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per wrote:
Hello Julian, I like your work. But one thing disturbs me: If your Sky is cloudless, for me it tends too much towards green, or sometimes it's kind of grey. Maybe you use the wrong colors? You told us that, besides ultramarine, your blue colors are phthalo blue and cerulean blue. Both are probably based on the organic Pigment BP 15. (link to Kremer pigments PDF)
I find cobalt blue irreplaceable, much more beautiful and fitting for a sky ( link to Kremer Cobalt Blue).
I hope You find time for a answer.
(Comment edited by Julian)
Hello Julian, I like your work. But one thing disturbs me: If your Sky is cloudless, for me it tends too much towards green, or sometimes it's kind of grey. Maybe you use the wrong colors? You told us that, besides ultramarine, your blue colors are phthalo blue and cerulean blue. Both are probably based on the organic Pigment BP 15. (link to Kremer pigments PDF)
I find cobalt blue irreplaceable, much more beautiful and fitting for a sky ( link to Kremer Cobalt Blue).
I hope You find time for a answer.
(Comment edited by Julian)
02.15.08
Barbara wrote:
The colours in this painting speak of spring and summer. For those of us looking at high snowdrifts, this image is delightful.
The colours in this painting speak of spring and summer. For those of us looking at high snowdrifts, this image is delightful.
02.15.08
per wrote:
Thank You!
Thank You!
02.16.08
hillbilly wrote:
Surely, representational paintings are intended to convey what we see and also how we choose to interpret our vision. I think Matisse got it right when someone said of one of his paintings, "It doesn't look like a woman." Matisse replied, "It's not a woman, it's a painting". So your sky is ok with me.
Surely, representational paintings are intended to convey what we see and also how we choose to interpret our vision. I think Matisse got it right when someone said of one of his paintings, "It doesn't look like a woman." Matisse replied, "It's not a woman, it's a painting". So your sky is ok with me.
02.16.08
per wrote:
Hello hillbilly,
Well, that's the problem with me. I don't see green in skys (Maybe it is my monitor). But I should repeat: I very much enjoy looking at these masterful paintings.
Hello hillbilly,
Well, that's the problem with me. I don't see green in skys (Maybe it is my monitor). But I should repeat: I very much enjoy looking at these masterful paintings.
02.16.08
Derald Eastman wrote:
The comments concerning the pigments in your painting were interesting. I have been painting since the 1950's and have found the colors in the sky are very different depending on location and time of day. For example the sky colors in my early outdoor paintings in the midwest and southwest were very different than what I see today in the southeast and the Gulf of Mexico. This is how I see it but others may see it differently.
The comments concerning the pigments in your painting were interesting. I have been painting since the 1950's and have found the colors in the sky are very different depending on location and time of day. For example the sky colors in my early outdoor paintings in the midwest and southwest were very different than what I see today in the southeast and the Gulf of Mexico. This is how I see it but others may see it differently.
02.16.08
oilymuck wrote:
Well, yes, I can see there are no links yet provided that show us what paintings should look like when painted with THE RIGHT COLORS! (To be voiced with vociferous exuberance!) Perchance it is not the monitor gone tilt here. In any event, do continue using all the WRONG COLORS, Julian. Who knows, it may well turn out rather nicely for you in the end after all...
Well, yes, I can see there are no links yet provided that show us what paintings should look like when painted with THE RIGHT COLORS! (To be voiced with vociferous exuberance!) Perchance it is not the monitor gone tilt here. In any event, do continue using all the WRONG COLORS, Julian. Who knows, it may well turn out rather nicely for you in the end after all...
02.16.08
Katherine wrote:
It's not only monitors which change colours. The one thing I've found from travelling around the world is that skies are different colours in different places - and certainly vary as well with the seasons as Julian indicates. If a painting is a representation then my own personal opinion is that if you want to comment on what colours somebody is using or should be using it's really best to to be standing next to them looking at the sky they are looking at.
It's not only monitors which change colours. The one thing I've found from travelling around the world is that skies are different colours in different places - and certainly vary as well with the seasons as Julian indicates. If a painting is a representation then my own personal opinion is that if you want to comment on what colours somebody is using or should be using it's really best to to be standing next to them looking at the sky they are looking at.
02.17.08
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