Hi Ken! At the end of this discussion you said if you had to pick your favorite paintings (of your own), the ones that you would pick would be the ones you didn’t necessarily intend to be meaningful. Could you do a show where you show us your favorite and least favorite paintings and discuss why? I’d love to be able to see that process. The same is true for me. I did 2 little paintings to fill time while I was working on a HUGE “important” piece, and when I was done with all of them, I loved those 2 the most. I think it’s because we feel so much more free when there are no perceived consequences to “messing up” or just experimenting.
Also, funny when Todd was about to bring up lead-tin yellow he almost said nickel yellow, nickel yellow is to lead tin yellow what titanium white is to lead white. Lead tin yellow is a great colour but unbelievably expensive, so I personally use nickel yellow even though it is very opaque and powerful because it is titanium based. I’d recommend nickel yellow to any painter just to see how valuable it is to have a very light, muted yellow on your palette. You can basically treat it as a very warm white which makes it great for flesh tones and generally lightening colours while retaining warmth
Hi Ken! At the end of this discussion you said if you had to pick your favorite paintings (of your own), the ones that you would pick would be the ones you didn’t necessarily intend to be meaningful. Could you do a show where you show us your favorite and least favorite paintings and discuss why? I’d love to be able to see that process.
The same is true for me. I did 2 little paintings to fill time while I was working on a HUGE “important” piece, and when I was done with all of them, I loved those 2 the most. I think it’s because we feel so much more free when there are no perceived consequences to “messing up” or just experimenting.
Man, I love so much Todd has to say. Shed the dogma! Another great interview, Ken.
Also, funny when Todd was about to bring up lead-tin yellow he almost said nickel yellow, nickel yellow is to lead tin yellow what titanium white is to lead white. Lead tin yellow is a great colour but unbelievably expensive, so I personally use nickel yellow even though it is very opaque and powerful because it is titanium based. I’d recommend nickel yellow to any painter just to see how valuable it is to have a very light, muted yellow on your palette. You can basically treat it as a very warm white which makes it great for flesh tones and generally lightening colours while retaining warmth
Antonio Mancini is incredible. Supposedly he was Sargeant’s favorite painter
In reference to the discussion at 33:23, see the Copyist Program at National Gallery: www.nga.gov/visit/copyist.html
ken, you remind me of starving artist lmao bcz ur art skills are good but marketing isn't 🙁🤨
I'm not starving but thanks for the concern.
What a rude comment!