Kristina Ness  ✨

I love how it's not just an accurately painted stack of paper. It's set up to capture the specific interesting things that paper exhibits in a specific setup from a specific angle. Stuff we take for granted until someone serves it to us on a canvas.

You can paint all the 3\4 + rimlight shots you want but if you're trying to engross people, finding the weird, specific light behaviors that makes your subject unique is a great way to challenge yourself and make a more memorable piece.

I guess this literally describes like all of impressionism

Specificity creates the reaction of the brain being surprised because "of course that's what it looks like, but I did not expect to see that". It's the small things that separate 95% of experiences that are mundane and forgettable to the 5% that are striking and beautiful.

Even if the subject itself is mundane.