tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post13632135811788546..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: ClusteringJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24691020820991763822007-10-31T15:14:00.000-04:002007-10-31T15:14:00.000-04:00Please write anything else!Please write anything else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-10594602754595469432007-10-31T14:46:00.000-04:002007-10-31T14:46:00.000-04:00pxaXit Magnific!pxaXit Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-74867994603815080102007-10-30T09:32:00.000-04:002007-10-30T09:32:00.000-04:00Thanks to author.Thanks to author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-84363420010850281072007-10-30T05:42:00.000-04:002007-10-30T05:42:00.000-04:00Magnific!Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30569692037612368952007-10-30T02:27:00.000-04:002007-10-30T02:27:00.000-04:00Magnific!Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43655468610150221842007-10-28T11:01:00.000-04:002007-10-28T11:01:00.000-04:00Nice Article.Nice Article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60905763124357306222007-10-27T16:13:00.000-04:002007-10-27T16:13:00.000-04:00Magnific!Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-32414803226642543472007-10-27T15:26:00.000-04:002007-10-27T15:26:00.000-04:00Wonderful blog.Wonderful blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77865545439807831672007-10-26T15:49:00.000-04:002007-10-26T15:49:00.000-04:00Hello all!Hello all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91691042540120604342007-10-26T15:22:00.000-04:002007-10-26T15:22:00.000-04:00Nice Article.Nice Article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-80754216920437069972007-10-26T14:11:00.000-04:002007-10-26T14:11:00.000-04:00P1QO8z Thanks to author.P1QO8z Thanks to author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57448532371707993192007-10-26T06:28:00.000-04:002007-10-26T06:28:00.000-04:00dl7PRO Your blog is great. Articles is interesting...dl7PRO Your blog is great. Articles is interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86033411778081525942007-10-10T07:56:00.000-04:002007-10-10T07:56:00.000-04:00I see that book everywhere, Tara but havn't yet re...I see that book everywhere, Tara but havn't yet read it. Is it really good?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375615378259386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57462948572096455792007-10-10T01:32:00.000-04:002007-10-10T01:32:00.000-04:00Eric, these discussions of Pyle's compostional met...Eric, these discussions of Pyle's compostional methods also reminded me of some of the exposition in Betty Edward's "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" (which I used a great deal when teaching Beginning Drawing). I love the terms "clustering" and "shape welding", partly because they seem to describe so well one of the phenomena that Edward's discusses in regards to visual patterns: how our right-brains "extrapolate from incomplete information to envision a complete image" (i.e. lost edges, 'shape welding', etc...). Also "the right brain seems undeterred by missing pieces of information and appears to *delight* in 'getting' the picture, despite its incompleteness." <BR/><BR/>I think this is why paintings that make you 'work' a bit are SO much more satisfying than those that spell it all out (as Mr. Gurney describes - laying out the cookies evenly on the table) - it is tough to do. Pyle was a master at it. And you never get tired of looking at his compositions.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your stint at the Delaware Art Museum! That and the Brandywine Art Museum are amongst my favorites in the country! All those Pyle, Parrish and Wyeth originals... *sigh*tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79720766666871603562007-10-09T22:07:00.000-04:002007-10-09T22:07:00.000-04:00James..your daily blog continues to inspire (or sh...James..your daily blog continues to inspire (or should I say "inflict" me with a singular concept in the studio. Keep up the great work. I'm a big fan...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255786377317147202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-4262771139061898542007-10-09T10:46:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:46:00.000-04:00Mr. Gurney's thoughts put me in mind of Ruskin's E...Mr. Gurney's thoughts put me in mind of Ruskin's Elements of Drawing. Has anyone read this? His ideas about composition are great, a composition is the way in which every element interacts with every other element in a drawing. Pyle's compositions are fantastic examples of what this looks like when done right and how ridiculously hard it us. I think Degas said, "the more you know about painting the harder it is "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375615378259386972noreply@blogger.com