tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1885264481616542391..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Restarting a stuck paintingStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8560148089527980352012-12-10T00:31:11.785-05:002012-12-10T00:31:11.785-05:00Thanks, excellent points here! I now see what I c...Thanks, excellent points here! I now see what I can do to a few of my paintings to improve them.<br /><br />SteveSteve Kohr Fine Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463701878911016862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-73716224134490297832012-06-21T12:26:39.713-04:002012-06-21T12:26:39.713-04:00yes. this is very helpful. :) thank you! I hope yo...yes. this is very helpful. :) thank you! I hope you don't mind that I shared this article on my blog :B I linked back :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-71228032616524989992012-06-09T05:19:50.646-04:002012-06-09T05:19:50.646-04:00"Restate your lights and darks" is simpl..."Restate your lights and darks" is simple advice, but I definitely needed reminding of it. Keeping in mind has actually really helped me rescue a painting since your last post, so cheers for that.<br /><br />Funny thing about soft edges. Once I learned how to make one, I completely forgot how to make a hard edge and for the next year my paintings took on that dull, feathery look that you see all over art schools. That was a dark time.Sidharth Chaturvedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329696059787949153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-63530366869276251782012-06-08T19:35:05.987-04:002012-06-08T19:35:05.987-04:00Thanks for the wonderful advice. So what do you d...Thanks for the wonderful advice. So what do you do when the painting has been "dead" for days or weeks and all dried up? Do you do bring it back from the dead with a lot of scraping and medium when fixing?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841016852403227862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-58461145993718708312012-06-08T19:15:36.377-04:002012-06-08T19:15:36.377-04:00Great post. Thankyou.Great post. Thankyou.Bridget Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12687955539907001586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-10772227800435935452012-06-08T08:12:16.662-04:002012-06-08T08:12:16.662-04:00Great reminders. Just happen to be stuck on a pai...Great reminders. Just happen to be stuck on a painting. Thanks--very timely.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-55301914880405044632012-06-08T07:02:02.975-04:002012-06-08T07:02:02.975-04:00Hmmmm struggling a bit with the one I have ondi my...Hmmmm struggling a bit with the one I have ondi my easel. <br />Did everything listed with some degree of forward momentum. Tim, I'll give the B&W thing a try.<br /><br />Also I like going back to basics and mixing up three values only and using them. If the values turn out right I can manipulate the colors just fine.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-88747265399179022072012-06-08T07:01:02.294-04:002012-06-08T07:01:02.294-04:00Great post, once again! Laughed my head off when I...Great post, once again! Laughed my head off when I came to the line about looking a how master artists (ideally dead ones) handled similar problems. Sometimes it's just to painful to look at someone alive and kicking pulling out fabulous painting after fabulous painting.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-77336520247490434832012-06-08T04:21:09.984-04:002012-06-08T04:21:09.984-04:00Excellent post Stape, these are great things to do...Excellent post Stape, these are great things to do. Another thing I do from time to time is to take my camera or my phone and switch it to black/white. Not only will it automatically reduce the painting to as you said the size of a stamp, the overall value relationships will become clearer. Some might argue this is "cheating" and isn't building an skill (squinting) but I bet that's what Lorrain heard when he used his concave black mirror. The camera wont be able to reproduce all the subtleties on its tiny LCD screen that the eye can see anyway so its still up to the craftsman to iron it out.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804671491953065524noreply@blogger.com