tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post115625466319165197..comments2024-03-17T06:20:15.127-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: Carnets de Voyage #2Parisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-64284490212052571302013-11-05T03:38:16.525-05:002013-11-05T03:38:16.525-05:00Ahhh...too true sadlyAhhh...too true sadlyParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-16840208681796611962013-11-04T22:11:45.488-05:002013-11-04T22:11:45.488-05:00Oh I so agree with you about the galleries and eve...Oh I so agree with you about the galleries and even people in general! So few respect watercolor! Its considered a student or a hobbyist medium or worse a bored housewife medium. And until someone tries it and invests in it its nearly impossible to appreciate its complexity. Sad but true. Somehow - we - Watercolor artists too often end up on a back burner while Oil stands strong and Acrylic takes over the world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12278465219740559585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-19756064452258288472007-04-17T19:05:00.000-04:002007-04-17T19:05:00.000-04:00This is a great Blog! But if you want to reallyear...This is a great Blog! But if you want to really<BR/>earn money from home work with a system that is<BR/>good and is as simple as owning your own<BR/> ATM Cash Machine!<BR/><A HREF="http://urlfreeze.com/1/L-6be/”" REL="nofollow"> ATM CASH</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-10169440836538069022007-03-30T10:13:00.000-04:002007-03-30T10:13:00.000-04:002 complementary colors, eh? I'll begin with my min...2 complementary colors, eh? I'll begin with my mini buddha board, it involves brush and water, and I'm sure I'll graduate to paper and 2 colors before you come back from Paris. Bon séjour là-bas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156616154740046912006-08-26T14:15:00.000-04:002006-08-26T14:15:00.000-04:00Hi Carol, it's so nice to see the watercolors and ...Hi Carol, it's so nice to see the watercolors and thanks for the lesson and tips! Your watercolors are such an inspiration - I will start my experiments soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156597523157949582006-08-26T09:05:00.000-04:002006-08-26T09:05:00.000-04:00Yes, RED SHOES, definitely dust off the old paint ...Yes, RED SHOES, definitely dust off the old paint set and test it out for magic. Mayb it went on a Grand Tour also..My colors are home made and Kremer made and you can order the KP set from Germany if that would please yr fancy :)<BR/><BR/>Marctaro - What a good idea..would anyone out there care to send me off somewhere? Perhaps I do need a PayPal piggie bank installed...hmmm<BR/>I do plan to go to Paris in October but I;ve heard that Prague is SO beautiful and I've never even been there :O Yeah all those pretty little paint boxes taht I never use anymore...<BR/><BR/>Peter you'll be happy to know I went back into the closet today :)Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156431725647593332006-08-24T11:02:00.000-04:002006-08-24T11:02:00.000-04:00Wow great post, I sometimes feel like watercolour ...Wow great post, I sometimes feel like watercolour is treated like a poor relation to oils, they are so madly different though. I love the colours that you use and the freshness and spontinatity(?) I am a died in the wood watercolour addict, that place in London sounds worth a visit. My great great grandfather was a watercolour artist and I have some of his artyfacts(?)I wonder if there is a little magic left in the old stuff!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193935968877679533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156431390556929852006-08-24T10:56:00.000-04:002006-08-24T10:56:00.000-04:00Love your sketches, your w/c is the definition of ...Love your sketches, your w/c is the definition of bravura! Glad I found your blog - where are you traveling next? You should start a collection to get yourself shipped off to Prague to paint for us! :)<BR/><BR/>(btw - I love that pic of all the w/c boxes - I also am an addict for those little squares of color...so promising, and so frustrating! they never do what I want :)<BR/><BR/>~mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156381517127302262006-08-23T21:05:00.000-04:002006-08-23T21:05:00.000-04:00I love your sketches in this post. They are a zil...I love your sketches in this post. They are a zillion times better than photos can ever be. I have never traveled and painted or sketched(a sin I am sure God has a special punisment for). After reading your blog I am determined not to leave home without one.<BR/>Thank you for cleaning out your closetsPeter Yesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167175210256144372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156349608723643432006-08-23T12:13:00.000-04:002006-08-23T12:13:00.000-04:00I join your fans who love your recent images (the ...I join your fans who love your recent images (the closet stuff).<BR/>As your friend and water color lover, I encourage you to "keep-on-digging-and showing!" Your blog (and skills) really are inspiring, on so many levels. And for "anonymous", who shared their fear of failure; most artists I know have that fear of the blank page or canvas or whatever. It's a little sign that actually means "Jump in...the water's fine...once you get used to it!"<BR/>(Thoughts from Bill)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156329605301126962006-08-23T06:40:00.000-04:002006-08-23T06:40:00.000-04:00Thanks EVERYBODY for the great response! Hey Luis,...Thanks EVERYBODY for the great response! <BR/><BR/>Hey Luis, it takes, practice, practice, practice like the piano. It's best to do this exercise with just 2 colors- a warm & a cool. And always put your lightest, warmest color down 1st(Bt.Sienna). Then drop the cool on top (blue). John Singer Sargent did a pile of paintings with just those 2 colors so that's where the lesson comes from as well as David Dewey, my wc teacher. Any pair of compliments will work.