tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post19980641067365117..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Sargent using a reduced paletteStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-15523607918026158412010-11-13T08:14:41.528-05:002010-11-13T08:14:41.528-05:00Stape - yes, I know I know Sergeant painted thousa...Stape - yes, I know I know Sergeant painted thousands of watercolors, but that's not one of them. [url]http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=27604&size=large[/url]Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924902779504101298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-10885966658625979772010-11-12T20:41:58.861-05:002010-11-12T20:41:58.861-05:00Jeremy;
I have had that happen. But alkyd solves t...Jeremy;<br />I have had that happen. But alkyd solves that problem, when it dries it is bulletproof.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-31900850722921898912010-11-12T20:40:49.466-05:002010-11-12T20:40:49.466-05:00Philip;
Color is just a decoration you hang on you...Philip;<br />Color is just a decoration you hang on your drawing.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-90103766409338235162010-11-12T20:39:57.432-05:002010-11-12T20:39:57.432-05:00jeff;
I have thoufght the same thing and fooled ar...jeff;<br />I have thoufght the same thing and fooled around with both blue black and cooling ivory balck with ultramarine. Indigo is an interesting blue that is almost black too. Seago used a lot of it.I think most of it is a mixed color these days rather than authentic, and they vary a lot from manufacturer, the best being less blue and more blacky. I believe Seago used the Winsor Newton.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-23345053117249450992010-11-12T20:37:12.487-05:002010-11-12T20:37:12.487-05:00JHopper;
He may have done, but I like his brother ...JHopper;<br />He may have done, but I like his brother better.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-70067040426881761092010-11-12T20:36:25.294-05:002010-11-12T20:36:25.294-05:00Darren;
And it works like a charm.
............Sta...Darren;<br />And it works like a charm.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2253118263255083202010-11-12T20:35:55.894-05:002010-11-12T20:35:55.894-05:00timothy;
Thanks I posted that tonight out front.
....timothy;<br />Thanks I posted that tonight out front.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-21377223147373857382010-11-12T20:35:23.869-05:002010-11-12T20:35:23.869-05:00Bill;
Yes it is a watercolor. Sargent painted thou...Bill;<br />Yes it is a watercolor. Sargent painted thousands of them.<br />.......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-91929281796221327322010-11-12T20:34:50.494-05:002010-11-12T20:34:50.494-05:00Jake;
Thanks, bill thinks I look like a girl.
.......Jake;<br />Thanks, bill thinks I look like a girl.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-14015882131962028262010-11-12T20:34:23.247-05:002010-11-12T20:34:23.247-05:00rahina
Thanks.
..........Staperahina<br />Thanks.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-18975315612940920182010-11-12T20:33:57.281-05:002010-11-12T20:33:57.281-05:00Walter;
Thanks, hows that nativity coming?
.........Walter; <br />Thanks, hows that nativity coming?<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-90824213192574154232010-11-12T20:33:23.865-05:002010-11-12T20:33:23.865-05:00Bill:
That painting is of a girl.
.............Sta...Bill:<br />That painting is of a girl.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51549704009565329592010-11-12T20:32:56.049-05:002010-11-12T20:32:56.049-05:00bill:
I can't say I know of many winter painti...bill:<br />I can't say I know of many winter paintings by Sargent. Some of the Tyrolean paintings gave glaciers though.<br />I don't think I would be so happy in the snow with out the prismatic palette.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53822150436343786422010-11-12T12:45:02.321-05:002010-11-12T12:45:02.321-05:00Good stuff! I will have to give this palate a try...Good stuff! I will have to give this palate a try when I go back to painting (I am working on my drawing skills right now).<br /><br />By the way, I just read your posts on turpentine and had a question. Some of the materials handbooks say not to use any turp in the top layers of paint because it can dissolve/darken the lower layers. Have you had this experience? Do you think stuff like Gamsol would have that effect too?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59219010506462986642010-11-12T11:41:54.523-05:002010-11-12T11:41:54.523-05:00Great post! So true.
