Archive for February, 2010
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Submitted by Gurney Journey
Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
In the world of printing and photography, the three colors that mix the widest range, or gamut, of colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow.
These “printer’s primaries,” together with black (K), are known by the shorthand CMYK. CMYK inks are used throughout the industries of offset lithography, computer printing, and [...]
The Color Wheel, Part 5
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Many contemporary realist painters use the system that Albert Munsell developed about a century ago. Munsell’s color system was adopted by Frank Reilly at the Art Student’s League in New York. From him and his students it passed on through several generations of teaching to contemporary academic realists, such as Jacob Collins [...]
The Artist’s Magazine
Submitted by Gurney Journey
The March issue of The Artist’s Magazine has Koo Schadler’s tips for workshop teachers: “So You’d Like to Teach a Workshop,” and the top 10 winners of the “Artists Over 60 Contest.” The common themes of the age 60+ artists were “supportive spouses and families, strong senses of style, and the resolute [...]
The Color Wheel, Part 4
Submitted by Gurney Journey
There are a few problems with the traditional artist’s color wheel, and its concept of primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
First of all, no color from the original spectrum has any higher claim to be a primary color than any other. Each hue occupies an equally legitimate place on the outer rim of [...]
Twilight” ~ 24″ x 30″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This was a study of another Hudson River School master, Jasper Cropsey, who painted back in the 1800’s and who also is a favorite of mine. He had such a gift of creating mood and atmosphere and painted many panaramic scenes such as this one. I hope you enjoy this [...]
The Color Wheel, Part 3
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Complements
A color that holds a position directly across the wheel from another is known as a complement. In the world of pigments and color mixing, the color pairs are: yellow-violet, red-green, and blue-orange. When pigment complements are mixed together, they result in a neutral gray, that is, a gray with no hue [...]
Ideas
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
When I was studying The Book of the Hopi, I came across the phrase “seeds in the sky like stars.” It stuck with me. As artists we are constantly under pressure to come up with creative ideas - what to paint or photograph, how to promote [...]
Love Bandit
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
5×5″oil on canvas, SOLD
It’s all about balance, isn’t it? Waaaay too many balls in the air lately and I know it does not bode well for my sanity when I haven’t picked up a paint brush in ten days. Feels like I’m about to go sideways with all [...]
The Color Wheel, Part 2
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Artists generally regard red, yellow, and blue as the most basic, or primary, colors. If you ask most artists to select three tubes of paint to match their mental image of the primary colors, they will most likely pick something like cadmium red, cadmium yellow, and ultramarine blue.
Why those three colors? From [...]
The Color Wheel, Part 1
Submitted by Gurney Journey
How we name and separate the colors on the color wheel is a subject with roots in physical science, visual perception, and artistic tradition. That’s what I’d like to explore over the next seven posts. The color wheel is our mental map of the color universe.
This may seem like boring review, but [...]
Shoemakers
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Back in 1987, while on assignment for National Geographic, I got lost in old Jerusalem.
I wandered down the narrow, twisting alleys. The sound of tapping hammers and the smell of contact cement hit me. Three guys sat in a little arched alcove making shoes. A boom box played Elton John.
They set up [...]
Isn’t It Romantic?: Gauguin’s Nevermore Wins Poll
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Quoth the voters, Nevermore! A recent Art Fund poll asking “Which of these people has captured your idea of romance in art?” came up with the answer of Paul Gauguin’s Nevermore (pictured, from 1897). Voters could choose from among five thought-provoking selections picked by a diverse team of experts. It’s [...]
“Reflections of Spring III” ~ Up for bid! A Painting a Day Hudson River School Spring Sunsets Sunrises Water Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
I have done so many festive autumn scenes, so being this time of year, I wanted to “reflect upon Spring” if you will. There’s something exciting…. anticipated about the coming of Spring after a long, cold winter. To see all the changes taking place, color changes, new life springing forth, [...]
Not Just a Pretty Face
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
“For me, a picture, since it is easel paintings that we have to paint, should be something lovable, joyful, and pretty: yes, pretty!,” Pierre-August Renoir once said in self-defense. “I know how difficult it is to get people to admit that a picture can be joyful and still be a [...]
100 OIL PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Dori, 49/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
Day 49
Another great reference photo with perfect lighting - thank you Dori! Here I go with the purple - orange combo again. I just really like those colors together. I struggled with curly hair in the beginning of this project, but now I like painting it.
For purchase information, please [...]
Light and Form, Part 3
Submitted by Gurney Journey
In soft or diffuse light, such as overcast light, there is no distinct light side, shadow side, terminator, or core. All of the upward facing planes tend to be lighter, since they receive more of the diffused light from the cloudy ceiling.
The photograph of the ball shows the quality of overcast light. [...]
100 OIL PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Ellie, 48/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
Day 48
I love this photo of Ellie - her Mom said she was watching a road race that a friend was in. The way the sun lights up her eye on the sunny side is very unique, and the curly red hair just tops it off. This portrait pleases [...]
Light and Form, Part 2
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Within the shadow is not darkness but the effect of other, weaker sources.
In the case of the drapery study above, drawn in graphite while I was in art school, the key light strikes the form from the left. You can tell it’s a hard source because of the sharp diagonal cast [...]
The Art of the Deal
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
President Obama has suggested in not so many words the need for a “New Deal” for America today to, we hope, match the success of FDR’s “New Deal” of the post-Depression age. A good way of looking back at that first “New Deal” and deciding on whether a new “New [...]
Adventures With The Unknown
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
“Real students,” said Robert Henri, ” go out of beaten paths, whether beaten by themselves or by others, and have adventures with the unknown.”
Over the past few weeks I have been adventuring into this unknown. I joke that there are paintings from Before and from After. [...]
The Other Victorians
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
One of my first subversive art experiences was watching Terry Gilliam’s animated collage title sequences for Monty Python. The Pythons loved to poke fun at the vestiges of stuffy Victorian culture in British contemporary life with the subtlety of that giant foot stomping down at the end of each Gilliam [...]
Light and Form, Part 1
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Light striking a geometric solid such as a sphere or a cube creates an orderly and predictable series of tones. Learning to identify these tones and to place them in their proper relationship is one of the keys to achieving a look of solidity.
The form principle is the analysis of nature in [...]
Pyle’s Summer School
Submitted by Gurney Journey
In the summers of 1898 and 1899, Howard Pyle had an old mill converted into a studio for his students from the Drexel Institute. After establishing his own art school, Pyle continued the arrangement in 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903. N. C. Wyeth spent the last summer there and later settled in [...]
Eskimo Kiss
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
40×30″ oil on canvas, email me for more information
For my newest series, Moonstruck Chronicles, I found plenty of inspiration in all the hoopla surrounding Valentines Day. I explored the persuasion, the wooing, the seduction, the moment the earth shifts and then the aftermath: all ingredients of a great [...]
Funny Valentine
Submitted by A Painting for You!
OK, gents, The Art Love Doctor is IN! You’re pressed for time and short on ideas for buying that perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your lady. Somewhere in the recesses of your mind, a slide from that art appreciation class you took as an elective in college rises before you—Gustav [...]
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