tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post4769779792468925214..comments2023-07-15T03:07:47.037-07:00Comments on Gewel Kafka: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post-38488742741521216232011-10-24T15:27:52.068-07:002011-10-24T15:27:52.068-07:00Thank you! That's some seriously helpful info ...Thank you! That's some seriously helpful info :) We'll have to have an art party soon.Gewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03266121642943965903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post-25125198820234036572011-10-24T12:21:37.562-07:002011-10-24T12:21:37.562-07:00btw--I never think about skin tones when I work. (...btw--I never think about skin tones when I work. (I just love those tubes of "flesh" color at paint stores...huh? Its all percieved reflected and lit tones) Just what the colors are in the lights and shadows whether it be blue, green, or warmish orangey. I just got a set of alkyds I need to break out. I want to use it on a still life or portrait. I know I left that other piece unfinished but perhaps I could work on a painting portrait of you with that kind of stuff I mentioned about the pallette and brushes to see what I mean.Jeanne Hospodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954631851968997466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post-89097242586926217402011-10-24T12:11:04.997-07:002011-10-24T12:11:04.997-07:00Yes, definitely light yourself dramatically. Get s...Yes, definitely light yourself dramatically. Get some clamp lamps (super cheap at the Home Depot) Put a bright contrasting color fabric up behind you too.<br /><br />Try this for a palette: a warm and cool of each primary so 1) a cadmium red medium, and alizerin crimson 2)cerulean blue and ultramarine blue 3) lemon yellow/cadmium yellow light and cadmium yellow medium or even cadmium yellow deep (bordering on orangey) if you want. One neutral like burnt or raw sienna, and white. <br /><br />no grays, no blacks** (they really can pollute the overall color when working from life) and no secondary colors.<br /><br />use brushes (especially) at the beginning in relation to the size of the canvas. If you have a 8"x10" for instance, no brushes should be smaller than an half inch wide and have some as wide as an inch and a half. Get the big broad areas of color. If you concentrate, you should still pick up "you" even if the teeniest of features are not focused on. Shapes of color against color. Only go smaller when you've broken down the biggest shapes down to the next level and the next level after that. Try to resist micro brushes though. maybe a quarter inch or a round with a good tip and leave it at that. <br /><br />**I know--I use black sometimes, but those are on very deliberate flat, decorative, patterened sort of dreamscape work. I never use it working from life--with the possible rare exception of a very very limited pallette of a white, black, burnt sienna and ochre and then it takes on a bluish tone in relation to that. But for full pallette work from life, avoid it.Jeanne Hospodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954631851968997466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post-30977494923669636732011-10-23T21:36:45.596-07:002011-10-23T21:36:45.596-07:00Thanks Jeanne : ) Yeah, J.S. is great. I had never...Thanks Jeanne : ) Yeah, J.S. is great. I had never seen her stuff before last week. I want to do a portrait from a mirror. I've done them in pencil, but man color is so tricky :P the assignment in class first called for one from life, but the lighting definitely was not dramatic. I think that makes such a difference. The classroom had lots of overhead light. It made it hard to see. Her face looks like raw meat right now. I just am barely learning skin tones, starting to get it, but have a ways to go I'm afraid. I Think I'll do some white/brown/ochre washes to get rid of some of the steak color. I already tried to dull it with payne's grey washes in the shadows. It's still a a step up from the zombies I was churning out before. I see the potential there though and consumed with perfecting it. Any suggestions? What are your favorite skin tones? I was feeling for you too when I read about your family on your blog. I hope everything is ok with them:) Yeah, life is just sad sometimes, I guess. I think the donation thing is a good idea. I'll try that: )Gewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03266121642943965903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663145190433064697.post-53593663103070276992011-10-23T19:16:24.540-07:002011-10-23T19:16:24.540-07:00Love Jenny Saville. Also fond of Andrew Wyeth. I&#...Love Jenny Saville. Also fond of Andrew Wyeth. I've been told to look more at NC Wyeth in the past (I think for some of the dramatic poses) but always preferred the vibe of his son. <br /><br />Good work on the self portrait. Although I think access to all tools are a great thing for artists if used judiciously, try dramatically lighting yourself in a mirror reflection and go at it on site with no other reference. You might not get the teeny details of eyelid just so, but the overall color, markmaking and energy of that exercise is a really valuable learning experience.<br /><br />I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I just went through that and it is the most difficult thing I've ever been through. Not having access to proper health care--oh man I can't imagine that on top of everything. I don't know if it would do anything but perhaps set up a donation page using paypal? Also, not sure what she has but there are research studies for people with various conditions where they can get free treatment if you look around. Good luck to you.Jeanne Hospodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954631851968997466noreply@blogger.com