tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post2347752304113003919..comments2023-09-12T08:31:27.225-04:00Comments on loriann signori : Jean-Francois Millet, the Tonalists, value, and its importanceloriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-44038881615583828692011-02-21T13:24:26.570-05:002011-02-21T13:24:26.570-05:00Great quote Kathy! Thanks for sharing it. How blin...Great quote Kathy! Thanks for sharing it. How blind we can be! Thanks also about the value work.loriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-31487992205803550092011-02-21T12:28:59.593-05:002011-02-21T12:28:59.593-05:00Your post reminded me of this quote from Zola'...Your post reminded me of this quote from Zola's <i>Masterpiece</i> (below). I like your value studies very much, especially the one in the post of the 21st. To me they look like beautiful charcoal drawing.<br /><br /><i>After a protracted pause, Sandoz inquired:<br /><br />'Shall I go with you when you take your picture?'<br /><br />Getting no answer from Claude, he fancied he could hear him crying.<br />Was it with the same infinite sadness, the despair by which he himself<br />had been stirred just now? He waited for a moment, then repeated his<br />question, and at last the painter, after choking down a sob,<br />stammered:<br /><br />'Thanks, the picture will remain here; I sha'n't send it.'<br /><br />'What? Why, you had made up your mind?'<br /><br />'Yes, yes, I had made up my mind; but I had not seen it as I saw it<br />just now in the waning daylight. I have failed with it, failed with it<br />again--it struck my eyes like a blow, it went to my very heart.'<br /><br />His tears now flowed slow and scalding in the gloom that hid him from<br />sight. He had been restraining himself, and now the silent anguish<br />which had consumed him burst forth despite all his efforts.<br /><br />'My poor friend,' said Sandoz, quite upset; 'it is hard to tell you<br />so, but all the same you are right, perhaps, in delaying matters to<br />finish certain parts rather more. Still I am angry with myself, for I<br />shall imagine that it was I who discouraged you by my everlasting<br />stupid discontent with things.'<br /><br />Claude simply answered:<br /><br />'You! what an idea! I was not even listening to you. No; I was<br />looking, and I saw everything go helter-skelter in that confounded<br />canvas. The light was dying away, and all at once, in the greyish<br />dusk, the scales suddenly dropped from my eyes. The background alone<br />is pretty; the nude woman is altogether too loud; what's more, she's<br />out of the perpendicular, and her legs are badly drawn. When I noticed<br />that, ah! it was enough to kill me there and then; I felt life<br />departing from me. Then the gloom kept rising and rising, bringing a<br />whirling sensation, a foundering of everything, the earth rolling into<br />chaos, the end of the world. And soon I only saw the trunk waning like<br />a sickly moon. And look, look! there now remains nothing of her, not a<br />glimpse; she is dead, quite black!'</i>Kathy Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103183122102023675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-5964464304377198012011-02-19T10:32:47.824-05:002011-02-19T10:32:47.824-05:00Hi Caroline,
Thank you so much. For so long I reli...Hi Caroline,<br />Thank you so much. For so long I relied on my use of color. Paintings actually sold. But now I see that they were missing the skeleton and were just skin. Egad.<br />Do try one pastel and a couple of erasers. I think you will like it. You can carve out shapes like a sculptor. let me know if you try!<br /><br />Hi Donna,<br />You are so right. And yes I think we need to read the painting-value. Color can make beauty- value makes strength and beauty.loriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-55465098224602935442011-02-19T09:08:56.246-05:002011-02-19T09:08:56.246-05:00Your value study works for me, Loriann. The words...Your value study works for me, Loriann. The words about the dim half light are right on and I always noticed the strength or weakness of my work when viewed in the dark studio. I wonder what the reason is for this? Does our mind seek out depth and distance before it considers the merits of color?Donna Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129186863757507990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-10779023225618533682011-02-19T07:24:29.203-05:002011-02-19T07:24:29.203-05:00The drawing is really excellent Loriann, it is str...The drawing is really excellent Loriann, it is strong work and really does stand out well. I do agree if you have a successful tonal drawing then it really does help to produce a better painting. Drawing helps us to understand our subject better too. I had a look at your link and noticed how different you two paintings are, there is more light in the water in the other painting but that is due to the difference in lighting. A very interesting blog. I must try pastel it does produce stronger tones than ordinary pencils.Caroline Simmillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598525698486576546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-86788910196127809842011-02-18T18:21:16.836-05:002011-02-18T18:21:16.836-05:00Hi Janelle and thank you!
I think I repeat it for ...Hi Janelle and thank you!<br />I think I repeat it for me...for so long I believe I trust color first. Now I truly see the error of my ways. I can't wait to work more on this tomorrow with pastel. This evening I walked to the field to watch again. I am ready to go!<br /><br />Hi PB,<br />Thank you! I guess I say the underpainting is easy because there are no expectations. I just do it..but it truly doesn't matter. Sometimes when it works it just takes less marks with pastel..a bonus round.I don't mean to make it seem like I know something. I really think it's about letting go of expectations.<br />Journey to fame and fortune....<br />heehee!<br />bloriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-55870563267818879362011-02-18T17:22:40.006-05:002011-02-18T17:22:40.006-05:00Hi B,
Both are brilliant! "The watercolor u...Hi B,<br /><br />Both are brilliant! "The watercolor underpainting<br />was the easy part" ?????????? As a master painter<br />once told me "you kill me B". You leave me mumbling into my Tequila ... which I can't drink. Where's the value in that. Sorry!<br /><br />It's a special pleasure to watch your journey to fame and fortune. Awesome.<br /><br />pbDouble "D"https://www.blogger.com/profile/03650681131780105694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-74054523909993749702011-02-18T17:10:12.990-05:002011-02-18T17:10:12.990-05:00Value is very important, I agree. But it bears re...Value is very important, I agree. But it bears repeating. I love how you show the watercolor underpainting and the value study. The value study is a beauty all on its own! You show the atmosphere simply by using black and white with all the gradations in between. Ahhhhh.Janelle Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421704740728568653noreply@blogger.com