tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90707642926066988972024-02-18T22:51:03.757-05:00A Painter's EvolutionThe adventures of an artist on his journey to getting to the bottom of painting. The trip goes from learning to paint to painting to learn - an open ended endeavour. Most paintings are done either plein air or from plein air in the studio. The medium is predominately oil paint. The predominant genre is the landscape and townscape.George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-1559546309404698192014-09-01T17:11:00.000-04:002014-09-01T17:11:25.437-04:00Resolving a Painting<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was done on an overcast day. So, the chroma and the values do not add up. I slid my value checker over it just to make sure the colours weren't deceiving my eye. So I went on to change these to make the painting "read" more consistently. By the way, on site the barn roof was the lightest value by a fair amount. So that is key. The Wolf Kahn colours provided their own challenge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Point is that I see many examples of such unresolved paintings proudly hanging on walls. Fortunately many people fail to see them. But they will as they review the painting often enough. Here are some common examples.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light coming from 2 sources for the sun - happens plein air quite often</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-68434393218808785572014-08-17T12:19:00.000-04:002014-08-17T12:19:05.477-04:00Drawing You Say<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, I do a fair amount of drawing. I try to get it mostly right even though it is not usually my primary concern. During the sketch and subsequent hour of painting here I know something was pretty wrong. Didn't have time or strength to correct on site. After all, its probably mostly right (couldn't see the subject but you know).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even without seeing the subject I knew the areas that were probably wrong. Easy to correct on the second wet. My constant drawing at least warned me.</span></div>
George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-22979838207110278992014-08-14T13:32:00.000-04:002014-08-14T13:32:46.690-04:00Going Light<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So between treatments I'm going east to paint, relax, and explore, 8 days. Gotta go light. Can't walk too far and have to sit to paint. Oh well, do what you gotta do. Cut the chair, shorten the paint supply etc. Here is my total kit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roll of paper towels, 5 brushes in protective tube (Flat Hogs Bristle, #4,#6,#8x2,#12), dippers to hold mineral spirits for cleaning, palette knife, small bottle mineral spirits, pencil, grey view finder, sketch book, 10 canvas boards in two sizes - 8x10, 11x14. Six tubes of paint. And my Traveller paint box and extension by Good Omen. Works great!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These paints limit my high Chroma colour mask. Landscape is primarily low chroma.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These paints will broaden the high chroma colour mask. I can always dull them down.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I start my palette with the primaries. If I need more cool colour I add the viridian - beauty greys with alizarin. If I need more warm add the cad orange deep - beauty greys with ultramarine.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to replace the Cad yellow with the less intense Yellow Ochre also by Blue Ridge. Save me some mixing and I don't expect to see much intense yellow. Then I decided to take this travel tripod that folds up like a robot. Adds a couple of pounds.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon see how all this works.</span></div>
George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-51214277162364511912014-07-24T09:42:00.003-04:002014-07-24T09:42:24.696-04:00With the Sun<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have recently been painting and talking "contre jour". Setting up looking into the sun with the palette in shade. So here is a painting set up with the sun behind me. Still with shade on the palette so I'm in the shade staying cool. At this time of day I have max an hour to catch one lighting type without chasing and having several paintings in one. The solution to that problem is to do several paintings in a row. If you can paint "what you see" you will have a series of colour studies as the light changes - a la Monet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is closer to what I saw and painted most of the time. The top photo is more what it looked like as a thin cloud cover moved in at the end of our time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will notice how there is more colour with lower light - top. The bright light washes out some of the colour. So, is the painting about colour or light? </span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-68360211429602557812014-07-02T10:48:00.001-04:002014-07-02T10:48:10.421-04:00The Poster for Planning the Painting.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ted Seth Jacobs taught my friend artist Denis Hopkins. One of the preparatory tools he taught was the POSTER. Denis did a demonstration of it under pressure. Here is the bare bones of it. It is significantly different from info on the Google search. Different even from Tony Ryder who was taught by Seth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- an abstract approach - no drawing</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- simplification to the extreme</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- start with the darkest dark, reserve the accent value</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- make a simple mark with the dark chosen and mixed (start with the colour nearest the value and colour on your palette</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- take the shape next to the darkest dale, make a simple mark ( limit two vaues per shape)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- add accents in the same manner</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My teacher/mentor/friend informed me today that we have been painting together outside for 22 years. Today was another glorious day. