tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post7699888214023138921..comments2024-01-19T14:56:22.688-08:00Comments on terry miura • studio notes: Red CarpetTerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100904448552432396noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post-27118718054917765302016-12-08T14:55:16.992-08:002016-12-08T14:55:16.992-08:00Thank you! Such an interesting post.Thank you! Such an interesting post.Kathryn Ikeda Fine Art https://www.blogger.com/profile/18376812475651625808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post-87194641461304974842016-12-08T09:11:25.727-08:002016-12-08T09:11:25.727-08:00To be sure, if you were painting a tonal, lower-ke...To be sure, if you were painting a tonal, lower-keyed painting with deep, dark shadows a la Caravaggio, you would indeed keep your shadows transparent. This helps to keep those shadows from coming forward and demanding the attention of the viewer's eye. In a higher keyed painting, the shadows are painted opaquely. Shadows may 'look' transparent but the pigments are not. A good rule of thumb is, if you can see anything - detail or color information - in that particular shadow, paint it opaque. (this rule ensures that you only allow yourself to paint shadows transparently if it's so dark you can't see anything in there)<br />Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100904448552432396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post-85079494514370678372016-12-08T08:35:30.158-08:002016-12-08T08:35:30.158-08:00Your response is so helpful, the use of transparen...Your response is so helpful, the use of transparent vs. opaque flustered me a bit. In the beginning you hear 'keep shadows transparent', so I was always worried when I had to add white or a color into a shadow area to achieve the bounced light I saw. Plus the second you add a little white you lose transparency, and can't get it back! Now I feel better.Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post-5745120174816385992016-12-07T20:29:15.023-08:002016-12-07T20:29:15.023-08:00Thanks Judy~ I don't think that luminosity in...Thanks Judy~ I don't think that luminosity in representational description has to do with transparency of paint, necessarily. If that were the case, all watercolor paintings would look luminous. May be there's more than one kind of luminosity, but what I'm referring to is the effect of direct and indirect light affecting / influencing the shadows. I think of "luminous" shadows as light and color filled, as opposed to dark and deep. And interestingly, I use transparent colors to make these deep, dark, 'non-luminous' shadows, but normally paint "luminous" shadows completely opaquely. So if in my paintings, shadows look luminous, you can be almost certain that it's not transparent paint. :-DTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100904448552432396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478203922242751266.post-6588966199935923302016-12-07T09:06:42.617-08:002016-12-07T09:06:42.617-08:00Boy you are super with edges! Your explanation of ...Boy you are super with edges! Your explanation of luminosity is really interesting. I was thinking that luminosity was gained by relying on transparent colors, and the losing and gaining of edges. But you are saying that luminosity is captured by the sharing of a color- having bits of it repeating in key places?I even see that pinky red a little down the light side of her back- that certainly lends to color harmony, but that adds to luminosity as well? Cool post, thanks!Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.com