At todays meeting Loretta,
Vicki, Tim, Za, Gary, Thomas, Kristina, Jerry, Susan, Lisa, Diane, Jeannie,
Eunice, Joanne, Stephanie, Erin, Quin, Carol, Bob, and me Celeste.
Today's suggested table
topic: Thalo paint. What do you know about it?
Celeste: I did an experiment
with two paintings using Thalo cerulean. I did it because of todays topic. I know that Thalo is very strong and I
have (up until now) avoided it. I liked trying it out, however, so maybe I will
use Thalo in the future. I knew an artist who regularly used Thalo blue for water.
He would "knock it back" with a touch of black.
Quin: I have not used Thalo
paint since Ovanes Berbarian’s workshop. It is something I try to avoid. I like
the simple palette I am using now. I painted 22 paintings while I was at the
coast (over a two week period).
Erin: I know nothing about
Thalo paint. I did see it in an art store! It is pretty. I'll try it. I brought
in a painting that I did in Scott Gellatly’s workshop.
Stephanie: I love Thalo
paint. When I started painting I particularly liked Thalo green and Alizarin
Crimson together. When you mix that you get a beautiful gray and it also makes
a beautiful black. I don't use Thalo green on my plein air palette. I do like
Thalo blue, it is warmer than ultramarine.
Joanne: I don't know a lot
about Thalo paint. I have used Thalo and burnt umber together. It makes a very
good dark.
Kristina: I took a portrait
class with a celebrated artist. I
helped someone put together their palette before the beginning of the class.
Later I heard the artist say: "WHO put Thalo on this palette"?! It was as if
I had given a child a gun! But, to my way of thinking, Thalo is a good very
color. I use it.
Jerry: Thalo intimidates me.
I find it to be a frenetic color. I'm just afraid of it.
Susan: I don't use Thalo. I
live next to Alpenrose dairy. I did a couple of challenging pastel paintings
recently of the llamas/sheep there. They move around, you can’t stop them!
Lisa: I know nothing about
Thalo. I might experiment with it in the future.
Diane: Thalo green and purple
mix to make a beautiful blue. Thalo has a transparency and energy that is
unmatched. As you may know, the original Thalo comes from Copper. I have been
taking a drawing class.
Jeannie: I use Thalo a lot.
Eunice: I spent the weekend
at the beach. It was very windy. I got photographs. My husband pointed out that
the ocean looked brown. We were at Seal Rock. I use Thalo red rose and Thalo
yellow-green in some florals.
Loretta: I like Thalo blue.
One thing I know is that it gets on me. I have to tone it down... it gets too
neon looking if you don’t.
Vicki: I have to agree that
inevitably Thalo will get everywhere. On my clothes, on my skin, in all the
wrong places. I have banished it off of my palette. I do know that Thalo, umber and alizarin mix together for a beautiful dark green.
Tim: I had banished Thalo
from my palette. It is too messy and too strong. I have since reintroduced
it. You can use it if you are careful and use it with discretion. I haven't
been painting.. I have been moving.
Za: I mentioned our topic
today to a chemist at school. He showed me this (visual/molecular structure) that shows what Thalo
is made from. Thalo green is a shortcut to green and I always change the
temperature. I brought in a painting that I did with ultramarine blue yellow
ochre and cad red.
Gary: For many years I did
not paint. Life got in the way (I had to make a living). I am self-taught. I
have done lots of color charts. I “see” the painting in my mind and use what I
need to paint it.
Thomas: I think of Thalo
colors as the crack cocaine of the plein air palette. (Laughter)! For my recent
European trip and I needed to find a highly saturated blue. I chose only three
colors to travel with. I used Hansa yellow, Quin magenta and Thalo blue. The
reason this combination was successful is that all are equally strong. Jill
Carver uses Thalo blue on her palette. She only uses a few touches of it! Scott
at Gamblin recommended that I use student grade Thalo. It actually “knocks
down” better than straight Thalo does. I did a tint test between Gamblin 1980
paint and regular straight Thalo paint and....as you can see.... there are
differences. Very few paints are really toxic. Manganese is toxic. I recommend
that you try to work with saturations that match high medium or low. Try to make
your saturations similar. Keep your relationships together.
Carol: I don't use a lot of
Thalo. I did use a small amount of Thalo green in the painting I brought today.
Bob: I was an animator with
Disney for 40 years. I am now painting again. I took a workshop with Skip
Whitcomb in Colorado. I brought in a sketch I did from the workshop.
Announcements:
Erin will have
a joint show at Coffeehouse Northwest on Burnside (more information to come).
She is also possibly going to have a studio space.
Za highly recommends that you
do the Hillsboro paint out! It is so much fun! Do it! Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/HillsboroArts
(Sept 12 and 13)
Za’s portrait workshop
through Sequoia Gallery: (Nov) Here is the link:
Brenda’s value workshop
thorugh Sequoia Gallery:
(OMG!) Za will be featured in the
October issue of Plein Air Magazine! (Congratulations, Za!)
Joanne says that Dwell
reality is looking for artists.
NECC Call to Artists:
Jeannie has art in the Gresham
art show (“The Shape of Things”) Reception: August 26 5:30-7pm, Gresham City
Hall.
Check out the excellent article Expert Tips for Painting in
Tuscany about Thomas Kitts in Outdoor Painter!
Did you enjoy the Portland
Art Museum event? Please send an email to them to thank them! (Elizabeth
Sackett Thomas
Assistant to the Executive
Director)
elizabeth.thomas@pam.org
Thanks especially to Thomas
Kitts for his work in arranging for/organizing the PAM Pacific Northwest
invitational 2014
ART IN THE GARDEN PARTY
AUGUST 23RD 5:30 TO 9PM (Villa Catalana)
Join
Villa Catalana for a summer garden party featuring a jazz trio, dinner items by
A Simply Elegant Catering and wines from the Villa Catalana Cellars. (The painters
have already been selected for this event). Plein air painters will be roaming the gardens painting
vignettes of the gardens. The resulting paintings will be for sale. Sit by the
ponds and enjoy the music or roam the gardens to visit with the artists and see
their work progress. (The nursery will not be open). http://www.villacatalanacellars.com/
A reservation
is required and
there is a $10 cover charge.
Welcome
new people today: Jerry, Gary and Bob.
Thank you all for coming
today and sharing what you know, together with your paintings.
Next meeting: Thursday,
August 21, 9am O’Connor’s. Suggested table topic: Art Organizations...please
tell us what/who you “belong to” and why you have joined them. What are the
advantages/disadvantages of art organizations?
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