<BR/>You also have to just LET IT HAPPEN. Go for the process and not get caught up in the results, as they say...When it's going right it should be like meditation, though I've never been any good at that :)<BR/><BR/>Jennc- The Ewa book is sublime and even more so is the work of her teacher, Jean-Louis Morelle. Take a look at his books/work. You're very lucky to be in Paris. The water there is hard, I think..anyway it makes watercolor paints jump around more than NYC water with is soft. Next trip I'm bringing some back. I'll have to get a perscription or SOMETHING!!!<BR/><BR/>Jan-it's kind of funny-NOT. But with all these good directives I'm tossing out here, I have hit a wall in my own ptg. Maybe it's the summer doldrums or the fact that my studio and elsewhere is littered with stuff I'm pulling out of one little closet and I can't see straight to "just sit down and paint" :( I have such good subject matter too. Maybe when everything gets organised and has a found a place back in the closet or out on the street, my painting will get back on track.<BR/>Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek<BR/>Oh I better get off and get posting! But huge THANKS to everyone leaving comments. It means a lot. I started the blog to get my work out there and get feedback and it has been such a rewarding experience..I really can't begin to say..Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156328616759753542006-08-23T06:23:00.000-04:002006-08-23T06:23:00.000-04:00I just love the sketches you've posted today (yest...I just love the sketches you've posted today (yesterday.) You certainly have done a LOT with watercolor---all of it very strong, varied, interesting.Laurelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050096410382276071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156325639776059062006-08-23T05:33:00.001-04:002006-08-23T05:33:00.001-04:00P.S. ~ Your last post, yesterday, was a bit of a b...P.S. ~ Your last post, yesterday, was a bit of a birthday present to me... I treasure reading everything new you put on here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156325596490395862006-08-23T05:33:00.000-04:002006-08-23T05:33:00.000-04:00Bonjour ! This is the first time I've commented he...Bonjour ! This is the first time I've commented here, Carol, but I've been visiting your blog for a few weeks now, and living vicariously through you... You are truly a great artist, and I admire the work you do... I, like some of the others who have commented here as well, have been trying to get myself back to drawing again as I stopped just out of college over 10 years ago, and I miss it so much... But for some reason some form of fear has been paralyzing me -- but fear of what I'm not sure... Perhaps just of my own personal failure!<BR/><BR/>In any case, you are truly an inspiration, and you have such a wonderful sense of color and balance. Gorgeous work, both the sweets and the landscapes. I admire you!<BR/><BR/>XOXO, <BR/>Another American in Paris... Longing to be an artist again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156324893053499802006-08-23T05:21:00.000-04:002006-08-23T05:21:00.000-04:00I just bought that Ewa Karpinska book. Drool.You ...I just bought that Ewa Karpinska book. Drool.<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right. You just need to "do it".JChevaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683339168047479228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156277740315547492006-08-22T16:15:00.000-04:002006-08-22T16:15:00.000-04:00As someone who's been thinking (ad nauseum) about ...As someone who's been thinking (ad nauseum) about returning to drawing and painting, the key phrases in your post are *you just need to sit down* and *then start*. <BR/>Wonderful blog. The paintboxes photo is luscious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156275680127669212006-08-22T15:41:00.000-04:002006-08-22T15:41:00.000-04:00hey Carol, this posting is amaznig. You have reve...hey Carol, this posting is amaznig. You have revealed your artistic soul here more than in your other postings. I love the landscapes, and althogh they are part of your past travels I think you should show more...if you have them. I found them to be more spiritual than the paintings of sweets. Yes, watercolor is a hard medium and I admire your control over it. I tried painting some peaches with watercolor last nigth and they came out crappy. I have been dropping a pool of water then the color like you've said but I don't seem to get it right. Oh well, I'll just keep on trying.Luis Colanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469433409497731182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156273810128176722006-08-22T15:10:00.000-04:002006-08-22T15:10:00.000-04:00Yes, I, too, love your blog. I have an artist fri...Yes, I, too, love your blog. I have an artist friend who has filled my home with his watercolors. Perhaps someday I'll take some photos of his painting which I own and post them!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156272952292793442006-08-22T14:55:00.000-04:002006-08-22T14:55:00.000-04:00I've recently discovered your beautiful blog. I a...I've recently discovered your beautiful blog. I am, in fact an oil painter who sometimes paints in watercolor (I agree that watercolor is much more convenient for travel painting). Anyhow, I have a strong preference for pan watercolors. I really love Yarka paints--the pigments are gorgeous. <BR/><BR/>Love the photographs of the cafe au lait bowls. I look forward to returning you this blog.Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09222904129951520241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1156256302936267352006-08-22T10:18:00.000-04:002006-08-22T10:18:00.000-04:00You are a creative teacher, I am inspired by your ...You are a creative teacher, I am inspired by your approach, your blog is a wonderful palce to come to each day! Thanks!!Tongue in Cheek Antiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750859132595134235noreply@blogger.com