tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4582937156663684538..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Sargent's tonal "themes"Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37086188575541318032010-11-24T08:42:34.051-05:002010-11-24T08:42:34.051-05:00I have just been reading your blog for a short tim...I have just been reading your blog for a short time, but you have taught me so much. I am learning to really SEE like I never have. Thanks so much for your help.s thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180157670308475421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52945294340564696392010-11-24T00:08:10.062-05:002010-11-24T00:08:10.062-05:00Mary;
Thanks.
................StapeMary;<br />Thanks.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56591204646483468292010-11-24T00:07:44.425-05:002010-11-24T00:07:44.425-05:00Kyle;
Is that where that is?
................Stape...Kyle;<br />Is that where that is?<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66285011952928781572010-11-24T00:07:10.531-05:002010-11-24T00:07:10.531-05:00Willek;
I got you on the front page tonight.
........Willek;<br />I got you on the front page tonight.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-84389153567508324572010-11-24T00:06:25.166-05:002010-11-24T00:06:25.166-05:00bill;
Thanks, tomorrow I am going off in a new dir...bill;<br />Thanks, tomorrow I am going off in a new direction , at least for a day. I need to do a Sargent bio too.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54177143402860635362010-11-24T00:05:22.702-05:002010-11-24T00:05:22.702-05:00Philip:
Thank you. I think some of the sitters mus...Philip:<br />Thank you. I think some of the sitters must have been very interesting, like Asher Wertheimer. The ladies had really cool clothes though.<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-33494673972675180422010-11-24T00:04:25.507-05:002010-11-24T00:04:25.507-05:00ED;
This is a different lighting situation. But wh...ED;<br />This is a different lighting situation. But where the shadows are, the clarity of division is there also.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-9472587867379892862010-11-24T00:03:23.338-05:002010-11-24T00:03:23.338-05:00Ed:
Pati, I have been working to do that myself.
....Ed:<br />Pati, I have been working to do that myself.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-70451060498572805022010-11-24T00:02:44.704-05:002010-11-24T00:02:44.704-05:00barbara:
You are welcome.
...............Stapebarbara:<br />You are welcome.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-62696326736852102892010-11-23T19:02:52.659-05:002010-11-23T19:02:52.659-05:00Nice, nice, nice ! Great series of posts Stapleto...Nice, nice, nice ! Great series of posts Stapleton.Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-15916091625727775602010-11-23T11:31:55.405-05:002010-11-23T11:31:55.405-05:00I love Lady Agnew. It's been one of my favorit...I love Lady Agnew. It's been one of my favorites of Sargent and I got to see it at the National Gallery in Edinburgh when I lived in Scotland.<br /><br />I'm very interested in Tonalism as a technique for creating mood and harmony. The idea of suppressing the complement makes a lot of sense. I'm going to have to try that. <br /><br />Thanks, Stape.Kyle V Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126946309389611981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19097234245202806602010-11-23T10:57:25.946-05:002010-11-23T10:57:25.946-05:00Think Sargent would have set his subject up with t...Think Sargent would have set his subject up with those props and colors in mind before hand?, or would he have translated the color scheme and the subject into what he painted.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25280045037700786012010-11-23T09:48:04.440-05:002010-11-23T09:48:04.440-05:00Thanks Stape! These last couple of posts on halfto...Thanks Stape! These last couple of posts on halftones, color, and tonal themes are on my mind all day.<br />I'm wrapping my understanding around it best I can.<br />To practice this will be my best attempt to understand it.<br />The top painting is one of my favorites at the local museum. There is an atmosphere of twilight and magic to it.billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-55104631676423007032010-11-23T07:56:40.067-05:002010-11-23T07:56:40.067-05:00Sargent is amazing as an oil painter, and your com...Sargent is amazing as an oil painter, and your comments on his color are spot on. <br /><br />It is remarkable- he painted so well that these portraits of over-privileged upper class women came out so vital and alive. In the hands of a lesser artist these sitters could have ended up dull as cold dishwater. On a good day Sargent could breath life into almost anything. Talk about a painter setting the bar high...Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56084453907692582402010-11-23T03:06:41.952-05:002010-11-23T03:06:41.952-05:00Hi Stape, interesting post! Its interesting how th...Hi Stape, interesting post! Its interesting how the Lady Agnew portrait seems to rely very little on a the tonal divisions you mentioned in previous post.<br />Apart from the nose and some subtle shade at the side, its almost all local colours! (am i reading that right?)<br /><br />I guess it shows that sargent didnt need to rely on strong tonal divisions as in this case it seems much more subtle.Edcooper_arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412995350109708843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16187077758831473592010-11-23T01:19:21.306-05:002010-11-23T01:19:21.306-05:00Very useful. As a full time working artist, I'...Very useful. As a full time working artist, I've just now started to expand beyond my classical academic training, trying not to slavishly match all the color I see, but rather make a decision about what colors will best convey the mood I want the painting to have. Thanks!<br />Pati Springmeyer <br />www.patispringmeyer.comPati Springmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243919872381750129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-6367534862722311822010-11-23T01:02:40.808-05:002010-11-23T01:02:40.808-05:00......well said Stapleton, Thank you! Oh and the S.........well said Stapleton, Thank you! Oh and the Sargent's are lush.barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.com