tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post2077182829773475935..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: A few words about three color palettes and then about lightStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5316467336257203472009-06-28T12:20:00.606-04:002009-06-28T12:20:00.606-04:00On a technical note I have read that in Zorn's...On a technical note I have read that in Zorn's day that Ivory black was a lot bluer than it is today which makes some sense in context to a palette using only Vermilion Yellow Ocher and Ivory Black.<br /><br />I did some testing and mixed up some black samples with different mixes of Ultramarine blue and Cobalt. <br /><br />I settled on a mix of 1/3 blue to 2/3's Ivory Black and this made a very good Blue/Black for landscape painting.<br /><br />I also think the limited "Zorn" Palette is intended for painting flesh, which makes sense as you don't need a high chroma yellow for flesh tones. <br /><br />I also like the idea of having the right tools for the job on hand.<br /><br />Personally I have low and high chroma colors on my palette and find that this helps me.<br />I also have 3 or 4 blues when painting landscape. I might not put them out but there are times when Manganese or Cerulean blue is called for. The problem is these two blues are so expensive at be out of the range usability.<br /><br />I keep looking on EBay and once an while I find a great deal. Recently I bought two tubes of Cerulean, one OH and one Williamsburg for a combined total of $40.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-87760673436704774652009-06-27T16:22:12.448-04:002009-06-27T16:22:12.448-04:00mand:
R.H.Ives Gammell championed Bunker and wrote...mand:<br />R.H.Ives Gammell championed Bunker and wrote the first monograph on him in the late 60's. Bunker is someone after whom a lot of the training in the Fenway studios was modeled. <br />(he's an east coast guy!)<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51510991428765067382009-06-27T15:32:30.214-04:002009-06-27T15:32:30.214-04:00Jeremy,
Check out Dennis Miller Bunkers' earl...Jeremy,<br /><br />Check out Dennis Miller Bunkers' early work, tonalist and simple.armandcabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772142818316748471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-77638462086104495242009-06-27T14:34:41.326-04:002009-06-27T14:34:41.326-04:00Jeremy;
I guess it is unnatural. However there ca...Jeremy;<br /><br />I guess it is unnatural. However there can be other goals besides naturalism. For instance could I say that Fellini is not naturalistic, or Samuel Becket (waiting for Godot)? I recommend again the classic point of view by Kenyon Cox. We are overweighted today towards naturalism and at the expense off several other excellent models of thought.<br />The blueberry barrens are one of the strangest environments (outside of academia)that I have ever seen.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-43678061402041263192009-06-27T13:44:48.064-04:002009-06-27T13:44:48.064-04:00Luminist/tonalist stuff seems so unnatural to me. ...Luminist/tonalist stuff seems so unnatural to me. It looks cool from a fantastical point of view, but you shouldn't be able to see that much detail staring into the sun, so I find it a bit divorced from reality.<br /><br />I googled blueberry barrens. Very cool! The closest thing Southern California has to that is red tide.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8009906745994846292009-06-27T09:37:16.220-04:002009-06-27T09:37:16.220-04:00Marian;
I hadn't thought of that but you might...Marian;<br />I hadn't thought of that but you might be right.I have always known his etchings had photo references. I have a big book in Swedish on Zorn that shows the references and then reversed, the etchings. I still love them. I absolutely love Zorns nudes.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-21128042110284548092009-06-27T09:29:55.692-04:002009-06-27T09:29:55.692-04:00Rae:
I will post it but I am in a computer transi...Rae:<br /><br />I will post it but I am in a computer transition right now. In a week or som perhaps I can. <br />A lot of artists lie about using photographs or working out side when the are not. I think it comes from insecurity about their art. If you have to lie about how you make your art, you must worry about being caught. I have a policy, I will tell you anything about how I do what I do. Just ask. I am flattered that people want to know. I have no secret methods. Some artists imagine what they do is a sort of trick, and if others found out that trick they could do it too. I have more tricks than you can ask me about.<br />...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54151547974935838202009-06-27T09:23:46.452-04:002009-06-27T09:23:46.452-04:00Willek:
Limited palettes have their uses, regard...Willek:<br /> <br />Limited palettes have their uses, regardless of what Zorn squeezed out. But, they have their drawbacks like any other tool. Which is what a palette is. I guess it is important to choose the right tool for the job. You wouldn't do surgery with a wire cutters.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-36978383035162944212009-06-27T09:21:09.387-04:002009-06-27T09:21:09.387-04:00Gregory;
Thanks,I will have a new computer on line...Gregory;<br />Thanks,I will have a new computer on line , maybe tomorrow and that will give me better ability to illustrate these posts again as I have been functioning without photoshop (express)<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11104764527158208062009-06-27T09:04:55.086-04:002009-06-27T09:04:55.086-04:00I'll weigh in on the side of a wide pallet. Ev...I'll weigh in on the side of a wide pallet. Even when I take a limited pallet out because of weight constraints, I come back wishing I had the color that I didn't take with me.<br /><br />The Isabella Stuart Gardner museum has some very effective and beautiful Zorn paintings.They are some of my favorite paintings of all time. However, what I found most interesting was the collection of Zorn drawings, sketches and studies worked up from photographs. My guess is that his interest in photography informed his interest in etching. You can see the Zorn sketches (many with just blocked in values)in the collection of his drawings along with some of the photographs which inspired him. It made me wonder whether he was inspired to try a limited pallet because of his interests printmaking and photography.But clearly did not always use that limited pallet.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-55051565803798407352009-06-27T07:26:29.045-04:002009-06-27T07:26:29.045-04:00My strabismus has lifted. I would like to see the ...My strabismus has lifted. I would like to see the painting of the blueberry barrens if you can post it-can't imagine you painting something truly weird. Why do you suppose so many artists deny using certain materials or methods. Do they really suppose it lessens the value of their work?Rae O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829088157775335888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-27052106297510653152009-06-27T06:36:13.805-04:002009-06-27T06:36:13.805-04:00Again, all great stuff these past two days that is...Again, all great stuff these past two days that is truly helpful. Zorn's Opal in the Worcester Art Museum is one of my all time favorite pictures. It certainly has blue in it. I would love to see yesterdays Zorn up close, too. I am also interested, when you are through with the side light discussion to hear more about the Luminist approach. The English David Curtis likes to paint back lit pictures and it seems to be a very effective approach. Not that you would do it every time. the hardest sun position to make something out of, for me, is with the sun to my back. It lights everything up and colors show up beautifully, but seems to flatten everything out so much that all is two dimensional. Rockwell, I was told used front light, but from his pictures I see he used front, top light a litle to the side, most of the time. His pictures don't lack form, that is for sure.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-71513102609154285212009-06-27T05:31:21.839-04:002009-06-27T05:31:21.839-04:00Good post. I cant wait to hear more.Good post. I cant wait to hear more.Gregory Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840770708114257366noreply@blogger.com