tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post7457583860569640010..comments2023-10-22T07:18:14.824-04:00Comments on An Artist's Journey: Personality of colorSusan Rouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811139850899265798noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-56937435168884985882012-11-07T14:04:25.180-05:002012-11-07T14:04:25.180-05:00Love this painting. It is like you captured all t...Love this painting. It is like you captured all the sentiments that represent summer and the abundance of the season.<br /><br />LizeLIZabeth Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853872667353264839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-57519039529727342032012-10-17T11:26:03.523-04:002012-10-17T11:26:03.523-04:00What a wonderful post on color. It made me think a...What a wonderful post on color. It made me think about what I am using. <br />I have noticed that the same palette colors used by everyone in my classes produce completely different ranges of colors. I think it all depends on what they see in their mind as the right color. I think some are natural tonalists and others are definitely colorists. <br />Thanks for making me think!juliefordoliver.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186754679744000743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-24651325564941992502012-10-16T15:41:35.394-04:002012-10-16T15:41:35.394-04:00Good questions, Susan! And I love your description...Good questions, Susan! And I love your description of mixing color: "I don't think I ever use a color directly from the tube. It always gets to play with a friend first".<br /><br />Great analogy.<br /><br />As for me, I love many of the pigments we use in painting. Some of my favorites out of the tube look so luscious to me and I most frequently use them sparingly because they are such strong colors.<br /><br />My personal favorite on the palette is WN cad scarlet. It always gives me a lift to see that squeezed out but it is a color I would never wear!<br /><br />The earth colors may be my favorites to paint with, especially for figurative and portrait work. I enjoy their working properties.<br /><br />Although I don't use it much anymore, I'm very partial to flake white. It's a very useful colour with stellar working and archival properties. Like turpentine, however, it is now relegated to evil stepmother status because of potential toxicity.<br /><br />Several blues and a few purples I regularly use, along with some greens. They're probably my favorites and I enjoy mixing them for skies.<br /><br />Yellows are on my palette, too, although I personally dislike many of them as colors. I use them all the time, though, as they're very useful.<br /><br />I regularly stick with about a dozen colours and occasionally add or subtract what's on my palette, depending on what I paint. Like you, I find sometimes I might need, say, a cad red medium for a flower, but don't need it day to day for painting landscapes or figurative work.<br /><br />I guess we could spend a lifetime just learning about color and how to use it. I'm very thankful for eyes to see the color the Lord has put in our world. What an amazing gift.Diana Moses Botkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254521493118166524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-69595341400601901592012-10-07T07:16:37.449-04:002012-10-07T07:16:37.449-04:00lovely flowers!!!
-fashion illustrator-lovely flowers!!!<br /><br /><br />-fashion illustrator-ZHENYA ZHURAVLYOVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725571287727536679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-4630495586491798532012-09-28T10:52:20.845-04:002012-09-28T10:52:20.845-04:00Funny, I have a few colors that I just love and a...Funny, I have a few colors that I just love and a few, that I love to paint with! Interesting post! Kim Vanlandinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915563680789917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-2852794000604187852012-09-26T08:08:39.922-04:002012-09-26T08:08:39.922-04:00I love every single colour and some I do use strai...I love every single colour and some I do use straight from the tube or pot. But so often once on the canvas they decide to play around with the other colours around them. What I do find difficult is the fact that some colours are better from one manufacturer rather than another. Trying to remember which ones I like best and what ones blend together best is a tiring task the older I get. Thank you again for a great post.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099161160886274555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-10500313515903788062012-09-26T07:58:07.839-04:002012-09-26T07:58:07.839-04:00You know what? I DO recognize your signature blues...You know what? I DO recognize your signature blues. That softy cornflower blue especially, that you always use so effectively. I have colors I reach for over and over again too. I should pay more attention to those and start building my palette around them. Thank you for the great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600673251180423439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-61036602065720273072012-09-24T22:24:34.440-04:002012-09-24T22:24:34.440-04:00A great lesson in color and I love this painting. ...A great lesson in color and I love this painting. As much as I love the blues, the edges are really impressive! It's so hard to have many parts like this, without them competing. This is perfect!mary maxamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721510735181325751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-87940639882292374742012-09-22T05:33:18.148-04:002012-09-22T05:33:18.148-04:00C'est formidable que d'être un funambule d...C'est formidable que d'être un funambule de la couleur n'est-ce pas? Et sur ce fil-là tu es très agile et tu joues de plus en plus et ce sans filet car de toute façon tu saurais rebondir très facilement!...