tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1846352205632773459..comments2024-01-18T08:14:28.278-05:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: A few pointers on painting skiesStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-9149416473602277502012-03-08T03:43:23.996-05:002012-03-08T03:43:23.996-05:00Hi Stape,
The sky is the first thing that came in...Hi Stape,<br /><br />The sky is the first thing that came into my mind when we were asked to sketch when I was in grade school, glad I succeeded - that's when I fell in love with art.ggoodrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376323092462481961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2369547633824214432011-09-23T16:20:57.363-04:002011-09-23T16:20:57.363-04:00Kevin, you should never destroy "keepers"...Kevin, you should never destroy "keepers" just because it's been a slow year (or two). If they really are that good then they will sell at some time when the buying public starts to loosen their purse strings again. Consider this your time to get a little inventory built up and put away for that time in the future when you will wish you have a few extras to hang on the walls.dglenncaseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216677265265544445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52280060524784669372011-09-20T16:58:53.413-04:002011-09-20T16:58:53.413-04:00Learned a lot... thanks!Learned a lot... thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-77589407230743106962011-09-20T07:11:32.328-04:002011-09-20T07:11:32.328-04:00Alert!!! Hey, Stape Some hacker has placed a pict...Alert!!! Hey, Stape Some hacker has placed a picture of my brother in law where your picture was in your opening statement.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-18602630268385397072011-09-19T19:25:18.372-04:002011-09-19T19:25:18.372-04:00I'm a huge Seago fan as well..."discovere...I'm a huge Seago fan as well..."discovered" him after I read that Stobart loved him as well. Good enough for Stobart is good enough for me. BTW, speaking about skies, how about Stobart?Paul Bachemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273838467713109167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-32725333860591272722011-09-17T06:05:31.756-04:002011-09-17T06:05:31.756-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862300369187414150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-76048682118324397272011-09-17T06:04:55.340-04:002011-09-17T06:04:55.340-04:00Cloud patterns can make or break the painting. In...Cloud patterns can make or break the painting. In addition to playing with interesting shapes one can make arrangements of dark/light and warm/cool.<br /><br />Love that Seago! I actually never heard of him before reading this blog. Shameful.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862300369187414150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-46029198167905458362011-09-17T05:03:33.160-04:002011-09-17T05:03:33.160-04:00Just a terrific summary of valuable advice and goo...Just a terrific summary of valuable advice and good practice from a man who walks the walk. .willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74892216596647676802011-09-17T04:40:34.981-04:002011-09-17T04:40:34.981-04:00Great stuff as usual, as a southern cal resident w...Great stuff as usual, as a southern cal resident we don't always get great skies like most of the country, too many blue skies, so I had to learn to invent or design them.<br />Picked up some new pointers here. Sometimes I forget what I already know and get reminded coming here.<br /><br />Kevin Beck,<br />Are you kidding? Destroying 100 paintings? I can see doing that to bad paintings... but good?<br /><br />Give them away... GIVE!... as gifts... to those people or organizations that can't afford to buy original art and love your work.<br />Then watch the look of joy on their faces!<br />That alone would be worth any toil you may have poured into them. Destroying them means you wasted your time.<br /><br />I have family and friends that request my art as b-day or xmas gifts... at first I felt like it was such a cop out on my part... until I saw the joy it brought them.David Teterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747334525619423349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-20578701099365799582011-09-16T15:25:11.361-04:002011-09-16T15:25:11.361-04:00You can learn a LOT from the English and Dutch.
