tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post4961134296606604753..comments2024-03-29T04:45:56.062-06:00Comments on BRAD TEARE: 63 What I learned in Door CountyBrad Tearehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-38245643468708206662010-08-18T08:57:58.061-06:002010-08-18T08:57:58.061-06:00What good advice! I came here by way of the Painti...What good advice! I came here by way of the Painting Door County, You Tube link on Facebook through the Peninsula School of Art - I like your paintings and your postings.Lisa Dariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443381570976798391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-52502742951445307802010-08-02T09:23:54.396-06:002010-08-02T09:23:54.396-06:00Many thanks for the feedback!
Thalo green is a di...Many thanks for the feedback!<br /><br />Thalo green is a difficult green to tame but if you neutralize it properly there is no problem. Some have suggested using viridian perhaps neutralized by burnt sienna, a fine combination, but if you have Thalo Green you have more options should you need to beef up the saturation toward the end of the painting session.<br /><br />I'm actually leaning more toward these highly saturated colors. Just be sure to add plenty of complementary color and err on the side of grayness, especially at first.<br /><br />Thanks again for your insights!Brad Tearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-17831673725808023602010-07-30T18:58:30.172-06:002010-07-30T18:58:30.172-06:00Brad
Fine insights into the pigments needed to ...Brad<br />Fine insights into the pigments needed to 'tame' powerful greens, especially avoiding Ultra Blue and Cad Yellow Light; I ran into the very problem you speak of with those colors. And it's very telling that you use Pthalo Green, a wild color, like Pthalo Blue, that one might consider too overwhelming in a green mix, but with your compliment choices, it can offer excellent low-value greens without them becoming too dark. Good tips, which I very much appreciate.<br />And time, relaxed painting time,...so crucial, as time can become such an enemy, at least for me it can. I must always remind myself that I can't keep up with nature and must instead give my own nature some slack, and room to move.<br />I love how you made the red lines of your large and small buildings connect, as well as the creamy road and lower half of the small structure relate,...there's humor and humility in that decision, and extra beauty.Steve Laddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-46462234081427132602010-07-30T16:13:51.277-06:002010-07-30T16:13:51.277-06:00I loved it Brad ... you are compassionate...open a...I loved it Brad ... you are compassionate...open and honest ...the true makings of an Artist!...and a wonderful teacher as well... Thanks, Michael DefrancescoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-149240004247081752010-07-30T16:12:35.574-06:002010-07-30T16:12:35.574-06:00Good post and good work, Brad. Congrats on what so...Good post and good work, Brad. Congrats on what sounds like a successful trip to Door County.<br /><br />I see plenty of plein air paintings where the artist would have done well to take your advice on relaxing and taking their time. There seems to be a pervasive view that faster is better. Many artists use speed as what sounds like a boast, timing and reporting the outcome. My belief is that this is irrelevant if the painting is unsuccessful or not as good as it could have been had the artist not had his/her eye on the clock.<br /><br />Good notes on painting green; as a Tennessean, I can appreciate it.Jim Osbornhttp://jimosbornpaintings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-17143420350033845602010-07-30T11:34:25.017-06:002010-07-30T11:34:25.017-06:00Preach it, Brad. As my uncle used to say, "Fa...Preach it, Brad. As my uncle used to say, "Fail to plan, plan to fail."Stephen Southerlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852129048296673562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-32703271096905114952010-07-30T10:28:01.538-06:002010-07-30T10:28:01.538-06:00It sounds like you really got a boost from the tri...It sounds like you really got a boost from the trip. I like the paintings!<br />You wax philosophical about what we do. I agree with everything you say in this post except one, taking your time. As a watercolorist, I find that when I am "in the zone" painting with confidence, if I have done the preparation you mention (sketch, color analysis, sticking to original motif of values etc.) that SPEED gives the best result for a fresh watercolor and too much deliberation during the painting process results in overwork. Maybe it is difference in the medium.Bradley Clarkhttp://bradleyclarkpleinair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com