t look right.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Just keep an eye on what they are doing while you are painting and they will become a priority.

[@alkasarin1073]

Thanks Dianne always always the bestest teaching ever❤ God bless you !

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you so much, Alka!

[@korukiwiarts]

Thank you. I've been doing art for over 40 years and I'm still learning something new.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

The master never stops learning.

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

Valuable lesson for me. Wow. I seem to unconsciously realize edges, but NOW I’m understanding edges. Thank you so much!!! 🌹

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Enjoy the journey, Phyllis.

[@triggerfish999]

As always, excellent explanation and teaching. Thanks.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure. Thanks for watching, Roger.

[@ann-marielofberg1159]

So thankful for Your tips and talking about what I can do to make this or that focused and how things effect or affect the the painting, useful whatever medium You're using.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it.

[@mvswaaij]

Again, so interesting, for all mediums. With love from the Netherlands.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Marijke. It's a fascinating topic.

[@stephenfularz7573]

Good painting imformation.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you!

[@great-garden-watch]

This was sooooooo informative. I have not heard this deep discussion on edges and turns out this has been one of my problems while learning to paint. I have watched at the least hundreds of artists videos but so little on this critical piece of knowledge

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it, Sarah!

[@pamelabritton1230]

Very basic and valuable lesson!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@mariegamber]

Wonderful, as always.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Marie!

[@evealton2712]

Thank you again for another interesting and informative qtip. I can see better how to create with this.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're very welcome! Enjoy the process.

[@lindagarner4739]

Important info. Thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it.

[@laurieh5190]

Love your videos! You always share great tips in easy to understand ways. If possible, can you please do a video on high key paintings. I really love high key paintings, and I would love any tips on what percentage of the paintings should be in darker values.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great suggestion, Laurie. I'll put it on our schedule to appear in late May. We film these several weeks in advance.

[@laurieh5190]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing it!

[@muhlenstedt]

Your explanations are at the same time deep and simple, that is not easy to achieve as a teacher.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks so much.

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@mrsnrub9780]

Hard edges CAN be fun. Sometimes, I get so fatigued with realism (both aiming for it and seeing it from other artists) that I'll intentionally shoot for comic-book, cartoonist-like work to rebel against "the right way". Not to be serious, but to just cut loose and jam a "bootleg" session, so to speak. I wouldn't want to do it all the time - usually when I do, it's after spending a lot of time in the company of serious artists that I'll go home and throw all of my technical skills out of the window. It's to save my own sanity more than anything, especially when the conversation of soft edges went into overtime . Can anybody relate? Or is it just me?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Mr Snrub, successful painting is not a matter of "the right way." It's a matter of knowing how to make your painting do what you want it to do.