A ...You can learn a LOT from the English and Dutch.<br />A "business" question that perhaps you've addressed else where. What do you do with all the unseen/unsold work. I am coming from a place of frustration with the down turn in sales. In the past a great year was sales of 75 paintings and a slow year about 50 (from small to large works). Today maybe 15 to 20. In a normal year I will paint as many as 200 "keepers". I say keepers because every year I sell something that was painted 10 to 15 years ago, it was just waiting for the right buyer. This spring I destroyed about 100 paintings and I've got my sights trained on a 100 more. I've started working larger (36X48, 60X72) in an effort to slow down.<br />Thoughts? maybe I should paint left handed?Kevin Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856170417171598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11873715441630585732011-09-16T10:29:38.380-04:002011-09-16T10:29:38.380-04:00Hmmmm...a lot to digest there. But it always taste...Hmmmm...a lot to digest there. But it always tastes better with butter.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48862058842625514212011-09-16T08:51:38.093-04:002011-09-16T08:51:38.093-04:00Stape, can you expound a little on the art of &quo...Stape, can you expound a little on the art of "designing skies" while in the heat of battle? For me the challenge of coming up with good cloud designs lies in the fact that the reference material is constantly changing. Often times good stuff gets better....Robert J. Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799208093956328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-43595515126327008502011-09-15T10:40:47.364-04:002011-09-15T10:40:47.364-04:00Excellent post Stape, thanks for the recommended a...Excellent post Stape, thanks for the recommended artist list to observe skies and clouds too. I happen to keep extra butter in my pocket so next time I'll simply slip some in my loafers. Great tip.Todd Bonitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106002893113309433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25777797799138689182011-09-15T08:20:31.948-04:002011-09-15T08:20:31.948-04:00I liked the part about the sky being a dome. So of...I liked the part about the sky being a dome. So often I think it just looks like a flat plane of blueness or potatoes or whatever.<br /><br />I am sure you will laugh but my all time favorite sky is from John Rogers Cox and his Gray and Gold piece-fluffy, structured and voluminous clouds that look a little scary and super Midwestern.Libby Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532162740012986996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-34551596485862604012011-09-15T00:08:22.898-04:002011-09-15T00:08:22.898-04:00Thanks for this , really helpfulThanks for this , really helpfulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090586467039196989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-50407964386828010972011-09-14T23:19:42.360-04:002011-09-14T23:19:42.360-04:00All the points Stape makes about skies are good.
...All the points Stape makes about skies are good.<br /><br />I'd only like to add that the sky can also be a wonderful place to play around a little bit more with arranging abstract shapes. Of course the sky has to make sense and be believable. But to a certain extent it's also a place where you can indulge your imagination. Freed of the constraints of describing the foreground and middleground, you can soar more freely.<br /><br />George Inness, the amazing later 19th century American landscape painter clearly experimented all over the place with arranging clouds and then re-arranging them. He shows us how to drive the horses at the top half of the painting too.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19749144750272369882011-09-14T21:18:45.838-04:002011-09-14T21:18:45.838-04:00Butter, eh? I'd heard mayonnaise...Butter, eh? I'd heard mayonnaise...Sue Harrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331476269238169228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74296116255776098612011-09-14T14:49:01.518-04:002011-09-14T14:49:01.518-04:00thank you, struggling with a sky as we speak. Will...thank you, struggling with a sky as we speak. Will look at it again with your tips in mind.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062266088887216663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-41891576013084132182011-09-14T14:40:49.266-04:002011-09-14T14:40:49.266-04:00Stape, you really give a ton of helpful info here....Stape, you really give a ton of helpful info here. Greatly appreciate it. I am going to teach a workshop next summer in central NY and this will come in handy. Lots of cloud formations there.Love2painthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527571963036683034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79599128248545624572011-09-14T14:29:26.097-04:002011-09-14T14:29:26.097-04:00Very interesting!Very interesting!a Nantucket blog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05741659372368651537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-23239732960046360452011-09-14T13:02:28.953-04:002011-09-14T13:02:28.953-04:00Interesting, helpful stuff; I understand that the ...Interesting, helpful stuff; I understand that the sky would be the lightest value in a picture, but what about that bold reflected light one sees from e.g. a tin roof? It's dramatic, so would you go all hog and highlight that, or would you still want to suppress it in comparison to the sky?Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-81154479379758663722011-09-14T12:49:40.577-04:002011-09-14T12:49:40.577-04:00A really interesting article. I also admire Seago,...A really interesting article. I also admire Seago, a really great landscape artist. Did you know that he taught Prince Phillip and Prince Charles to paint.bvpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804331299617862772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74747601008117875892011-09-14T11:55:34.376-04:002011-09-14T11:55:34.376-04:00Great post, Stape. I've always found skies to...Great post, Stape. I've always found skies to be really hard to get right...<br /><br />Can you give us an example of what you mean by a reddish note at the top to make the sky curve over? Do you mean shade your sky blue a little towards the indigo/violet in hue?Mark Henghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872172199243865094noreply@blogger.com