When I think of paintings by Carlos San Millan, I think of glowing light spilling into interiors, dark and moody, the scattered stuff of daily clutter expressed with cascading swaths of bold, intuitive, luscious vibrating color. When I think of Carlos San Millan, I think of the effects of light.
Carlos San Millan (2017)
Lucky us, Carlos San Millan is mid way through his second workshop at the League, and – lucky me – I’m starting to get some of his lessons. I wrote him a question for clarification, and he sent me an “illuminating” explanation of the tools he applies to give the illusion of light.
Carlos San Millan (2017)
From CSM: You can get light from any kind of contrast: soft / hard edges, muted / saturated colors, dark / light value, cold / warm hues. Using contrast is much better than pushing the light values to the highest level.
Carlos San Millan (2017)
To illustrate this I’ve attached a few paintings from one of my favorite artists that in my opinion masters light work, Emil Joseph Robinson.
You can see that he never needs to reach the maximum light value to get the effect of intense light.
A search for indigo dye brought me a glimpse of these stunning treasures. While indigo is common as a clothing dye and (often now synthetic) indigo is worn all around the world as a near religious love of blue jeans, these Buddhist works on indigo-dyed paper are anything but common. In the 11th century, many …
Launch your creativity for 2020 with this 30 day Creative Challenge. Connie Pierson How it works January 1-30 we’ll post a daily creative challenge to our website. V.Notes subscribers will receive this post in their inbox every day at 7am. If you want to participate, subscribe to V. notes. Help us grow! Invite your friends to …
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Painting Light; Notes from Carlos San Millan
When I think of paintings by Carlos San Millan, I think of glowing light spilling into interiors, dark and moody, the scattered stuff of daily clutter expressed with cascading swaths of bold, intuitive, luscious vibrating color. When I think of Carlos San Millan, I think of the effects of light.
Lucky us, Carlos San Millan is mid way through his second workshop at the League, and – lucky me – I’m starting to get some of his lessons. I wrote him a question for clarification, and he sent me an “illuminating” explanation of the tools he applies to give the illusion of light.
From CSM: You can get light from any kind of contrast: soft / hard edges, muted / saturated colors, dark / light value, cold / warm hues. Using contrast is much better than pushing the light values to the highest level.
To illustrate this I’ve attached a few paintings from one of my favorite artists that in my opinion masters light work, Emil Joseph Robinson.
You can see that he never needs to reach the maximum light value to get the effect of intense light.
Emil Joseph Robinson
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