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.
Before all those orange artworks, I was posting about Figure in Interior; the most unusual art class I’ve ever been a part of. I talked about Cezanne, and how making small marks distributed around the page (thank you to Fran O’Neill) can be a way to integrate time and change within a drawing. My premise …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10579″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] How many different surfaces have you painted on? It wasn’t until I discovered linen that I liked my oil paintings. Really. Everything I did when I painted, I hated. Well, at least I felt it wasn’t working. The way I moved the paint just kind of felt… meh. I …
I happened upon this glorious Instagram post, in which Alex Kanevsky compliments a “beautifully painted boob.” The most beautifully painted boob in the world belonged to the Benefit Supervisor sleeping on an armchair. In itself it might not conform to the current standards of boob beauty, if they even exist, but the way it is …
Gallery hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Evening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday from 5-7 PM Admission is free. The M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery is located at the north end of Seattle Central’s Atrium Cafeteria in the main campus building at the corner of Broadway and Pine. The art …
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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