Comments on: Light in Paintings http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/ Musings About Life's Artistic Inspirations Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4341 Kim Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:08:03 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4341 Thanks Cynthia! You are right, the impressionists were fabulous with light! Thanks Cynthia! You are right, the impressionists were fabulous with light!

]]> By: Cynthia http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4340 Cynthia Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:07:05 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4340 I've always loved the work of the impressionists and you're comments on light made me remember why. It is so nice to try to capture nature's beauty in the moment. Your new blog looks very professional! I’ve always loved the work of the impressionists and you’re comments on light made me remember why. It is so nice to try to capture nature’s beauty in the moment. Your new blog looks very professional!

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 Kim Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:32:07 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4215 :-) thanks, San! :-) thanks, San!

]]> By: San http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 San Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:06:17 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4214 A "reflective" post, Kim. Lovely. A “reflective” post, Kim. Lovely.

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 Kim Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:02:53 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4211 Thanks Babs! No, this is not from a recent trip. I just cull through my photos to get more inspiration. Oh, I love this technique, too. You use it so well in your own work. It reminds me of something else to speak about. I will make another post about it. Well, Babs, you have been following me from early on in my blogging...I am sure you have a very good idea of me at this point! As always thank you for your wonderful insights here. Thanks Babs! No, this is not from a recent trip. I just cull through my photos to get more inspiration.

Oh, I love this technique, too. You use it so well in your own work. It reminds me of something else to speak about. I will make another post about it.

Well, Babs, you have been following me from early on in my blogging…I am sure you have a very good idea of me at this point!

As always thank you for your wonderful insights here.

]]> By: Babs http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4210 Babs Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:01:37 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4210 Beautiful photo,,,did you go recently? I love how translucent paints allow the light to reflect the underneath opaque colors when layering. PS: I'm not surprised at the colors you've chosen for your new blog. Definitely Kim colors! Beautiful photo,,,did you go recently?
I love how translucent paints allow the light to reflect the underneath opaque colors
when layering.
PS: I’m not surprised at the colors you’ve chosen for your new blog. Definitely Kim colors!

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4209 Kim Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:19:47 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4209 Thank you both so much for your comments! They are both so insightful and truly add so much to this discussion. I am glad the font is working this way! I will try to get it changed for these comments, too. Andrea, when you work with the watercolors, it seems it is a lot more difficult to control the light and reflective parts. It truly has to come first, you can't really add the light, you have to create the work with the light in place and make sure you don't cover over it! Now that is amazing to me when I think about it. The watercolor, in reality though, is so clear, that somehow even when the wash is on the paper, it seems as though the light is shining through the color. You are right, there is so much we do automatically (as you say, because we don't care when we are doing it) that sometimes we find surprises when we step away and come back to reality! Thanks so much for all you give here! Eric, I am also a lover of the mountains (specifically the Northern Rockies), so you just might see quite a few images you like hanging out around here. To me there is so much magic in the light of dusk and twlight - light plays like no other time. It is also amazing to watch the light change through the seasons when the colors of the season brings out a variety of different light. Some places may not get to experience that as profoundly as others, but I am sure all places have a special quality about the light as long as you are able to observe it for many years. You words are truly that of a writer, my friend! Thank you so much for sharing your light ponderings with us. Thank you both so much for your comments! They are both so insightful and truly add so much to this discussion. I am glad the font is working this way! I will try to get it changed for these comments, too.

Andrea, when you work with the watercolors, it seems it is a lot more difficult to control the light and reflective parts. It truly has to come first, you can’t really add the light, you have to create the work with the light in place and make sure you don’t cover over it! Now that is amazing to me when I think about it. The watercolor, in reality though, is so clear, that somehow even when the wash is on the paper, it seems as though the light is shining through the color. You are right, there is so much we do automatically (as you say, because we don’t care when we are doing it) that sometimes we find surprises when we step away and come back to reality! Thanks so much for all you give here!

Eric, I am also a lover of the mountains (specifically the Northern Rockies), so you just might see quite a few images you like hanging out around here. To me there is so much magic in the light of dusk and twlight – light plays like no other time. It is also amazing to watch the light change through the seasons when the colors of the season brings out a variety of different light. Some places may not get to experience that as profoundly as others, but I am sure all places have a special quality about the light as long as you are able to observe it for many years. You words are truly that of a writer, my friend! Thank you so much for sharing your light ponderings with us.

]]> By: Eric S. http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4208 Eric S. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:58:17 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4208 Ohh the larger font does make it much easier to read. I' love your picture, of course, everyone knows I'm a mountain dreamer, so it's no surprise, LOL. The painting, what can I say, I share your love of the horizon light. Especially during a sunset or sunrise. I have watched in wonder many a sunrise, and enjoyed the changing spectrum. Darker neutral shades slowly blossoming into vibrant corrals and fire orange. Striving to become a new day, giving us a glimpse of the wonders to come. Ohh the larger font does make it much easier to read. I’ love your picture, of course, everyone knows I’m a mountain dreamer, so it’s no surprise, LOL. The painting, what can I say, I share your love of the horizon light. Especially during a sunset or sunrise. I have watched in wonder many a sunrise, and enjoyed the changing spectrum. Darker neutral shades slowly blossoming into vibrant corrals and fire orange. Striving to become a new day, giving us a glimpse of the wonders to come.

]]> By: andrea http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2009/08/03/light-in-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-4206 andrea Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:47:30 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=342#comment-4206 Hi Kim, the bigger fonts are really good, now the reading is a lot easier and the black is ok! And you post about light is so very interesting. I often think of it in the morning, when I sometimes move to the kitchen where the morning-light is so nice, and I do it because if lifts not only the shadows on the paper or canvas but also the spirit:) Cause, while painting, I'm in a zone too and don't really care too much. And bringing light into a painting... I think you do this so well with the processes/techniques you are developing in your paintings, it's with glazes and layers of paint which create this uneven surface, that the light can enter in such an interesting way in your paintings. And also the sparks of light color on an otherwise dark surface, like in your horizon series. When working with watercolor, the way the water disperses the pigments will determine how much white will shine through afterwards, which brings light into the painting too. So many things which we often handle by instinct and observe and think about later:) Have a great day, talk to you soon, love Andrea Hi Kim, the bigger fonts are really good, now the reading is a lot easier and the black is ok! And you post about light is so very interesting. I often think of it in the morning, when I sometimes move to the kitchen where the morning-light is so nice, and I do it because if lifts not only the shadows on the paper or canvas but also the spirit:) Cause, while painting, I’m in a zone too and don’t really care too much. And bringing light into a painting… I think you do this so well with the processes/techniques you are developing in your paintings, it’s with glazes and layers of paint which create this uneven surface, that the light can enter in such an interesting way in your paintings. And also the sparks of light color on an otherwise dark surface, like in your horizon series.
When working with watercolor, the way the water disperses the pigments will determine how much white will shine through afterwards, which brings light into the painting too. So many things which we often handle by instinct and observe and think about later:)
Have a great day, talk to you soon,
love
Andrea

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