tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post1383469434062219554..comments2024-03-28T04:20:14.241-04:00Comments on Painted Thoughts Blog: One Persimmon, Two Persimmon, Three!Laure Ferlitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-38672871424399335372014-03-25T08:50:21.505-04:002014-03-25T08:50:21.505-04:00Hi, CJ_Apple! Thanks for visiting! I've found ...Hi, CJ_Apple! Thanks for visiting! I've found that I don't have the patience to work in graphite, ink and color pencil anymore. I'm too anxious to get to the next thing I want to sketch. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-74529486304757206972014-03-25T08:49:00.631-04:002014-03-25T08:49:00.631-04:00Thanks, Brenda! Nice to see you out in cyberspace....Thanks, Brenda! Nice to see you out in cyberspace. I could not agree with you more about ink being tricky to use and yes, a little sometimes goes way toooo far! Good luck with your playing. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-7459912258259664262014-03-25T08:00:47.181-04:002014-03-25T08:00:47.181-04:00Visiting your blog of the first time and love it. ...Visiting your blog of the first time and love it. I work with various media too mostly graphite, ink, and color pencil but now I am inspired to break out my watercolors again. Your persimmons are beautiful. I like the addition of the ink and agree it is better to lay down the paint first. Thanks for sharing your painting techniques. CJ_Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111811006111280391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-46807114220179467822014-03-22T10:30:54.913-04:002014-03-22T10:30:54.913-04:00Beautiful work Laure... Your persimmons appear to ...Beautiful work Laure... Your persimmons appear to be rising out of your paper. The colors are so vibrant and your transitions are so defined that you create the lines in watercolor that others use ink to accentuate. I enjoy viewing your work with examples of each, since both ways are equally pleasing to the viewer. <br /><br />When using watercolors, my personal preference is to ink after the composition is dry. I think that is due to the fact that I only ink small areas that need a little extra emphasis. A lot of the time, I allow my lines to fade away and come back. Hopefully by doing the inking in that order, I can avoid the feeling that the piece is looking more like an animation cell... at least to me anyways. Ink is one of those mediums that can run the artist into trouble if overused. A little bit goes a long way for me. :) <br /><br />I was just rummaging through my watercolors this morning while organizing my studio. You have inspired me to play around with them a little this afternoon! Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141554132273386112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-67753784040278438662014-03-21T17:44:05.536-04:002014-03-21T17:44:05.536-04:00Thanks, Carole. I was playing around with a paper ...Thanks, Carole. I was playing around with a paper called Fluid. They make sketchbooks and what not and also have a full sheet available. I can't say I love it, but nor have I worked on it enough (yet) to say I don't like it. I'll post more as I play with it. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-60993029227762721972014-03-21T17:42:20.990-04:002014-03-21T17:42:20.990-04:00Thank you, Cheryl!Thank you, Cheryl!Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-67719274972483261732014-03-21T17:42:07.990-04:002014-03-21T17:42:07.990-04:00Thanks, Debbie. I sometimes struggle to add ink to...Thanks, Debbie. I sometimes struggle to add ink to flowers and other delicate subjects, but have no trouble with houses or rocks and such. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-89233633250398522552014-03-21T17:41:12.179-04:002014-03-21T17:41:12.179-04:00Agreed, Lisa, it's definitely a different look...Agreed, Lisa, it's definitely a different look. I think it's just me that gets balled up with feeling constrained.Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-56167743773528477852014-03-21T17:40:31.424-04:002014-03-21T17:40:31.424-04:00Lynne, I seem to have a love 'em and leave ...Lynne, I seem to have a love 'em and leave 'em affair with ink. I'll go for stretches where that's all I work with and then I walk away and forget ink ever existed. I think other folks would call that boredom!Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-17961025215000559492014-03-21T17:39:21.047-04:002014-03-21T17:39:21.047-04:00Thank you, Timaree! I am usually of the same mind....Thank you, Timaree! I am usually of the same mind. I seldom add ink unless the work doesn't speak the way I think it can or should. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-40534792309711692772014-03-21T17:38:26.183-04:002014-03-21T17:38:26.183-04:00Thanks, Janet! They were fun to paint. Thanks, Janet! They were fun to paint. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-25075590651815107822014-03-21T17:38:07.793-04:002014-03-21T17:38:07.793-04:00Thank you for commenting, Barbara, and yes, your o...Thank you for commenting, Barbara, and yes, your opinion is very important to me. It is often those who are just beginning their journey who see things those of us who have been on the track for a while cannot. It seems quite a few folks are in agreement about just inking the leaves. I may have to give it a whirl. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-34431007273365601622014-03-21T17:36:34.120-04:002014-03-21T17:36:34.120-04:00Thanks, Tyanne. I didn't think about just inki...Thanks, Tyanne. I didn't think about just inking the leaves. I'm not sure if I would like that or not. I may have to ink one of the remaining persimmons to see. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-76012330217662610912014-03-21T17:35:40.852-04:002014-03-21T17:35:40.852-04:00Thanks, Monique. It is interesting to hear how you...Thanks, Monique. It is interesting to hear how you use ink or think about using ink. Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-28828652512387029572014-03-21T17:34:45.858-04:002014-03-21T17:34:45.858-04:00Yes, persimmons are edible. This is a paper called...Yes, persimmons are edible. This is a paper called Fluid. I can't say I'm crazy about it, but then I haven't done much work on it either. Thanks for your thoughts on ink, Clare!Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-79380303665036935252014-03-20T18:47:19.908-04:002014-03-20T18:47:19.908-04:00Hi Laure ... I like the persimmons without the ink...Hi Laure ... I like the persimmons without the ink. I feel the ink around the fruit restricts the composition and detracts from the beauty of the fruit. Some very fine broken lines around the leaves to better describe them would enhance the painting. The colors are wonderful and alive! PS You said you were testing the paper. What kind and how did you rate it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549035130132866108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-51374831396957564092014-03-20T14:29:54.214-04:002014-03-20T14:29:54.214-04:00I like the addition of the ink on the leaves becau...I like the addition of the ink on the leaves because it adds even more definition there, but not the outline of the persimmon itself. Cheryl Gebharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397847473688573549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-25024799318339780982014-03-19T11:36:29.416-04:002014-03-19T11:36:29.416-04:00I like both and perhaps it depends more on the sub...I like both and perhaps it depends more on the subject. I think both though are lovely and I really can't say which I prefer. I too work in ink and watercolor a great deal. Often when I do I have to consider whether the ink can stand alone or does a touch of color warmed it. Always get such great food for thought when I visit you - thanks.Debbie Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168646638438558551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-53974518109005118962014-03-19T06:39:06.554-04:002014-03-19T06:39:06.554-04:00I like the ones without ink. I do like to draw in ...I like the ones without ink. I do like to draw in ink tho. I don't feel constrained. It is just a different look.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-73577220402231295152014-03-19T03:53:57.105-04:002014-03-19T03:53:57.105-04:00Love your persimmons, not sure they have them over...Love your persimmons, not sure they have them over here. I am a fiend for adding ink, it's like an addiction. I like your idea to wait until the end as there have been regrets over things that just didn't look right.<br />LynneSketching with Dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270151161020999871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-14411002024680317132014-03-19T01:48:46.555-04:002014-03-19T01:48:46.555-04:00When you have good lights and darks ink isn't ...When you have good lights and darks ink isn't really needed. I do like it both ways each having instances where that style shines. I go for more ink myself simply because I sometimes have trouble seeing my pencil lines. In this case I like it best without ink because you did create a lovely piece without the ink so why add it?Timareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769047120660859743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-79008620628633238922014-03-18T20:09:10.423-04:002014-03-18T20:09:10.423-04:00I love your persimmons. Ink or no ink? both have t...I love your persimmons. Ink or no ink? both have their merits-Janet Ghiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168035336091339448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-77462750143292556982014-03-18T18:29:43.553-04:002014-03-18T18:29:43.553-04:00As I still think I'm a beginner in watercolour...As I still think I'm a beginner in watercolour sketches, maybe my opinion is not important to you, but I definitely prefer the picture with out. the ink Like one of the comments ,I feel the ink adds interest around the leaves but not around the edge, Barbara Lilian in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798063785447224950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-48671316583819806402014-03-18T15:30:45.838-04:002014-03-18T15:30:45.838-04:00I would ink the leaves but leave the rest uninked...I would ink the leaves but leave the rest uninked. I am not sure why, but the lower part of the fruit just seems more dimensional and real without the ink. Tyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274842530214319589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711781124266002702.post-70546408183738527602014-03-18T15:23:45.933-04:002014-03-18T15:23:45.933-04:00I prefer those without ink, Laure. They seem to ha...I prefer those without ink, Laure. They seem to have more body, the colors look more lively, the subtle shades of the watercolor seem to be more obvious. Like Clare, I usually go to ink to add more definition to a sketch. Your persimmons don't need that at allMoniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09166714607934805702noreply@blogger.com