Color can be so maddeningly...Great post! So true. <br /><br />Color can be so maddeningly involved and get in the way of you expressing yourself. You can alwasys do it through composing your darks and light into an exciting composition. So often when I've had serious color problems with a painting I end up solving them by ignoring color and going back to drawing more interesting shapes and composing them better.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89789244748935921272010-11-12T10:25:28.704-05:002010-11-12T10:25:28.704-05:00I think Ivory Black in Sargent's day was bluer...I think Ivory Black in Sargent's day was bluer than it is now. Mind you Ivory Black does tend towards blue.<br /><br />I have tubed up a small amount of a blue black and if you want to use a limited palette for landscape painting this could work well.<br /><br />I added about 10% of Ultramarine blue to the black. I've experimented with Cobalt and Prussian as well. Prussian makes a very intense blue black.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-85339576332918948342010-11-12T10:16:16.689-05:002010-11-12T10:16:16.689-05:00Fairfield Porter too used that palette on occasion...Fairfield Porter too used that palette on occasion - love his work as well. <br />Also, I think that the slightly skewed architecture gives the picture an uneasiness, that this scene is a little edgy, perhaps extrapolating the tension between the figures - a lovely woman discomforted by two dark strangers she doesn't know, observing her.J Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866727139445263176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-38866154505152807612010-11-12T08:11:27.186-05:002010-11-12T08:11:27.186-05:00Black can look blue when glazed over a warmer colo...Black can look blue when glazed over a warmer color. Check out the halftones on Rubens' flesh.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566296542876598698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-22788983287638691212010-11-12T08:04:38.361-05:002010-11-12T08:04:38.361-05:00Great post Stapleton. Keep up the Sargent theme, c...Great post Stapleton. Keep up the Sargent theme, can't get enough of him.<br />For those that are hardcore Sargent lovers, here is Sargent's palette of colors, (taken from Harrington Mann's excellent book "The Technique of Portrait Painting". Harrington Mann was a very successful portrait painter, who knew Sargent personally):<br />Blanc d'Argent<br />Chromes (Pale and Orange)<br />Rose Madder<br />Cobalt Blue<br />French Ultramarine<br />Viridian<br />Transparent Golden Ochre<br />Chinese Vermilion<br />Burnt Sienna<br />Raw Umber<br />Ivory Black<br />Peach Black<br />Cobalt Violet<br />Venetian Red<br />(all of the above colors are spelled that way in the book).Timothy Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11741751450114800911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-20186772813129848712010-11-12T07:55:33.458-05:002010-11-12T07:55:33.458-05:00Is that last Venice scene really a watercolor? It...Is that last Venice scene really a watercolor? It looks like loosely painted oil.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924902779504101298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51996864462384473172010-11-12T07:43:24.730-05:002010-11-12T07:43:24.730-05:00Pure gold Mr Kearns. You the man!Pure gold Mr Kearns. You the man!jake gumbletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056483173692548645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-91923818308179074602010-11-12T05:06:46.688-05:002010-11-12T05:06:46.688-05:00thanks for this article... it confirmed certain id...thanks for this article... it confirmed certain ideas i had and wonderful to hear your analysis of Sargent's work in this aspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86269770531495581722010-11-12T04:13:00.186-05:002010-11-12T04:13:00.186-05:00Thank you for your insight into this matter with S...Thank you for your insight into this matter with Sargent and for posting and sharing - invaluable, thanks!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699546973021233767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-68876510894554078982010-11-12T04:08:27.639-05:002010-11-12T04:08:27.639-05:00I think I will add that the 3rd painting appears t...I think I will add that the 3rd painting appears to look like a young Stapleton Kearns! He really does!billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37815398474549240642010-11-12T04:04:09.787-05:002010-11-12T04:04:09.787-05:00I've heard Sargent painted in Zorn palette,(4 ...I've heard Sargent painted in Zorn palette,(4 colors)<br />The second painting looks to have a bit of blue in it. <br />Can black be made to look blue when<br />set next to a perticular color mixture?<br />Stape, would you recommend a limited palette for snow paintings?<br />(Did Sargent paint winter scenes?)billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.com