“The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.” LightPaintingShapesElementsHarmonyThemeVisualsColourRepetition Author:Mike Svob
“All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.” IdeasRealityPaintingAbstractRepresentationTrue Reality Author:Mike Svob
“When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.” LooksArtistWatchesNovelPiecesPaintingCompositionTotality Author:Mike Svob
“By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.” MovingPaintingAmountAreasContrastObservers Author:Mike Svob
“A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.” DoeHappensOrderPaintingElementsMessagesImportanceAccidents Author:Mike Svob
“Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.” LanguageParticularPaintingSymbolsViewers Author:Mike Svob
“Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a movie. The crisis or climax is that point when you simply can't put the book down or wouldn't dare leave the movie, for whatever reason.” ThinkingBookReasonInterestNovelPaintingCrisisDareCentreClimax Author:Mike Svob
“You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.” FirstsHumansEyeStrongUnderstandingViewsPaintingDramaSceneFirst TimeReactionsBehaveEvokeHuman Eyes Author:Mike Svob