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so fortunate to get my start in art with someone who actually knew what he was doing. The next 20+ experiences were dismal save for 3 people who were able to build on my base.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started I was told that I had to learn to "see". Had trouble with that but it turned out to be so right. I was to paint from life to learn to do that. That meant plein air, still life and figure drawing and painting. A number of challenges soon proved that I "thought I was seeing", but really I was "painting what I thought". Took a lot of challenges and work to start to understand what Mother Nature was offering. Been painting plein air in all seasons ever since. It was years before I saw another plein air painter.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now Plein Air has been taken to Event Status. A totally different emphasis. Some are connected to charities, some are learning oriented, some are invitational. Most stroke the ego and get "paintings" shown with the chance of a sale. Here are some central themes I see.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the second venture I arrived on site with no paint. Quite a surprise pack for the concept about to be devised. Out plopped Permanent Red, Cadmium Lemon Yellow, and Ultramarine Blue Deep, a blob of Titanium White. Mixed a violet to see what I had - quite grey. Perfect. But my lightener surprised me. The Lemon Yellow was much higher tinting strength than I expected so a large portion of the white ended up there. Between this exploration and my thumbnail and concept thought I chewed up a lot of my allotted time. So here is the first wet and a bit more. Photo clipped off quite a bit......</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found the "one thing a day" priority approach limiting but I can only do so much. Family and Friends, Health Care, painting and related, then whatever pops into view. Till next time.......</span></div>
George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-70265999625771582522014-04-23T11:18:00.001-04:002014-04-23T11:18:36.531-04:00Value of Chroma<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I looked at my palette the other day and saw a few piles of various greys scraped from the previous day. From my recent trip to Niagara on the Lake in ominous grey weather - breaking, I decided to paint using just these greys and a new deposit of titanium white.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-66137831945900674082014-04-06T16:00:00.000-04:002014-04-07T15:45:22.262-04:00Tech Insight on White<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read the blog Painting Stuff to Look Like Stuff. Kate stone ran an interesting piece on whites. As for me I use Rembrandt Titanium White, and a variety of Lead Whites by the likes of Blue Ridge. I also had RGH blend me some Lead White with Safflower Oil. SLOOOOW drying but beauty.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being one of those people who gets a bug up their ass and pursues a random project to the eighty percent mark before suddenly dropping it to pursue something else, spring cleaning is an especially interesting time of year for me. It's when I uncover a half-finished, gender-neutral baby blanket made out of hypoallergenic wool; a perfectly organized tupperware box full of every size and shape of envelope that I could possibly ever need, unopened and forgotten; and fourteen separate notebooks and moleskines with the first ten pages filled out with really fascinating objectives: the properties and chemical structure of drying oils (riveting!), quotations about money (wow!), flowers and vegetables I want to plant (I even bore myself). I also found... my old colour swatches! Back from when I bought tubes of paint like they were five cent candies and then meticulously tabulated them in my precious, precious binder.<br /><br />I'm going to throw it all out because I'm so over being a nerd and I've since blossomed into a sophisticated and carefree artiste who doesn't even read the pigment label anymore. But before I do, take a look at these whites:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The key is as follows, listing brand, colour name, pigment, and binder:<br /><br />A. <b>Williamsburg</b>, Titanium White, PW 6, linseed oil<br /><br />B. <b>Winsor & Newton</b>, Titanium White, PW 6 and PW 4, safflower oil<br /><br />C. <b>Lefranc & Bourgeois</b>, Titanium White, PW 6, soybean oil<br /><br />D. <b>Old Holland</b>, Titanium White, PW 6, binder unknown because that's how Old Holland rolls<br /><br />E. <b>Winsor & Newton</b>, Cremnitz White, PW 1, safflower oil<br /><br />F. <b>Gamblin</b>, Flake White Replacement, PW 6 and PW 4, alkali refined linseed oil<br /><br />G. <b>Old Holland</b>, Cremnitz White, PW 1, unknown<br /><br />H. <b>Rembrandt-Talens</b>, Titanium White, unknown, unknown<br /><br />All of these whites were tucked away in this binder in a box for the past several years, so the yellowing is quite exaggerated. If these paints had been used in a painting and left on a wall where there was some light, it wouldn't be this bad. But still. It's worth thanking your lucky stars you didn't paint your masterpiece with Old Holland Cremnitz White. I mean, you didn't, did you?<br /><br />Word to the wise, if you're looking for a titanium white to use, look for something that says PW 6 only (no PW 4--that's zinc) and preferably a safflower or a soybean oil. Good luck.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-75655223274159636592014-03-22T10:08:00.001-04:002014-03-22T10:08:02.354-04:00What, So What, Now What<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Execution</b> - While having a decent <b>concept</b>, I had trouble mixing and making decisions when I started back. See it but can't do it! This has improved with time on the easel. My signature is still pretty wiggly so I have trouble laying in intricate patches of paint. Paint on, and this should improve.