tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4198328457840368590..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Different ways of making an edgeStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44451143944637120642009-04-24T00:31:00.000-04:002009-04-24T00:31:00.000-04:00Willek;
Yes I have heard that quote but I don't re...Willek;<br />Yes I have heard that quote but I don't remember where, or any more about it.I think Sargent did a lot of both sorts of edges.Maybe I should do a post dissecting some Sargent edges.He was a master of it and his art is characterized by his control of his edges........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5005063734123975842009-04-23T23:26:00.000-04:002009-04-23T23:26:00.000-04:00I can remember reading that Sargent commenting on ...I can remember reading that Sargent commenting on a recent painting, apologized for softening an edge by stroking over it. The implication was that he mixed the color and value and applied it to the edge. Have hou ever heard about this instance and this a high value technique?willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-80572566200454232202009-04-23T22:44:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:44:00.000-04:00Todd:
I think that is the long range plan. I have...Todd:<br /><br />I think that is the long range plan. I have wanted to write a book for years. The blog forces me to write several hours every evening. I always knew it would take that, but the blog enforces the discipline.I have about a zillion more subjects I want to cover, but they are finite, I think. Thanks for the compliment. I don't really want to be a secret,but there are only going to be so many people interested in this subject, and a great number of those are not going to be interested in the exhaustive treatment I am trying to do. I think this is always going to be a novelty act In workshops I used to get this shocked look from casual hobbyists who I had just buried in information,.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-6706156778812172682009-04-23T22:32:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:32:00.000-04:00Jeremy:
Did you feel the quake today?
If cost i...Jeremy:<br /><br />Did you feel the quake today?<br /><br /> If cost is important strip back to your earth colors.Trying to use as much paint as you can will probably get you so you are making the thing out of paint<br />Maybe you could make that dog a little sweater with an anvil in it, ...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-87303524135272508872009-04-23T22:28:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:28:00.000-04:00Mihail:
The list of differences you present is on...Mihail:<br /><br />The list of differences you present is one of the reasons that the making the edges by adjusting the value is often a good way to go.<br />I think of adjusting the value first as it is a part of drawing, the other considerations come second,if they need to be dealt with. Just pulling the two together with a blurred edge doesn't address any of those variations<br />...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-87852587931668577222009-04-23T22:22:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:22:00.000-04:00Jeff:
If a painter wants to cut costs he can as yo...Jeff:<br />If a painter wants to cut costs he can as you point out,use more earth colors and avoid cerulean and cobalt isn't cheap either.<br />Its really a good thing to have a teacher like Mason set you7 straight on stingy palettes. Somehow it just doesn't register on a student unless you empty a palette for them real quick, "Say have you got some more white? That's all you've got? Here give me that tube" Squiiiiiiiirt!<br />.....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-13034238181727133922009-04-23T20:09:00.000-04:002009-04-23T20:09:00.000-04:00Just a note to let you know that I've been spendin...Just a note to let you know that I've been spending an obscene amount of time reading your older posts..the Hibbard analysis is blowing my mind. You really should turn this into a book Stape, seriously. This is one of those best-kept-secret places to get hard core info on how to paint. Brilliant. <br /><br />Live free or day my fellow NH'er.<br />regards,<br />ToddTodd Bonitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106002893113309433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29456567618423430152009-04-23T16:08:00.000-04:002009-04-23T16:08:00.000-04:00Thanks for yet another informative post on edges -...Thanks for yet another informative post on edges - I have a lot to practice now. I know I don't use enough paint - no more of that! I will start to use more.<br /><br />On another note, my dog does forage, but it is usually INSIDE the house, unfortunately. It's hard to keep things out of reach from a 155lb St. Bernard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60977548137329224312009-04-23T09:34:00.000-04:002009-04-23T09:34:00.000-04:00Great blog! Thank you very much for sharing your k...Great blog! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us. <br />Concerning edges I'd like to add something. As I see it, by softening the edge between two color masses our aim is to lessen the difference/contrast between them. To do that, first we need to analyze what kind of difference we have.<br />Do they differ mostly in value? Or maybe in chroma? Or in color? Or in more than 1 aspect (both in value and chroma for example).In the first case(value difference) value control helps to lessen the contrast. But if we'd put two notes of the same value, first having a high chroma and the second having a low chroma, next to each other they will still be quite contrasting. Same deal with difference in hue - two complementaries of the same value will still have quite a lot of contrast. So we need to take all that into account then dealing with edges. I hope I'm making sence.Mihailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187282700127657171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-80338671222989556352009-04-23T09:22:00.000-04:002009-04-23T09:22:00.000-04:00I agree about the paint.
There is more of it in th...I agree about the paint.<br />There is more of it in the shop.<br />I have some tubes of Cad Red that have been around for years and I use a fair amount. Of course one uses less Cad Red then say Yellow.<br />But most things are in the range of earth colors which are cheap, even for the top tear paints. Don't want to use that $60 tube of Cerulean by Cobalt, Ultramarine and Prussian and you can mix any combination of blue with these three. <br /><br />Many years ago I was taking a landscape class with Frank Mason and he gave me a crit, which is still hanging in my studio. Anyway he stood there and looked at my painting and said "not enough paint on your palette Jeffrey, please put some more out"... I did, and he then used it all up in about 5 or 10 minutes and asked for more. When he was done, in about 20 minutes or so, the painting was transformed from my timid thin painting into a rich sketch with great big expressive strokes followed by smaller ones. He was a master at putting down a stroke and when he did it is in the right place and had the right movement to convey the idea. This is very hard to do, to paint fast and know how to put a stroke down and leave it.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.com