tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1369379047489956257..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Holding the brushStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-73227896496769472642010-07-12T21:41:46.430-04:002010-07-12T21:41:46.430-04:00Sorry, but this is the worst painting I have seen ...Sorry, but this is the worst painting I have seen you do. I hope this is not a new trend. <br /><br />I have always explained to students that they should hold the brush like a conductor holds his baton. Paint as if you are conducting a great symphony. It gets you away from your subject, plus you look cool, which is a big part of being a painter.<br />Isn't it?Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56012380708940386382010-07-12T14:37:01.080-04:002010-07-12T14:37:01.080-04:00My confession: I've been guilty of holding my ...My confession: I've been guilty of holding my brush too close to the fuzz part too often. So for the last several days I've been very attentive to holding it the way I should. Several small muscles are now a little sore but this is good. Thanks for this post on fundamentals.Lisa McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599917617378344310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52253728907868046442010-07-12T09:09:02.346-04:002010-07-12T09:09:02.346-04:00Thank you for these wondeful tips. I will try.......Thank you for these wondeful tips. I will try.....nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940732642687093934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-198401740815263872010-07-11T13:52:45.009-04:002010-07-11T13:52:45.009-04:00This is simply the best blog on the internet. I lo...This is simply the best blog on the internet. I love the artwork, laugh till I cry and learn something every time I visit!Mary Beth Brathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783321150498875601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-80140873366030521542010-07-10T23:12:10.899-04:002010-07-10T23:12:10.899-04:00I've never been a swordsman, but sometimes I t...I've never been a swordsman, but sometimes I think of a sword, which, when well made, has a long handle that balances the weight of the blade. Essentially the sword is gripped from the middle, or 3/4 from the tip. I apply that to brush manipulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-32064710238297303492010-07-10T21:18:07.448-04:002010-07-10T21:18:07.448-04:00Jim;
I think you could perhaps put a disc with a h...Jim;<br />I think you could perhaps put a disc with a hole in it on the brush handle, like the guard on a rapier,then you would remember to stay behind that. Just for a little while. Possibly you could wear one of those plastic cones the vet puts on dogs to keep them from chewing at their new stitches.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-13115059751597542972010-07-10T21:15:26.942-04:002010-07-10T21:15:26.942-04:00Bill;
Yes of course. There are some wholly visual ...Bill;<br />Yes of course. There are some wholly visual painters who make entire pictures out of only diagonal strokes in imitation of the old "schoolmaster" style of drawing. Looks like hell.<br />........................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-26040514501211120942010-07-10T21:13:52.950-04:002010-07-10T21:13:52.950-04:00Karla;
You are overthinking this thing. Just put t...Karla;<br />You are overthinking this thing. Just put the next stroke where it looks good.<br />.StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2041592644669723382010-07-10T21:13:05.323-04:002010-07-10T21:13:05.323-04:00Marian;
That's a good idea. I have never poste...Marian;<br />That's a good idea. I have never posted a video before.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-39732811422988646842010-07-10T18:23:21.939-04:002010-07-10T18:23:21.939-04:00A park ranger stopped to talk to me one day last a...A park ranger stopped to talk to me one day last autumn while I was painting in the mountains. She snapped a picture of me as I worked and was kind enough to email the photo to me. I cringed when I saw I was holding the brush wrong in the picture! This has been the hardest thing for me to get right. For years I worked in pastel (and sometimes still do) and pastels don't have long handles. So when I paint in oils, I absentmindedly tend to have my hand close to the color end of the brush - at least that's my excuse! Is there a good way to break this habbit, short of electroshock therapy or giving up my pastels?James Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626977085862840924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19606965079085153442010-07-10T12:03:59.423-04:002010-07-10T12:03:59.423-04:00Amazing! You make it look so easy!
(sign of a true...Amazing! You make it look so easy!<br />(sign of a true professional)<br /> Is it ok to make diagonal strokes?billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29659450555941916302010-07-10T08:32:50.453-04:002010-07-10T08:32:50.453-04:00Thanks for this demo. You will probably cover thi...Thanks for this demo. You will probably cover this but my question is: When laying your "tile" does the next stroke began where the paint begins to thin out on the previous stroke? Sorry for being so ignorant. Thanks for your patience.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814636977155763601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-22341600970015368222010-07-10T08:29:24.344-04:002010-07-10T08:29:24.344-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814636977155763601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-87545149493463589452010-07-10T07:39:56.465-04:002010-07-10T07:39:56.465-04:00Hi Stapleton,
This brush/stroke demo would be good...Hi Stapleton,<br />This brush/stroke demo would be good as a short little video demo. You might even have a video setting on the little pink camera. You would have the option of posting it on your blog and/or You tube (if you are so inclined).mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.com