tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1249509146092755878..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Neutralized tintsStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-55180617712286323582010-09-15T21:26:31.173-04:002010-09-15T21:26:31.173-04:00Joylef;
By stepping on colors I mean reducing them...Joylef;<br />By stepping on colors I mean reducing them slightly in chroma. For instance I wight add a tiny amount of red to a green in order to neutralize it.<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86987299522477927522010-09-15T21:25:16.292-04:002010-09-15T21:25:16.292-04:00Steve;
I don't use umber, but it must work to ...Steve;<br />I don't use umber, but it must work to dull greens.<br />....................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37671214515859876962010-09-15T21:23:59.993-04:002010-09-15T21:23:59.993-04:00Simone;
It is really like the logic of variety in ...Simone;<br />It is really like the logic of variety in design, isn't it?<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-21421780238541694852010-09-15T21:23:09.188-04:002010-09-15T21:23:09.188-04:00James;
Thanks. I am used therefore I am useful'...James;<br />Thanks. I am used therefore I am useful'<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-27720255656985331422010-09-15T21:22:31.634-04:002010-09-15T21:22:31.634-04:00Philip;
It took me years to learn that. I am such ...Philip;<br />It took me years to learn that. I am such a slow study!<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78579029134406420342010-09-15T12:52:22.044-04:002010-09-15T12:52:22.044-04:00Hi Stape from your favorite New Englander in the d...Hi Stape from your favorite New Englander in the desert SW! I have a question. You wrote, " I am routinely "stepping" on colors to make them take their proper place in a painting." Do you mean that you are reinventing colors, mixing them differently, to get to the same note? Not sure what you are saying. Please explain. Thanks,<br />Joy (currently working on a desertscape of the Santa Rita Mountain range and its arroyos)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-67872309127325116532010-09-15T12:40:45.515-04:002010-09-15T12:40:45.515-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-6368160564937718232010-09-15T10:38:05.552-04:002010-09-15T10:38:05.552-04:00So true Stape. It's the greys that make the co...So true Stape. It's the greys that make the colors sing. I will add that this is where raw umber is a big help. I can darken and neutralize my yellows without going so green. I understand of course that some folks don't think it's worth keeping another pile on the pallet, esp. if your concentrating on landscape where so much green is needed. Thanks for keeping this posts coming. I really like sitting down to my coffee and seeing what you have to say. Keeps me thinking.Steve Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827197940375395874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25070651069266888792010-09-15T08:28:10.594-04:002010-09-15T08:28:10.594-04:00As they say, richness in a painting comes from var...As they say, richness in a painting comes from variety of shapes, values, colors and edges. That includes variety in chroma as you state here. This post gets the Simone Seal of Approval. Bet that makes you sleep easier, don't it?Robert J. Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799208093956328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8058615160065493212010-09-15T08:13:47.227-04:002010-09-15T08:13:47.227-04:00Excelent post Stape. The last part of this post is...Excelent post Stape. The last part of this post is what I have been waiting to hear. I got it. Thanks. This helps me out so much.JAMES A. COOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882993314906545542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60711664475423631502010-09-15T06:45:01.517-04:002010-09-15T06:45:01.517-04:00I love the "All color is no color" dictu...I love the "All color is no color" dictum. So much of effective art making comes down to turning the volume down on incidentals so peoples' eyes are drawn to what really matters.<br /><br />This is true with color of course, but also with details, brush handling, paint surface etc. A good painter is like a ring master at a 10 ring circus. I had a wonderful teacher in grad school (Ron Markman) who's favorite word was "Orchestrate!" A good place to start is digging into the kind of practice with color intensities Stape is talking about in these posts.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.com