<br />Une merveilleuse composition toute vibrante d'émotion et de délicatesse...<br />Je suis si heureuse de te retrouver et grrrrr encore une bonne semaine de remise en route pour moi ... je t'écris la suite de mon mail dès lundi...<br />gros bisous ma chériemartinealisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055152925986659065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-25733213990614642112012-09-19T13:12:30.069-04:002012-09-19T13:12:30.069-04:00You are a master at handling blue in all of its in...You are a master at handling blue in all of its infinite complexities!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-72123453923781557252012-09-19T07:59:07.044-04:002012-09-19T07:59:07.044-04:00Ooh, I love this composition. All the lines and th...Ooh, I love this composition. All the lines and the contrast of shapes and colors, all leading the eye around at just the right pace. It has a lovely feeling to it! I like what you said about getting to know your colors. I have been thinking that I'd like to do a piece using only blues, and then another piece using only reds, etc. To get to know each and every shade and how they compare to one another. I think we tend to grab colors that have worked in the past, but we don't take enough risks (at least I dont) to try new ones. I hope you post more about this idea!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600673251180423439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-91114691227218542432012-09-18T16:21:48.520-04:002012-09-18T16:21:48.520-04:00At first I thought this painting was a picture--i...At first I thought this painting was a picture--it is so real looking--the pot especially. This one might border on being my favorite yet.:))<br />Thanks for stopping by--I miss blogging and am glad to be back out here:)Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-18595704585461532722012-09-17T11:52:10.773-04:002012-09-17T11:52:10.773-04:00I love the analogy comparing personalities to colo...I love the analogy comparing personalities to color - that's exactly what they represent to me! I started out with six colors - still use them a lot, but like you, I have added some friends ;0) Love the painting as well. Your posts are so wonderful. Thanks for sharing.Trudy R. Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496669334732035878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-57784248822335146242012-09-17T11:51:01.627-04:002012-09-17T11:51:01.627-04:00A very interesting post,Susan. Color is everythin...A very interesting post,Susan. Color is everything. I am just starting to learn how to mix colors together and I'm having so much fun experimenting. I wish I went to one of your workshops to learn the "correct" way to mix...these petunias are painted so beautiful.!!hmuxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132343095188658107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-30480788866650327692012-09-17T10:52:47.621-04:002012-09-17T10:52:47.621-04:00So many combinations which yield so many surprises...So many combinations which yield so many surprises!<br />My favorite color harmony is probaby the red/green. I love thalo green/viridian and magentas mixed together. When you add a touch of white the most beautiful grays emerge.<br />I must say that they are all my favorites, depending on what they appear next to ;)<br />Mary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-20004631747569436702012-09-17T08:01:26.030-04:002012-09-17T08:01:26.030-04:00The answer to my favorite color is easy: Taupe.The answer to my favorite color is easy: Taupe.Kevin Miznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365547679276432694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-13153261109156636932012-09-16T15:13:18.164-04:002012-09-16T15:13:18.164-04:00Hello Susan...
I LOVE the potted petunias painti...Hello Susan... <br /><br />I LOVE the potted petunias painting. <br /><br />I think my favoite blue is periwinkle but I also like cobalt blue glass.<br /><br />Yellow has to be pale. My kitchen is painted a color called "Morning Sunshine."<br /><br />My absolutely favorite color is pink and I could not give that one up. Even my fireplace mantel is pink! <br /><br />I think pink's personality is warm and happy! Maybe that's why I like it.<br /><br />Right now, however, the master bed is covered in white on white on white! Maybe I'll leave it that way for the winter UNLESS I can find a yellow floral ensemble that I like. Then I'll pack away the white til spring. <br /><br />Take care. Hope you are having a lovely Sunday. SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358462881287190635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-14924042604918685532012-09-16T11:22:45.549-04:002012-09-16T11:22:45.549-04:00I too love color. I am always on the lookout for t...I too love color. I am always on the lookout for the perfect blues. Then there seems to be a need to get more out of the 3 yellows I tend to use most. Once I ordered a lot of Da Vinci watercolors and they sent me tiny tube of Opus pink and I fell in love...now I always have it on hand..Pink you say..well yes, added to oranges it makes them luminous, added to yellows..just wow, added to blues and luscious violets happen, it can make shadow colors sing..It is not cheap, I have tried other pinks, but this one does the trick and I always keep it on my palette.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942797782549905187.post-21822332422648202962012-09-16T10:45:09.910-04:002012-09-16T10:45:09.910-04:00Susan, this is a wonderfully written piece on COL...Susan, this is a wonderfully written piece on COLOR. Your painting is pretty too. I think you are a born teacher.<br /><br />NORA KASTENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246829888139875748noreply@blogger.com