[image_with_animation image_url=”8949″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Been a while since I posted. Here’s a cheerful watercolor clusterlump of flowers painted by John Singer Sargent in 1905. My stars, look at that beautiful blue! Each flower perched atop a brushstroke.
That can’t be transparent blue to be that bright on top of other colors. Maybe he used some gouache? I’ve been noticing lately that a lot of watercolor painters do the finishing touches with bright splashes of an opaque “watercolor” – likely gouache.
Mediums have an enormous influence on the products of art. Not necessarily because of how they look when the making is finished (though of course that is true) but more interestingly because of what they will do. The medium dictates not just the final look, but the process of how it’s made. Tip: Categorize art …
I had a couple of extra long work weeks, and a few days ago I decided to zonk myself out with bit of TV. What I ended up watching didn’t zonk me out. It rejuvenated me. Days later, I’m still smiling about it. The movie was “Nothing Changes: Art for Hank’s Sake” a documentary about …
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Last week I sent out a creative invitation to put googly eyes on inanimate objects. The responses on Instagram made our heads spin! Below are a few selected from the whole googly bunch. Stay tuned! The monkeys are gathering their favorites for week 2 of the #30SAL Challenge. Posting soon!
Blue Gentians by John Singer Sargent
[image_with_animation image_url=”8949″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Been a while since I posted. Here’s a cheerful watercolor clusterlump of flowers painted by John Singer Sargent in 1905. My stars, look at that beautiful blue! Each flower perched atop a brushstroke.
That can’t be transparent blue to be that bright on top of other colors. Maybe he used some gouache? I’ve been noticing lately that a lot of watercolor painters do the finishing touches with bright splashes of an opaque “watercolor” – likely gouache.
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