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Time for a new pallette.

Mon Jul 23, 2007, 10:42 PM
  • Mood: Stupefied
  • Listening to: john singer sargent
  • Reading: art
  • Watching: art
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john singer sargent and the 1800's.

I recently went to the metropolitan museum of art in NYC and hung out around the old paintings for 6 hours. you know, the usual. i sat and stared at rembrandt and vermeer for literally 6 hours. while the guards were kicking us out, i stumbled into a room where i couldnt take pictures and something grabbed my eye. a small painting made with subtle grays and hints of reddish pink. it was John Singer Sargent's painting "a street in venice". i sat there jaw dropped. it was just stunning. and right there i had to know how he did it. so, i've been deciphering his pallette and finding out some crazy things about color that i never knew about. i feel like i've improved ten-fold since i've started reading books about sargent. even tho they don't actually talk about how he painted them, i've been staring at the pictures. i'm amazed at what you can do with 4 colors. white, burnt sienna, burnt umber, golden ochre. check out the sargent attempt #2. the whole thing is done with these four colors. and try it sometime! instead of obscessing about color mixtures, using a limited pallette simplifies it all. thanks for reading!

burnt umber, white, burnt sienna, golden ochre.

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  • Current Residence: Philadelphia, PA The Academy of Fine Arts
  • Interests: painting, classical realism, charcoal, pencil, art.
  • Favourite movie: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
  • Favourite band or musician: elliott smith
  • Favourite genre of music: good
  • Favourite artist: rembrandt,sargent,warhol, dali,pollock, davinci, monet, carvaggio, velasquez, david laffell,vermeer,
  • Favourite poet or writer: rembrandt
  • Favourite photographer: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
  • Favourite style of art: realism, or anything that i believe to be good.
  • Personal Quote: Talent! What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way
  • Tools of the Trade: oil paints, pencils, charcoals, sculpture, design, technical drawings, whatever.

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hey jimmy its kat, new account drop the old one
I really like your painting. Very inspirational.
I think it might be a good idea if we got married...

Just saying... cause otherwise i have to eliminate you from the competition.


Cause you're so good.


You understand n_n

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LOL AMIRITE?
Stunning work. I'm glad to have come across it. I have friends that go to PAFA and I know some of the professors :thumbsup:

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
I have included you in my article on classic realism here [link] . It would be great If you could check it out and maybe comment or fav it If you like it :)

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A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.
I love your Gallery!
You are very talented and I'll be watching you :)
Giora
paint somethin new nancy pants.
Oh, and I'm from Nj and I used to study in Philly with two former PAFA teachers!

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Be the best, no negativity, no weakness, no aquiesence to fear or disaster, no errors of ignorance, no evasion from reality.
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I am so excited to find your work...I think we think along the same lines!

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Be the best, no negativity, no weakness, no aquiesence to fear or disaster, no errors of ignorance, no evasion from reality.
-jeff buckley

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