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.
In the interview below, you’ll also see mention of “Ekphrasis.” In the days where each Thursday painter gave a brief presentation to the class, Skillman inspired us all with her presentation about ekphrastic poetry – a poem based on a work of art. In an ekphrastic poem, the writer describes the work of art, and may …
Statuesque Emma standing on flowered blanket, drypoint on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK A sister image to the last drypoint I posted. The model’s pose reminded me of classical sculptures. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on …
Yesterday I made a post about tracking viewer’s eye movements on a painting. Today I have the reverse: Graham Fink stairs at a blank screen, and the eye tracking software draws the picture as he moves his eyes.
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Previously, I posted funerary art from the 3rd through the 6th centuries. This post veers far out of that time range, but the unfinished Atlas Slave came up in discussion during today’s figure sculpture class. I got excited to share, so here they are. In 1505, Michelangelo was …
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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