Here is a list a words I have come to know and love in all my glossaries. Impasto - thickly applied paint which stands out from the surface of a painting Pastose - paint mixed to a stiff texture, so that it can be used to create impasto Grisaille -The process of painting in different shades of grey or near-monochrome Monochrome - A painting … [Read more...] about The Painted Word
Art Glossary 101
Glossary (glos'e-re, glos'-) n. pl. -ries A lexicon of the technical obscure, or foreign words of a work or field. (<L glossarium <glossa, See GLOSS-) glossarial (glo-sar' e' el) adj. --glosssarially adv. -- glossarist (glos'e rist, glos') n. Glossitis -- Inflammation fo the tongue. Really ...its in the dictionary. To me, books about … [Read more...] about Art Glossary 101
A Thimble Full
"Sparkling light enters from the left" describes Willem Kalf's paintings perfectly and succinctly. He painted luminous elegant objects peering through the shadowy chiaroscuro of his still life compositions. Willem Kalf, mentioned in my previous post, Juicy Paint, was born in Rotterdam in 1619, and was known not only for his still life, … [Read more...] about A Thimble Full
Color Charts
Since the inception of this project, documenting each pigment has been carefully carried out in 3 places; on each tube, and on two charts. Nancy and I have made quite a few now and it is amazing how vastly different the pigments are, not only in hue (color), but saturation, and texture also. It is easy to see why some went out of favor and some … [Read more...] about Color Charts
Juicy Paint
Painting number 4, detail at right, is complete. This one is larger than the first 3 and measures 26x30. Willem Kalf has long been one of my favorite Dutch artists, and sadly there are no paintings by him in this exhibit. However there is a lovely one in the Portland Art Museum collection. The approach for this painting was to pattern the … [Read more...] about Juicy Paint
Books Everwhere!
Even the sofa occasionally gets piled high with books and files. All the while things get stacked on the floor during furious efforts of reading and searching. Alas, I am guilty. … [Read more...] about Books Everwhere!