The Art of Cropping

Carol Weibe recently wrote on her Silver Spring Studio blog about the Art of Cropping in presenting pictures of ones artwork, with examples from Journal work. An excerpt:

“I call this new double page spread, from one of my art journals, ‘Every Moment.’

Every moment,
something is waiting
to be born in your life ~
open your arms
and embrace each
possibility.

Glare is always an issue, even though I used matte varnish. And I felt I should at least try to put some words on a page ~ this is a journal, after all. I liked it better without them.

Luckily, thanks to my good friends and teachers, Diane and Jeane, I have learned a few things about cropping. I am still working on orientation (These women will shift a painting into a better orientation faster than you can flip a pancake. And they are always right!).

Here is my first crop of Every Moment.

To read the rest of the post and see how she continued to crop and work the art for photographic capture, click here.