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Colour</b> - Recovering this sensitivity as I go. I have a good understanding of the theory and this helps. As I improve seeing I continue to refine colour as part of my <b>concept</b>.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-4456053022851603532014-03-15T12:31:00.000-04:002014-03-17T10:22:43.207-04:00Comeback 10, Bo Diddley and the Cool Palette<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These were all done from the same thumbnail sketch, using the same palette (the warm version with Alizarin, Cad Yellow Light, Ultramarine plus Cad Orange Fonce). Again I added a round bristle brush in addition to the usual bristle flats. To repeat the process, I used a pre coloured ground at mid value. A combination of Ultramaring Blue and Orange Fonce. These act as the mid tones if you establish the darks, then the lights. The image comes in quickly.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-20557478198115623632014-03-06T10:02:00.001-05:002014-03-06T15:35:24.717-05:00Comeback 8, From Concept to Painting<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So first a thumbnail. Not required on my previous paint overs. Almost forgot about it. I do my composition work, value study, and colour notation on this. Note the eye line.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this stage I began sweating profusely. In my current condition the energy required by the brain was very evident. Had to sit it out for a short break. I can see drawing errors. Didn't have to concern myself with that when overpainting scraped back paintings. My hand sure is not steady these days. Practice, practice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today I'm adding round brushes and green to the mix as I paint on yet another scraped back painting "Ken's Corner".</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I left the Orange Fonce out with the primaries and added two greens. The greys from the last session are on the bottom of the palette. I find these most helpful as a time saver. Greys or semi neutrals are central to landscape painting. The two greens added are Pthalo Green, yellow shade and blue shade. In the past I would most frequently use Viridian. But the Pthalos are powerful tinting compared to Viridian. So I'm exploring the added power.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-22997227477322855102014-03-02T14:18:00.000-05:002014-03-02T14:18:25.118-05:00Comeback 6, Discussion Therapy<div style="text-align: justify;">
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-19506248626460929782014-02-28T09:24:00.002-05:002014-03-02T08:18:05.412-05:00Comeback 5, Scraped Back Panel<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had been using scraping in various forms as a painting process as opposed to a restart or scrapping activity. This knife scraping leaves at least the ghost of the original concept. On a canvas covered board there is a clear image, on a gessoed board not so much. For me in my current condition this eliminates drawing and composition complexities and allows me to get on the brush to work on mixing and brush work or knife work. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to continue with dry brush technique - no medium.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been told that I have to limit what I lift. So I'm going to lighten my plein air load. As part of my comeback I'm experimenting with a limited palette. Other efforts will follow.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This keeps the frustration level low as I avoid attacking a whole painting. I mixed with a palette knife to develop that skill again.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If warranted I often squeeze out both Yellow Ochre and Red Oxide tube colours. This seemed appropriate when earth tones dominated my <b>concept </b>for the painting at hand. So lets see if I can mix these two from my three primaries plus white - a light paint load for my plein air kit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in a few seconds I mixed a close yellow ochre. Started with Cadmium Yellow, then stepped (greyed it down) on it with some violet (Ultramarine Blue plus Alizarin). To lighten I added a bit of Titanium White. First shot success!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see the result of adding Ultramarine to the reddish mix. Pretty close to the tube red oxide. So, I can mix these earth tones and eliminate them from my pack. Later I'll show the light weight pack itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seems I was on for this exercise, good news. Took only 24 minutes in the studio.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this session I added Cremnitz (Blue Ridge) white to the palette. The idea then was to mix with brush and or knife to avoid the more complex. Greys and semi neutrals are central to my painting so mixing should be enough for this session. That will give me time playing with the paint, the brushwork, and the colour. And I'll get to experience the difference between Titanium and Cremnitz white.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just filling these spaces with mixtures gave me some low risk exercise with paint. I know that the complexity of a painted image might be discouraging at this stage. Too much decision making, too much concentration. So the greys with the two whites..... My Teacher would be proud.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Primaries keep the decision making process simple. My primaries are Alizarin (RGH Paint , you tube it), Cad Yellow Medium (Stevenson - Great Value), Ultramarine (Blue Ridge - Hand Made), and Titanium white (Rembrandt - Creamy white with good coverage). I set out two brushes, a #12 Stevenson Hogs Bristle Flat and a #4 Rosemary Hogs Bristle Flat. And a few palette knives. These have been the basic tools of torture for me. So I thought I should get the feel of them in my hand. The feel was both familiar and good. So I mixed the possible colours. The brushwork and knife work was tough and lacking. Felt very awkward. Glad I didn't try more complexity.