tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post8064006491613110549..comments2024-03-20T12:46:10.513-07:00Comments on The Colorist: Looking for the WhyCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-74665351165577600102009-10-12T08:01:23.667-07:002009-10-12T08:01:23.667-07:00It is very possible to over think the whole thing!...It is very possible to over think the whole thing!<br /><br />OTOH, I am pleased by the paradox that is the overlap between drawing and painting.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-27370994026547277392009-10-12T01:31:44.557-07:002009-10-12T01:31:44.557-07:00I don't dig beneath the surface for things tha...I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes. (John Singer Sargent) <br /><br />why?<br /><br />does the why have to be verbal, cerberal, non-visual, theoretical?Adam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-83532977364686747032009-10-08T19:47:58.910-07:002009-10-08T19:47:58.910-07:00Well, Loriann, it was good of you to earn a first ...Well, Loriann, it was good of you to earn a first place award for me to include for this essay. <br /><br />I like your personal view of drawing - very insightful.<br /><br />Concept would be a good synonym for content, although I like content - it seems to have a fuller meaning. Concept may include perhaps the how to approach a painting series, while content might speak to the why. <br /><br />Some artists have offered subject as the what, style as the how and content as the why. Pick your own words, I guess, but be true to your reasons for the paintings.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-70494539523905597772009-10-08T19:31:39.433-07:002009-10-08T19:31:39.433-07:00Hi Casey, thank you so much for mentioning my rece...Hi Casey, thank you so much for mentioning my recent accomplishment! You are so generous with your comments.<br />Drawing for me is about sensitivity. Sometimes I just draw to feel the planes of the landscape and to help me realize what is important. It is a sensual moment. When you speak of drawing more for your next show, what is your purpose? Is this as an end point, a planning, a sensitivity moment, of simply for the pure enjoyment of the action of drawing?<br />I have a question, when you are speaking of content is that the same as concept? For me concept is as simple as why is it you are painting this painting. <br />Please tell me more.<br /><br />cheers, loriannloriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-75030703305419812962009-10-08T14:08:00.486-07:002009-10-08T14:08:00.486-07:00Thanks, Adam. It is a funny thing how that drawin...Thanks, Adam. It is a funny thing how that drawing needed a border - perhaps because of the irregular edge. I also filtered the drawing to look like a conte red, rather than the original graphite. I do this quite a bit.<br /><br />Beautiful quote. I'm ignorant of the author, so I'll have to google him.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-10343098927103147782009-10-08T13:17:36.687-07:002009-10-08T13:17:36.687-07:00"The process of drawing is, before all else, ..."The process of drawing is, before all else, the process of putting the visual intelligence into action, the very mechanics of visual thought. Unlike painting and sculpture it is the process by which the artist makes clear to himself, and not to the spectator, what he is doing. It is a soliloquy before it becomes communication." Michael Ayerton<br /><br />love the mid-tone grey border BTWAdam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-54934685373660114932009-10-07T20:23:56.510-07:002009-10-07T20:23:56.510-07:00Thanks, Rosemarie. I'll make an announcement ...Thanks, Rosemarie. I'll make an announcement here when the time gets set in stone. I am excited for the show.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-78317197760511335402009-10-07T14:29:51.631-07:002009-10-07T14:29:51.631-07:00We are SOOO excited to hang a show at Northwest. P...We are SOOO excited to hang a show at Northwest. Proud of you - and can't wait to see your work. Rosemarie Kowalski, alumni serviceshttp://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-20062898319064722312009-10-07T13:07:30.731-07:002009-10-07T13:07:30.731-07:00Thanks, Clive. Good to see you.
The fair is a g...Thanks, Clive. Good to see you. <br /><br />The fair is a good one - I had visited before but this was my first time exhibiting.<br /><br />You are right - fairs take a lot of effort. I wonder if I'm recovered from that one, yet.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-81109283623597339732009-10-07T11:32:10.595-07:002009-10-07T11:32:10.595-07:00Loads of new entries...it's been awhile. Cong...Loads of new entries...it's been awhile. Congrats on the award at Sausalito; that is a very prestigious fair, I think. Once upon at time, when I imagined that I could do all the things that are required to exhibit regularly in fairs, I considered attempting to get in, and so read about it a bit. Of course, it would have been nice to visit San Fran as well. Reading through your posts on preparing for fairing reassures me that heck, I ain't got it in me! But you sure do, again, congrats, a marvellous award for you.Clivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157933440777720220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-85010996646573884092009-10-06T11:43:03.458-07:002009-10-06T11:43:03.458-07:00One thing that strikes me about drawing is the pla...One thing that strikes me about drawing is the place of the sketch and the working out of an idea. I like composing areas much more when I think of my work as a drawing.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-76002638741927632922009-10-06T11:41:49.204-07:002009-10-06T11:41:49.204-07:00I do both, too, Diane. You're on to it. And,...I do both, too, Diane. You're on to it. And, I don't want to over think why one painting is drawn first, and another is executed directly. <br /><br />I do know I want to do a series of graphite and charcoal drawings next.<br /><br />It is a brain twister, but I think of drawing as an attitude different from painting. Painting is a process for me where I go in thinking very much about the relationships of things - light, color, value, subjects, etc. Everything is comparative and especially transitions or meeting areas.<br /><br />But, of course, drawings can have cunning meeting areas (edges) too. That becomes an aspect where using the pencil can be a lot like taking a painting attitude. But for me drawing is an approach where I will define my artwork by marks, gestures, and many things. More than just the line! I just bought some bottles of liquid graphite - can't wait to lay those down!<br /><br />Sorry I'm not too intellectual this AM, but busy life awaits. But, all of this is pushing me back to the studio soon. Wonder if the heater out there is working?Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-5228910035603478282009-10-06T11:26:43.258-07:002009-10-06T11:26:43.258-07:00Do you draw ahead of time or is painting color and...Do you draw ahead of time or is painting color and drawing accomplished in one act? I tend to put color down and then draw or modify as in drawing. On second thought I actually work both ways. When a piece is going really well I am drawing and painting as one act. Usually I have to modify by drawing. If it gets too compulisve in the drawing stage I spash more color that starts a new direction in the drawing.Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270246393901276648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-66141460228156715922009-10-06T11:22:32.842-07:002009-10-06T11:22:32.842-07:00I read your links and looked at some of your River...I read your links and looked at some of your River Series and I do see aspects of drawing now as well as the color hue relationships. I never thought about distilling the essentials of a volume as an act of drawing. You are so right.Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270246393901276648noreply@blogger.com