Comments on Linda Blondheim Art Journal: Recipe Contest Entry,A new Painting, large vs smal...

luv your comment about supplies! I have a friend w...

2008-10-17T22:50:00.000-04:00

luv your comment about supplies! I have a friend who orders 2 or 3 canvases from Blick at a time. Sheesh...I buy everything in quantity. If i only have 1 or 2 I'll find me hoarding them. Don't make a start 'cause it might 'waste' a canvas.

If I have a case, I don't hoard.haven't bought oil brushes by the dozen yet, but I just started with oil a year ago. I've already collected good canvases, pigments...but not multiple brushes.

In watercolor, a brush will last years if treated correctly...oil seems to eat brushes.

As for pastels, a stick will last forever, it seems.so many colors, you don't use the same ones over and over.

Marian, Up until two years ago, I sold a lot of sm...

2008-10-08T21:12:00.000-04:00

Marian, Up until two years ago, I sold a lot of small format paintings. As the economy has floundered, my sales have all been 12x16 or larger. I think people who can afford art now, can afford large paintings and aren't interested in the small, but who knows why really?
Love,
Linda

I am once again captivated by your sky and the way...

2008-10-08T17:55:00.000-04:00

I am once again captivated by your sky and the way the palms recede back into the distance.... Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

I agree with all of your comments about large vs small... although I like doing both. I wondered... do you sell more of one than the other?

Maggie,I'm so sorry that I did not make myself cle...

2008-10-08T07:40:00.000-04:00

Maggie,
I'm so sorry that I did not make myself clear. Never meant to imply that small work did not take great skill. Look at Vermeer!!!I only meant that the large painting really shows off that skill. I knew I'd get into trouble with this post!! :>)

Deborah,
It is uncanny how parallel we are!! All of my sales have been large format for the last year.

Jo,
I am awfully fond of the square format and some painters are wild about panoramic. Why not?

Michelle,
I am the large disaster queen. :>)

Judy,
I love the Prune story!! Frenchies are very gassy. That would be a disaster for me.
Love,
Linda

Linda, I've been painting small lately. You're s...

2008-10-08T07:14:00.000-04:00

Linda, I've been painting small lately. You're so right, there is a difference with small vs large formats. I had to chuckle about your fertilizer incident. My dog did the same but when I called the company they said it was organic - basically it was cow manure!! YUCK! No kisses from dogs for a little while. I have one better my dogs got into a huge bag of prunes. When I called my vet for advice he said, "I'd let them sleep in the garage tonight..."
haha!
Judy

I love to work large and, no doubt, I have produce...

2008-10-08T01:10:00.000-04:00

I love to work large and, no doubt, I have produced some large disasters! Great post....

Hope the dog is fine. Thanks for sharing all your...

2008-10-08T00:13:00.000-04:00

Hope the dog is fine. Thanks for sharing all your info and your humorous presentation of difficult choices. I am feeling like working in non-standard sizes. I have always thought standard was good so the patron can easily change framing. But now I am going to branch out. :)

Hi Linda. I sometimes think you and I must be tra...

2008-10-07T23:31:00.000-04:00

Hi Linda. I sometimes think you and I must be traveling down parallel paths. I think we both realized that plein air work was a tool rather than and end in itself about the same time, and now I certainly find myself agreeing with you about working larger. These days, my smaller work is almost always in service of working out ideas for larger pieces (I'm working on a 48 x 60 right now!). It takes much more planning and of course its a bigger investment of time, energy, money, etc. One thing I know for sure is that if a composition doesn't work small it won't work large, BUT just because it works small, doesn't mean it WILL work large! And, large work continues to sell for me even though sales of smaller pieces have slowed considerably.

Linda, I do agree with you that not everything ~ ...

2008-10-07T22:38:00.000-04:00

Linda, I do agree with you that not everything ~ or every composition painted in a small format translates well to a larger size, but as one who paints small quite a lot……..I am compelled to say that it still takes a lot of skill to pull off small paintings! (laughing)…..

I would take your example of buying the best art supplies a little further and say that goes for mats/mounts and frames too! So many times I see wonderful paintings ruined by cheap looking frames, or original watercolours in cheap thin mats. It is all very well to be frugal, but not in the area of presentation either. Last year I started using Nielson Bainbridge 8ply mats which (in my opinion) enhance the presentation of my small (laughing again) paintings very well. Glad your dog is OK.