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I continued to paint a second layer in 8x10 spaces. Feel the pickup from the wet first layer. You can see a few drips and sags. At least I could get those.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The total elapsed time in the studio from music on to brushes clean was 50 minutes. Nap time.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-61318235386421006942014-02-15T11:14:00.000-05:002014-02-15T11:14:25.974-05:00A Long Hiatus<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started painting 20 years ago. My teacher immediately encouraged me to paint often if I wanted to make progress. As a Sunday morning painter I didn't get it. As time passed and I got past the discouraging beginner's blahs I began to paint more and more. Then after a few years I was up to 7 days a weak, vacations included, at least sketching, stretching, or reading if not painting. After a few years of this intense activity my teacher actually gave me a complement! So I took some time off. A week or so. After all, I had arrived. Then I went back at it and to my surprise I couldn't seem to do anything well. The worst decay was in my feel of the paint going on. But drawing, seeing, coulour mixing and sense, composition and so on had all gone down the tubes. My teacher smirked "I told you. You have to start near the beginning again". Great news, but he was right.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this time I have been off the brush since an October painting trip to Algonquin Park. Four months. Since then I was diagnosed with cancer. Treatments started in January. Now I'm feeling good enough to want to start painting again. I wonder what I'll find? My teacher is helping me put together a plan of attack to try to avoid being discouraged. Some pretty mundane activities to start, clean my brushes from October, tidy up the studio. Then some simple palette paint playing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My brother the Guitar maker has added a second plein air paint box to his offerings. The box is similar to the travel mate with the addition of a front opening drawer to hold paint or other items of choice. The drawer is mounted with stops to keep it in position as you angle the box to your preferred position.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new model offers the same rugged construction, ease of operation, flexibility of design, adjustability etc as the Travel Mate. Its advantage is a single location for your supplies. Of course the added material adds a bit of weight.</span></div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-91602056737559600562013-09-23T15:27:00.000-04:002013-09-23T15:27:02.996-04:00Contemporary or Old SchoolRecently people have been asking "What's the difference between contemporary and traditional representative art?" Or as my buddy calls it "old school".<br />
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<i>As many of you are probably aware, Arcadia Gallery in SoHo is no more. This is not to say that it is gone completely; it has instead changed its focus and its name. Arcadia Gallery is now Arcadia Contemporary.</i></div>
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<i>I would not go so far as to say this change has "upset" many people, but I will say that the change has made many people "concerned," including myself. Arcadia has been a great place to see well-crafted representational work, in a city where the shocking, the grotesque, and the skill-less in art still rule - and still command top dollar. Arcadia Gallery was an oasis, and when you tell wanderers in a desert that <b>the</b> oasis will be changing, there is bound to be some trepidation.</i></div>
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<i>As part of this change at Arcadia, there are several artists who will no longer be exhibiting with the gallery. Michael Klein amicably parted company with the gallery earlier this year, before any announcement of changes were made, and more recently it was released that Robert Liberace and Ron Hicks will also no longer be exhibiting there. Dorian Vallejo, whose first solo show with Arcadia was set for this autumn, was also let go, just last month. It is the gallery's view that these artists are, without doubt, extremely talented, but that their work is too much mired in the past, and not "forward-looking" enough.</i></div>
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You can look at the work of the departing artists to get a feel for what is said to be more traditional. The tools and methods are the same. Seems that contemporary has more to do with subject and how it is presented. That may explain why fantasy painting is so popular in some galleries I visited in Quebec.</div>
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George Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715079426063641848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070764292606698897.post-45855307941379752562013-09-12T15:04:00.001-04:002013-09-12T15:04:54.100-04:00Comfort Zone II<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 10 years ago John Hartman suggested that I narrow my scope. Go deeper, understand more, see where it goes. That was great advice at the time. I had been hound dogging everything I encountered. I needed focus and deep knowledge. About two years ago I ventured out to townscapes. I had done a few before, but the new version was much richer, more interesting. I brought new insights from my days on a narrower path.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are currently 5 in the series. I am off to Ottawa, Montebello, and Montreal for a few days. Hopefully there will be gobs of interesting reference material to continue with. These will show in early October.</span></div>
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