tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34616923.post1550551632325068567..comments2023-10-12T10:28:41.308-05:00Comments on Robin Cheers - A Painter's Journal: Painting from PhotographsA Painter's Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520775774106380886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34616923.post-67243416618828434642008-03-31T13:56:00.000-05:002008-03-31T13:56:00.000-05:00Another point about painting from photos: Its stil...Another point about painting from photos: Its still really really easy to make a bad painting from a photo - the pitfalls are different from working from life, but require just as much work and knowledge to deal with! I try to do it all - purely from life, sometimes directly from a photo or multiple photos, and when I can, as with a small still life set-up, use both to get the best of both points of view. The point is to do what we love (paint) and to do it in a way that brings us pleasure and hopefully results in a good painting....Terry https://www.blogger.com/profile/12128153098834209943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34616923.post-42590675143299546252008-03-28T21:21:00.000-05:002008-03-28T21:21:00.000-05:00These are great comments. I totally agree that one...These are great comments. I totally agree that one must get out and experience and study life so as to bring that "realness" to painting. <BR/><BR/>I take these overhead shots from a balcony at the Driskill, and I have stood there and sketched too. But people sure move quickly, esp. crossing a busy intersection!A Painter's Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520775774106380886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34616923.post-38622605224958304942008-03-28T17:09:00.000-05:002008-03-28T17:09:00.000-05:00Hi Robin. I've been receiving your newsletter for ...Hi Robin. I've been receiving your newsletter for quite a while now and love your work. I had always understood that you worked from photos, getting outdoors occasionally. As a fellow artist, I paint outdoors because I enjoy it. My studio is smallish and darker than I'd like, so I take a hike.<BR/><BR/>From my perspective, painting from photos is fine, so long is it doesnt exclude getting outdoors. The problems I might recognize, you already take caution to address in your work. For the painter working from photographs, I think it's important to get into the field often, though, to keep the eye fresh. Otherwise, we can lose the awareness that cameras distort shapes, colors, values, etc.<BR/><BR/>With this in mind, some viewers today are accustomed to seeing artistically manipulated images, in magazines and on billboards, so the plein air piece can look odd. To them, work painted from photos is more readable than work painted from life. So, I think there are advantages to both. Either way, I still like your work.Denver Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625948335829038734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34616923.post-50392969916405885932008-03-28T12:46:00.000-05:002008-03-28T12:46:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comments on painting from photogra...Thanks for your comments on painting from photographs.I was very enlightening. about massing the darks and lights. I used to feel I had to hide the fact that I used photographs as you do.. sometimes the worse the photo the better the painting ,as I have to rely on my knowledge of composition and memory of the scene. I really liked the painting that you created from that photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com