tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4765481979156240222..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: If only I knewStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53326815079702708812012-05-30T13:56:06.059-04:002012-05-30T13:56:06.059-04:00"The more expensive the art gets the smarter ..."The more expensive the art gets the smarter the customers seem to become in the traditional painting world. Oddly, the opposite is true in the modern art world."<br />I spilled my coffee all over my laptop because of you...are you happy :)Antonin Passemardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201960897907738589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-30747250413560242982012-05-28T22:47:39.405-04:002012-05-28T22:47:39.405-04:00I just keep coming back to look at your avatar pic...I just keep coming back to look at your avatar pic.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087407225185566830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-45349811394096449622012-05-28T10:20:10.645-04:002012-05-28T10:20:10.645-04:00I will echo Robert's sentiment:
I'm rea...I will echo Robert's sentiment: <br /><br />I'm reading through the blog in its entirety for the third time. While I do enjoy the instruction on art history, especially Gruppe and Hibbard, I greatly sponge up the how tos and the hands on instruction. <br /><br />Perhaps most influential is the rule: you can't observe design into a painting. That one truth alone is precious gold for me and opened my eyes. <br /><br />I dread the day the Stape blog school of traditional painting closes. But for now, I'm glad the doors are still open. <br /><br />I hope we see another thousand posts!<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-80013485581829394982012-05-27T19:22:58.834-04:002012-05-27T19:22:58.834-04:00I finally read through every post, and when I fina...I finally read through every post, and when I finally got through with them all a couple weeks ago a mild depression set in. I'd learned so much and it was such an efficient form of procrastination that I didn't want it to end. Thanks Stape!Robert Ellefsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363378626394715352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-14418810955675846242012-05-27T11:44:24.453-04:002012-05-27T11:44:24.453-04:00"I have stood in front of a painting (particu..."I have stood in front of a painting (particularly seascapes) and tried solution after solution for WEEKS. There are thousands of decisions in a single painting."<br /><br />Yup! In a better world there would be merit badges awarded to painters who endure these long searches for those ultra-stubbornly elusive solutions. Sometimes you finally get it, sometimes you just chase your tail until you drop from exhaustion. You gotta love it...Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-67453049966333617612012-05-27T09:25:47.991-04:002012-05-27T09:25:47.991-04:00Oops! I guess I misread. I totally need to go to o...Oops! I guess I misread. I totally need to go to one of your workshops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78864136144815455402012-05-27T08:06:40.406-04:002012-05-27T08:06:40.406-04:00Yov've not lost it yet, Stape. You did mention...Yov've not lost it yet, Stape. You did mention it..."On a sunny day I am going to expect to mix a red and a yellow into a lot of white to make the color of the light."tweenliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09306647929697641507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60980472104013909702012-05-27T07:45:15.824-04:002012-05-27T07:45:15.824-04:00Hi Stape,
I parachuted in at the section on edge...Hi Stape, <br /><br />I parachuted in at the section on edges sometime this February, then went back to the beginning and have spent quite a large percentage of my subsequent weekends devouring it. I’m still more than two years behind, though—which makes me happy :) Maybe it will last me the rest of the year! <br /><br />If you keep track of the number of countries where your blog is read, I’m pretty sure you can add one: I live in the East African country of Tanzania (I’m a teacher working with missionary kids). Your blog is a big blessing—it’s the art course(s) I could be taking if I were in the States, only better!! <br /><br />Oh, and good for your daughter Emily! I just read the post where you mentioned her work with Teen Challenge. I don’t know if she’s still involved in that ministry, but your post made me think of summers I spent as a camp counselor. I had a number of groups of campers who came from the inner city, so I can guess how difficult and discouraging her work must be sometimes, but also how rewarding. May the Lord bless her and may she see great fruit from her ministry!SBoydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886824392076073331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-62217837028951646342012-05-27T05:55:49.419-04:002012-05-27T05:55:49.419-04:00I'm so glad you are back to writing again. I&#...I'm so glad you are back to writing again. I've missed reading all of your great advice and your wry humor! You need an editor to sort through all of this great writing and make a book. It would be great. What title would you give it I wonder?Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814636977155763601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66472401984532834652012-05-27T01:25:31.265-04:002012-05-27T01:25:31.265-04:00Stape, you really get to the heart of the problem ...Stape, you really get to the heart of the problem every time. Would love to join you for the upcoming workshop. But the timing is not right. I urge anyone who can make to do so. I still use all of the lessons learned from the first workshop I took from you in good ole Miss. Thank you for all the time you put into this blog. <br />Keep on keeping on....barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.com