tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post5245758188301744466..comments2024-01-18T08:14:28.278-05:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Doing painting demonstrationsStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-34570126037798547112009-05-23T20:27:52.187-04:002009-05-23T20:27:52.187-04:00Willek'
Did you lose em after the first hour?
If ...Willek'<br /><br />Did you lose em after the first hour?<br />If you want to go for more than an hour, you need to get some of those little Pomeranian dogs that run around and jump through flaming rings.Or maybe an anteater,one of the really big ones!<br />.....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86834121224571595912009-05-23T20:17:30.319-04:002009-05-23T20:17:30.319-04:00Richard
I think anybody who wants to be a recogniz...Richard<br />I think anybody who wants to be a recognized artist in their community needs to be able to do a demo. I think it is great fun.<br />Setting up a small still life is just as good. If I can do the demo outside, like in a workshop I paint whatever is in front of me. I paint from memory because I don't want to paint from a photo.The whole point is to undo the idea that painting is about copying photographs.For some people it is a real epiphany that you are not copying one.The chicken is pretty silly, but you can see even in thi forum,everybody wants to know about the Goddamn chicken.I think it is really importanty to be entertaining and very informal. But I am sugarcoating very serious information and trying to be an ambassador for traditional painting,that I do not want to appear stiff and pretentious. That's so,like, 20th century.<br />.........Stape<br />.Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-39282474185481424582009-05-23T11:11:20.271-04:002009-05-23T11:11:20.271-04:00Stape said: "I couldn't care less about my dignity...Stape said: "I couldn't care less about my dignity."<br /><br />I'm thinking you're going to be my kind of teacher.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5977316057146704502009-05-23T10:51:56.334-04:002009-05-23T10:51:56.334-04:00Hi, Stape. Great advise. I just did my first paint...Hi, Stape. Great advise. I just did my first painting demo and it was both rewarding and humbling. Rewarding because a biggish room of people seemed to hang on every work, That does not happen at home. and humbling because I could not do all that I thought I could. I thought I could complete a smallish still life in 2 hours, but with the questions and the explaining I could not. But I brought along my practice piece, from the same setup to show as a finish. So my demo was more about process, materials and equipment than it was about a dash to the finish. We will see... if I am invited back. Willekwillekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44859669286989972362009-05-23T09:28:42.232-04:002009-05-23T09:28:42.232-04:00Deb
It doesn't matter how you get a rubber chicken...Deb<br />It doesn't matter how you get a rubber chicken into a demo, just getting it there is enough. I have done it several ways. I have at my feet, as always, my backpack in which I carry solvents, paper towels, my brushes etc. I throw the chicken in there and then while directing their attention to it, as I pull stuff out of the bag and discuss it, out comes the rubber chicken! You get the same people at demos, there are folks who will travel to see an artist do demos and you will see them in different clubs. They know the chicken is coming and if I don't bring it thruy will actually request the thing. At the end of a demo people like to photograph you and your completed painting .There must be a million photos of me holding up,that stupid chicken. They all want to get the chicken in the photo. I couldn't care less about my dignity.<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29040931737056203022009-05-23T09:19:57.271-04:002009-05-23T09:19:57.271-04:00Sandra:
I haven't done Rockport recently.I have pa...Sandra:<br />I haven't done Rockport recently.I have painted a woman in the front row. Only hhappened once, and she took it nicely. I mailed her a framed print later with a letter of apology.<br />.......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29425366845215143862009-05-23T08:18:52.700-04:002009-05-23T08:18:52.700-04:00Carl and I need to get you a demo gig in Cincinnat...Carl and I need to get you a demo gig in Cincinnati so you can come out this way and hang out with us for a while. <br /><br />I just did a demo myself and am finally getting the hang of the fact that it is a performance more than anything. I paint and talk, and tell them that I can usually do one of those things well and not both, and as I would rather not sound like an idiot, the painting usually is not as good as would be done in the studio where I am not trying to entertain a crowd. <br />I never thought of just painting something from memory. I usually set up a little still life, which can be difficult as the lighting in these places usually is wanting. I will have to think about doing something like that in future. <br />I also need to get one of those chickens as soon as you explain how it is put into use.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37114957169236862802009-05-23T07:11:39.702-04:002009-05-23T07:11:39.702-04:00Hmmm.. I'm still wondering how the chicken fits in...Hmmm.. I'm still wondering how the chicken fits in to all this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-35786254136084217152009-05-23T02:43:48.523-04:002009-05-23T02:43:48.523-04:00I was just thinking of asking if you ever demo at ...I was just thinking of asking if you ever demo at Rockport...I went to quite a few last summer. I was glad to see this topic here today. You seem like you would be quite the character. I would risk the oil splatters and sit in the front row!!!Sandra Galdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989680552639630289noreply@blogger.com