I begin Chapter 7 of Finding Freedom to Create with "While we are composing, we are translating, transposing, inventing or using a combination of the three, depending upon where our imaginations take us." Below are three thumbnail studies of the original photo on the left. Can you name which is transposed, which is translated and which is invented?
We know that when trying out a new recipe it's important to follow it closely. Likewise, a crucial part of our painting training is learning how to paint what we see. But once we get comfortable doing that (or even while we're learning how), it is equally important to explore how to transpose and even invent what we see into a different interpretation.
To transpose, we simply substitute something for something else. To invent, we make it up, sometimes taking our idea from something we know.
Tip: When we are translating what we see, we render what we observe. But when we transpose, we have a number of options available. One of those is transposing hues. Keeping value relationships the same, we have dozens of options.
Here are a few in which I've changed the hues in a photograph. I've included a color wheel for you to see the hue relationship of each. Underneath I have suggested a palette of colors for that particular transposing.
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Here's the answer to the original question:
Happy painting,
Dianne
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