tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post2498259648355616390..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: The weak critique, while the worst are full of a passionate intensity.Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2981936371288098322009-05-05T16:34:00.000-04:002009-05-05T16:34:00.000-04:00A strigil would be surface scraping, right? I thi...A strigil would be surface scraping, right? I think authentic flaying is more serious. <br /><br /><br />I always have trouble spelling Marsyas....Sandra Galdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989680552639630289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19109626273831267292009-05-04T23:31:00.000-04:002009-05-04T23:31:00.000-04:00Sandra:
Send me some images. I am trying to move a...Sandra:<br />Send me some images. I am trying to move as many under my scalpel as I can. Could Marsyas have been flayed with a strigil? Would he have found that more appealing?<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-9454792113380774692009-05-04T22:07:00.000-04:002009-05-04T22:07:00.000-04:00Wow love this great flaying idea, Marsayus is aliv...Wow love this great flaying idea, Marsayus is alive!!! Do mine too!Sandra Galdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989680552639630289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66860631834720300252009-05-04T18:35:00.000-04:002009-05-04T18:35:00.000-04:00Jeff:
I use my hands as a viewfinder but there is...Jeff: <br />I use my hands as a viewfinder but there is a danger for me in that viewfinder. I have to be careful, as it is easy to select, rather than design my painting.I don't have the discipline to do thumbnails although there have been times when I did that. It is a great habit. it prevents you from just using the first arrangementt that pops into your head rather than trying several and seeing which is best.<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-43568911686795975342009-05-04T18:31:00.000-04:002009-05-04T18:31:00.000-04:00Jeremy:
That leg was flayed before your mother was...Jeremy:<br />That leg was flayed before your mother was born,though she was born a long,long time ago.<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86596748102000791912009-05-04T13:20:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:20:00.000-04:00I forgot to add Monsted is one of the best landsca...I forgot to add Monsted is one of the best landscape painters to have walked the planet in my humble opinion and very underrated.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59915211475397705992009-05-04T13:18:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:18:00.000-04:00Excellent critiques. The idea of looking and frami...Excellent critiques. The idea of looking and framing the view is an important one that is often overlooked. I use a small frame, a mat board or you can now buy these Plexiglas viewers which have grids on them. <br /><br />I think doing small sketches in pencil is a good idea if one has the time.<br /><br />If I forget my view finder I use my hands to frame things. <br /><br />I think that by doing this your thinking about the design of the composition and so on.<br /><br />It also helps to study design elements.<br /><br />The best book on this that I have seen is Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting. He nails just about every problem on the head and has visuals for them as well.<br /><br />I urge anyone who wants paints to buy this book.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59037728328807270982009-05-04T13:04:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:04:00.000-04:00I learn so much from your critiques, they give me ...I learn so much from your critiques, they give me so many good things to think about BEFORE painting, which will hopefully help avoid a bad exercise.<br /><br />Plus, it's always nice to start the day with an image of a flayed leg.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.com