[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.
Paul Horiuchi 1906-1999 From Greg Kucera Gallery: It is said that Japanese artists invented collage over 800 years ago; some say Horiuchi perfected it. His work has been described as romantic, serene, and sensitive. Some say his collages have earned him the title Master of Collage. Horiuchi was born in Japan and at an early …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6674″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] We are almost at the end of this 30 day challenge, so I’ll be coming up with fresh topics to post. Our mailing list has grown by several hundreds of people this month, and I’d like to hear from subscribers. Why did you sign up for V. Notes, and …
My dreams are in full color. Not just wishy-washy pastels, I mean all of the everything. Yellow ochre, bold reds, deep inky blues, textured and shadowed greens. The colors are as important in my dreams as they are in my paintings. They tell half of the story. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do …
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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This flag once protested lynching. Now it’s Dread Scott’s response to police violence
Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/this-flag-once-protested-lynching-now-its-an-artists-response-to-police-violence/ BY CORINNE SEGAL July 10, 2016 at 1:09 PM EDT “A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday,” a piece by artist Dread Scott, based on an NAACP banner, appears at the Jack Shainman gallery on July 8, 2016. © Dread Scott. Photo courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery Between 1920 and 1938, …
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My dreams are in full color. Not just wishy-washy pastels, I mean all of the everything. Yellow ochre, bold reds, deep inky blues, textured and shadowed greens. The colors are as important in my dreams as they are in my paintings. They tell half of the story. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do …