tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post3380900348633905729..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Edgar Payne, Compostiton of outdoor paintingStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-77907330011215050782012-03-28T20:40:48.653-04:002012-03-28T20:40:48.653-04:00hi--
i was wondering if you knew the date of this...hi--<br /><br />i was wondering if you knew the date of this painting.<br /><br />thanks.lotusgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393867916489599891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44207546606770069092009-05-24T23:01:35.075-04:002009-05-24T23:01:35.075-04:00Jeremy;
Actually he used sables for small painting...Jeremy;<br />Actually he used sables for small paintings outside himself. The reasoning is that bristle brushes give more robust handling than the sables, no synthetics in his day. He would have said the sables gave too slick a look to the painting. I think it is largely a matter of taste, but I prefer bristle brushes, I think they throw the paint far better than the synthetics which seem sort of flaccid. I have been trying for weeks to get that word into my blog.If you want to get thicker paint, bristles not synthetics are the way to go.I think you would probably be happier if you are painting bigger than a 12 x 16 using bristles......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-34081073381308555832009-05-24T22:08:54.770-04:002009-05-24T22:08:54.770-04:00I am reading Carlson right now. Thanks for the re...I am reading Carlson right now. Thanks for the recommendation. It is great so far. I have one question though. He recommends using mainly bristle brushes. In my LIMITED experience I have found it easier to lay in thin initial color layers with bristle, and then switch to synthetic or sable to lay on thicker paint. What is his thinking behind using mostly bristles? He doesn't really elaborate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2620713056433337502009-05-24T21:30:44.061-04:002009-05-24T21:30:44.061-04:00Thank you Richard:
I get all these people e mailin...Thank you Richard:<br />I get all these people e mailing me to be their friend on face book. I haven't responded,now they probably all hate me. I can't do everything, The blog will have to be my only social networking function,its already a big commitment.<br />...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5355964383306821732009-05-24T20:15:18.101-04:002009-05-24T20:15:18.101-04:00I have a PDF of the Birge Harrison book.
I spent ...I have a PDF of the Birge Harrison book. <br />I spent the time scanning the whole thing in and reformatting it. Big pain in the butt. Shortly after I found out that I saw on Amazon that they were reprinting it. I cried and cried over all that time wasted that could have been spent doing something productive, like fooling around on Facebook. <br />Anyway, I just emailed you a copy.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25964198838100197812009-05-24T10:30:30.521-04:002009-05-24T10:30:30.521-04:00Richard:
Its surprising that Harrison is back in p...Richard:<br />Its surprising that Harrison is back in print. It was legendary when I was a student, I knew it existed but never saw a copy. I knew about it because he was Carlsons teacher. I once was lent an old copy,and read it,but don't remember it very will. Maybe I will go to Amazon and buy a copy. There are other old classic texts reappearing. Some are on the web, but I don't like to read whole books on the computer screen. I have a hard time remembering and reviewing the information in that format. In a book I can shuffle back and forth through the chapters and understand the flow of ideas better. Some day when I have finished transferring everything I know onto the pages of this blog, I will add to it a few chapters of valuable secret knowledge unavailable in any other form and infinitely serviceable,that was handed down to me alone, by a secret society of sorcerero-limmners and and publish it as a book.Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-58742842205233568132009-05-24T10:15:13.122-04:002009-05-24T10:15:13.122-04:00Bob;
I actually got my copy from them too.
I belie...Bob;<br />I actually got my copy from them too.<br />I believe it is the family that reprints the book regularly and keeps it in circulation. Years ago it was hard to find,and copies were something you borrowed from some elderly artist rather than owned.<br />I have read my Carlson far more, but I would not want to work with out the design lessons I received from Payne. I think this book is an essential. Its so much easier to just buy knowledge than have to claw it out of experience.<br />.....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44674301076291187522009-05-24T08:49:05.187-04:002009-05-24T08:49:05.187-04:00These are both great books.
I don't own the Payne...These are both great books. <br />I don't own the Payne book but the Library here used to have it, but it got taken out of circulation for some reason. <br />Another book that I have always loved as one of the great books on Landscape is the one by Birge Harrison- also now available on Amazon. The two you mentioned are work horses of information. I have always found Birge Harrison's book on Landscape Painting like reading poetry.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-84831836851028589392009-05-24T08:03:41.057-04:002009-05-24T08:03:41.057-04:00I guess it marks me as an east-coast painter that ...I guess it marks me as an east-coast painter that my Carlson is dog-eared but my Payne not so much. My copy of Payne is the 6th edition (2000), and I see that the edition to which you linked on Amazon is the 7th (2005). I remember buying mine directly from DeRu's Fine Arts, the publisher. If your readers cannot get it through Amazon, they might try that route. The URL is http://www.derusfinearts.com/booksmain.html. Unfortunately, the price is $48 from them.Bob Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007673748065070945noreply@blogger.com