tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post8967351819411771722..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Part 2: Foliage / Every LeafJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-34529118271301783712012-07-11T04:35:47.349-04:002012-07-11T04:35:47.349-04:00Roelof, that's the all-important question. Sun...Roelof, that's the all-important question. Sunlight moves or goes behind a cloud, trees grow and change, people shift poses, and animals don't hold still at all. Capturing this requires directness and speed and a trained memory. If you're lucky, something will return to an earlier state. Once you get hooked on trying to capture these dynamics, working from photos is like talking to a corpse.<br /><br />Susan, Why? Trying to capture every leaf can be an almost religious experience. Read John Ruskin's "Modern Painters" for the most eloquent explanation and defense for such a quest.<br /><br />DesB, thanks for mentioning Antonio Garcia Lopez. By chance I've been reading about him lately, and I'll do a post on him soon. That documentary is amazingly honest.<br /><br />Katherine, yes, I appreciate you pointing out Durer's turf. He was so ahead of his time in confronting mundane reality and finding the transcendence in it. I didn't know about Lucian Freud's work in this area.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-10305463651622112222012-07-11T00:54:53.663-04:002012-07-11T00:54:53.663-04:00How does one compensate or prepare if ones subject...How does one compensate or prepare if ones subject is bound to move around (animals, people) and the lighting to change position?<br /><br />I have been sketching people in a small pad I carry with me. People tend to move, so I am limited to how much I can draw using my FIRST IMPRESSION of what I saw.<br /><br />I cannot imagine how to even approach a plein aire painting. Any posts relating to this issue, perhaps?Roelof Venterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889997664843396710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15430278035237824152012-07-08T15:03:38.684-04:002012-07-08T15:03:38.684-04:00Beautifully said KatBeautifully said KatDesBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09723824959238153658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6273307337408229982012-07-08T13:57:47.815-04:002012-07-08T13:57:47.815-04:00Raymond Ching is an astounding watercolorist, a tr...Raymond Ching is an astounding watercolorist, a true genius. He apparently started off as a street urchin that an art instructor "discovered" and nurtured. His bird watercolors are magnificent. <br /><br />"The Lemon Tree" is one of my favorite works of art. I definitely prefer the extreme close observation of the "every leaf" school. The love and triumph of the eyes! Caressing each form with infinite care, each unique and ephemeral -- visual appreciation of existence at an extraordinary pitch.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157191667153531127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24881230390101569602012-07-08T12:13:38.973-04:002012-07-08T12:13:38.973-04:00I feel like a bad artist because I can't paint...I feel like a bad artist because I can't paint every single leaf. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2339619364074558412012-07-07T21:53:01.948-04:002012-07-07T21:53:01.948-04:00This type of detail, while technically impressive,...This type of detail, while technically impressive, leaves me cold. I prefer to see the artist's hand in the work, and a variety of detail levels. A piece can still be very realistic and satisfy this personal preference.Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86607870436665774972012-07-07T21:21:25.983-04:002012-07-07T21:21:25.983-04:00Great post, and the comments with links are phenom...Great post, and the comments with links are phenomenal! Thank you all.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-34356022107676841602012-07-07T20:31:24.596-04:002012-07-07T20:31:24.596-04:00Why would anyone want to?Why would anyone want to?Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-90424689877035363762012-07-07T15:36:40.375-04:002012-07-07T15:36:40.375-04:00sketching or painting popcorn is a great project o...sketching or painting popcorn is a great project on a smaller scale till you try painting veg or landscape like the ones you featured.K_tigresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435524324162761134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-39026256365931763032012-07-07T14:39:35.769-04:002012-07-07T14:39:35.769-04:00Niggle did it! (J.R.R, Tolkein, Leaf By Niggle).Niggle did it! (J.R.R, Tolkein, Leaf By Niggle).MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18815974519560506572012-07-07T13:16:50.639-04:002012-07-07T13:16:50.639-04:00Or «Quince Tree of the Sun» (http://www.youtube.co...Or «Quince Tree of the Sun» (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9Mr1w4iQI), <br />a documentary on Antonio Lopez.Olivier Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569116911297440464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-52753172832990271972012-07-07T11:44:47.197-04:002012-07-07T11:44:47.197-04:00Victor Erice filmed a documentary in 1990 called &...Victor Erice filmed a documentary in 1990 called "The Quince Tree Sun". It followed the Spanish Artist Antonio Lopez Garcia re-inacting his annul, obsessive,<br />attempt to paint every leaf, the changing light and the growing fruit on his quince tree using an elaborate registration system of a lattice of strings an paint dots on the leaves. Year after year the changes in the tree and fruit through the Summer and Autumn and decay make his attempts futile.<br />A subtle, hypnotic documentary which is essentially about the artist's compulsion to depict his sensations in the face of relentless change.<br />An excellent documentary. Watch it if you can.DesBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09723824959238153658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-575542107185010352012-07-07T10:46:58.590-04:002012-07-07T10:46:58.590-04:00I've tried this idea of painting amarillo flow...I've tried this idea of painting amarillo flowers in a pot and having trouble painting them still because the flower keeps on growing for just four hours. Horrible! Maybe you can do it to some other slow growing plants or by simply cutting its stem and put it in a jar with water. Almost gallery here in my country don't consider the effort for how much detail you put in the painting instead they charge every artwork by size.Florante Paghari-onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647803030032067580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88817696480098898282012-07-07T09:17:53.236-04:002012-07-07T09:17:53.236-04:00...and there's Albrecht Dürer's Great Piec......and there's Albrecht Dürer's Great Piece of Turf <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Piece_of_Turf<br /><br />Although I rather think he may have "cheated" and dug it up and brought it back to his studio!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-46111779345262334592012-07-07T09:15:30.141-04:002012-07-07T09:15:30.141-04:00Plus Lucian Freud - who was apparently nearly driv...Plus Lucian Freud - who was apparently nearly driven to distraction when he tried to paint every leaf in the overgrown garden outside his studio window.<br /><br />This is a podcast about one of the etchings of the painter's garden which Freud did<br /><br />http://www.christies.com/features/lucian-freud-the-painters-garden-2130-4.aspxMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.com