Why do people still love paintings above other (newer) forms of art? One solid reason is that we love the magic of suggestion.

The final painting

Yet how to achieve that level in your own work? Of course there are some basic tricks. To keep it simple and tangible please consider one of my digital paintings. A few zooms show you that suggestion is really, really dirty.

Detail

Detail

Almost done

Final painting

Suggestion is used in a wide range of disciplines like music, painting, graphical design, etc. I would love to see it used even more friends.

Use that dirty art. OK, if you like to do so … it's just a suggestion.