tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post2825350667529852409..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Obtaining light in your paintingsStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-70030205866726357932009-06-30T10:45:49.570-04:002009-06-30T10:45:49.570-04:00Stape-
After a long hate period, I've learn...Stape-<br /> After a long hate period, I've learned to control phthalo blue. I think of it as dynamite in a tube. I've added yellow ochre to Gruppe's palette. It's great for the initial drawing, and on Cape Cod you can get to sand colors a lot quicker with that.<br />-BobBob Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007673748065070945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-65418578362373814562009-06-29T22:52:27.596-04:002009-06-29T22:52:27.596-04:00Jeremy;
As I noted this often works but not alway...Jeremy; <br />As I noted this often works but not always. The local color is going to be present to some degree in the shadow and it is good to be careful about making it too nearly like the color of the lights.There is almost nothing that always works, you need to have a many arrows in your quiver as you can.<br /><br />graciash, code word with CIA concealed in the middle. <br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-42919617258239381412009-06-29T22:46:04.644-04:002009-06-29T22:46:04.644-04:00Gregory;
That sheepherding bit is of course from I...Gregory;<br />That sheepherding bit is of course from Ives Gammell and may have been passed down to him. It sure made sense out of a lot of things years ago when it was handed down to me.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-4663196571717079312009-06-29T22:44:12.044-04:002009-06-29T22:44:12.044-04:00Bob:
I used to think of the Gruppe palette as bein...Bob:<br />I used to think of the Gruppe palette as being a limited palette,until a few years ago when the three color palettes became common.<br />It does have a warm and a cool of each color, as long as you don't have a problem controlling that thalo blue. It seems like a pretty good palette to me now. I would miss my few earth colors though....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-88045564326636374912009-06-29T20:25:49.208-04:002009-06-29T20:25:49.208-04:00I don't know if Sargent used a photoreference,...I don't know if Sargent used a photoreference, but if he did I would not be surprised. As I have said before I don't care about anything other than what the picture actually looks like. <br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-57342037408349680262009-06-29T20:20:57.152-04:002009-06-29T20:20:57.152-04:00Deb;
When I wrote it I thought "this is going...Deb;<br />When I wrote it I thought "this is going to be a new one for most my readers. I don't know if I have ever seen the idea written else.<br />unithamb having but a single thamb, as opposed to polythambism.<br />....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74571122041785001602009-06-29T13:27:06.063-04:002009-06-29T13:27:06.063-04:00Wow, this is immensely helpful and help explains s...Wow, this is immensely helpful and help explains something that was bugging me about my painting studies. I always assumed (when working in a cool light source) that adding white to lighten the color was enough to cool it off and stand out from the darker color with less or no white. It seems not.<br /><br />I will be going back to the easel armed with this information to see what difference it makes. Thanks!<br /><br />"graciash" spanish adverb. Thankfully cleaning ash.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-20217435733319302152009-06-29T13:01:45.810-04:002009-06-29T13:01:45.810-04:00I read your post on herding sheep and that is a ve...I read your post on herding sheep and that is a very sensible and straightforward approach thank you.<br />This rock formation is very nice.<br />Nathan Fowkes has a similar piece on his blog Landsketch.<br />His is done in watercolor and gouache.Gregory Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840770708114257366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66993466645832417492009-06-29T11:10:31.133-04:002009-06-29T11:10:31.133-04:00Stape-
I really like the different pigment advic...Stape-<br /> I really like the different pigment advice. It makes complete sense to me. I use a warm-cool limited palette, based on Gruppe's palette, so I'm all set to try this. I'm hitting myself in the forehead, though, thinking "I should have figured that out."<br />-BobBob Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007673748065070945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-4552825753607555182009-06-29T08:29:43.356-04:002009-06-29T08:29:43.356-04:00Hi, Stape. I saw that Sargent ( titled Simplon Gla...Hi, Stape. I saw that Sargent ( titled Simplon Glacier, I think) in the flesh at a Worcester Art Musuem show of Impressionist art a few years ago. It made a deep impression on me. Firstly, it is BIG... and it IS like looking into the sun. The colors are surprisingly subdued, so, it appears, the values do much of the work. Many of the values were close together and it would be hard for most to keep them sorted out. There is not a wide variety of color. There are many little "touches" like the flare off the top of the little streamlet near the top that add to the illusion of intense light. The brush work was economical and masterful, too. I think there is more than one version of this subject by him. I wonder if one is a studio piece. Hearing that Zorn used photographs broke my bubble a little, do you think JSS used photo reference for this? WillEKwillekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-38996680318552203562009-06-29T05:47:10.978-04:002009-06-29T05:47:10.978-04:00great stuff... that first painting is amazing.. yo...great stuff... that first painting is amazing.. you almost want to put on your sunglasses because you can feel that intense sunlight.<br />I have within the last year started using a palette similar to what you've described,(warm and cool version of each color). In doing this, I'm making more conscious choices about the temperature of the colors I use in mixing either light or shadow colors. Simple thing, like you said, but it does make a huge difference. And its not a random search for a "good color" - if its shadow, I know I'm going to pull from the cool version, even if I have to work in warmer reflected light later. Well, anyway, this makes me feel more in control, and smarter. I like that.<br /><br />"unithamb" adj. negative of ithamb.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.com