tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post6017415440669000527..comments2023-05-11T13:33:37.617+01:00Comments on Watermarks: Reflections on a PondUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-47738563952956033952008-12-30T07:55:00.000+00:002008-12-30T07:55:00.000+00:00a beautiful sketch...your pond is like a mirror, v...a beautiful sketch...your pond is like a mirror, very quiet and very true. A great idea and I have sort of the same thing in mind with the Loire.<BR/>ronellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-9201613240268469912008-12-28T12:44:00.000+00:002008-12-28T12:44:00.000+00:00I took a look at Jared's work - that's some projec...I took a look at Jared's work - that's some project!<BR/><BR/>I won't be doing this everyday - I want rather to have some motif which I can try looking at again and again in different seasons. More in the spirit of Monet and the pool at Giverney.<BR/><BR/>However having said that I did do another one last night - looking the other way! Plus I almost went out to go visit it first thing this morning!<BR/><BR/>I think I'm saving that to post with one of the Awards posts on the main blog - but I'll post it here too. It's not quite finished.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-70725373395247107652008-12-28T12:01:00.000+00:002008-12-28T12:01:00.000+00:00Katherine, this is a fantastic idea for you! I thi...Katherine, this is a fantastic idea for you! I think you should stop thinking and do it! Just start it and keep going! If you want some REAL inspiration, check out the blog of very talented Jared Shear, who in 2007 painted Cougar Peak in Montana, the view from his house, every single day for a year, no excuses. Many of his paintings are superb. All of them are worthy. I felt so envious of his view (and his talent!) I wish he'd make a book of these paintings---he created a real masterwork with them.<BR/>http://cougarpeakaboo.blogspot.com/<BR/>And I do like very much the sketch you've posted---you have a very delicate but sure touch here.Laura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-68382670625395610242008-12-27T17:04:00.000+00:002008-12-27T17:04:00.000+00:00You are off to a beautiful start for a challenging...You are off to a beautiful start for a challenging/rewarding self-directed project. I will look forward to seeing more of your deep and complex colored pencil work in 2009. Best Wishes.Rodrica Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129896844928447947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-67271972776413067802008-12-27T16:55:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:55:00.000+00:00I'm thinking probably the same view for the most p...I'm thinking probably the same view for the most part. But I also like it from the other side and there's a third pool - which has water lilies and bull rushes - inbetween the pavilion and the canal. <BR/><BR/>I need to do a drawing of the layout I think!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-14847966236640881572008-12-27T16:47:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:47:00.000+00:00I like the idea - it's what I did with the Mawgan ...I like the idea - it's what I did with the Mawgan Porth series but sadly it's too far away to manage to continue it now - but I did paint/sketch it in all sorts of light/weather/times as it's what really interests me.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to give a thought to something more local and accessible to get a longer series together .....<BR/><BR/>Kurt Jackson painted a small hawthorn tree every week whilst his daughter had her ballet lesson - he'd walk her there, wait and sketch and then walk her home at the end of the hour. It made a beautiful varying series - very moody and atmospheric.<BR/><BR/>Gesa I often use a limited palette - but need my wide range of colours with me to select from as appropriate to the light and colour at the particular moment - and that alters through the day meaning changes in the colours I select. <BR/><BR/>I like this - I think you've really caught the feel of the last glow of the atumn colours in the twigs that will fade soon, glowing in the sunlight against the chill of the frosty bank.<BR/><BR/>I love the warm glow the twigs develop in the spring as the sap rises, I think you should definitely do this - so will you stick to precisely the same viewpoint or vary it a little?vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-42514497619639279932008-12-27T16:45:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:45:00.000+00:00I like the idea - it's what I did with the Mawgan ...I like the idea - it's what I did with the Mawgan Porth series but sadly it's too far away to manage to continue it now - but I did paint/sketch it in all sorts of light/weather/times as it's what really interests me.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to give a thought to something more local and accessible to get a longer series together .....<BR/><BR/>Kurt Jackson painted a small hawthorn tree every week whilst his daughter had her ballet lesson - he'd walk her there, wait and sketch and then walk her home at the end of the hour. It made a beautiful varying series - very moody and atmospheric.<BR/><BR/>Gesa I often use a limited palette - but need my wide range of colours with me to select from as appropriate to the light and colour at the particular moment - and that alters through the day meaning changes in the colours I select. <BR/><BR/>I like this - I think you've really caught the feel of the last glow of the atumn colours in the twigs that will fade soon, glowing in the sunlight against the chill of the frosty bank.<BR/><BR/>I love the warm glow the twigs develop in the spring as the sap rises, I think you should definitely do this - so will you stick to precisely the same viewpoint or vary it a little?vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-15609627713342594692008-12-27T15:52:00.000+00:002008-12-27T15:52:00.000+00:00Well, your series excites us all, Katherine. The p...Well, your series excites us all, Katherine. The pond--or whatever you choose--will be fun, as well as instructive, to watch under changing light each season. I've gone back several times to study the shadows and light in the reflection.<BR/>annie3anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021356337010751802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-20640179029149162142008-12-27T13:42:00.000+00:002008-12-27T13:42:00.000+00:00Katherine,I too love your layered color use. I lik...Katherine,I too love your layered color use. I like very much how you use the blue in the reflected water in the shadow side of the pond too. It unifies the drawings.<BR/><BR/>I visit Thatcher Woods a few times a week and have been drawing the over flow pond next to the river since starting Waterways. It is sometimes the only water I see all week. It's very enriching to be looking at the same "bones" often and working with different lighting.<BR/><BR/>I'll be following along.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142884023928819776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-51082482668040339642008-12-27T10:59:00.000+00:002008-12-27T10:59:00.000+00:00That's why I'm thinking of varying the media. I d...That's why I'm thinking of varying the media. I don't mind using media which take longer - but only when the weather is warmer!<BR/><BR/>I could backpack with the pastels to this particular pond!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-18932195430350113312008-12-27T10:57:00.001+00:002008-12-27T10:57:00.001+00:00Gesa - what I tend to do is use an open hatching t...Gesa - what I tend to do is use an open hatching technique and overlay different colours so they mix on the page. I sometimes achieve a very nice effect in terms of optical mixing of colours. Very Seurat without the dots!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-69125095339937614452008-12-27T10:57:00.000+00:002008-12-27T10:57:00.000+00:00The differences of light and time of day, seasons,...The differences of light and time of day, seasons, etc., can make the same scene look completely new each time. I think the idea is wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Keeping the same size and differing mediums too would add interest as well.<BR/><BR/>Your Boxing Day sketch is lovely and inspires me take out some dry to work on water today as its really cold again and oils are a chore to take out in the snow!Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-10210126205252220232008-12-27T10:49:00.000+00:002008-12-27T10:49:00.000+00:00Oh, I do like the idea. I think it is so useful to...Oh, I do like the idea. I think it is so useful to work on the same thing again and again, and trying to control for a number of variables makes sense. I've been stumbling against that again when trying to put my nocturnes in practice. As for limited palette though, I wonder if a change in season will not call for different blues/yellows.<BR/><BR/>I like your Christmas day sketch a lot, Katherine. I've begun to play with the CPs now too and I will have another good look at your drawings: the building up of colours etc.Gesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.com