Michael Chomse's Comments

Thank you Michael for your lovely comment on my Underwater plants.

Love Anja

Thank you for  your comments on my 2 photos of me in the gallery.  We had 2 really bad nights of super cold and wet so not as many people showed up for the opening.  Shoppers will be coming I am sure for Christmas.  smile 

Michael, Michael. Where art thou?? Hope you will be able to rejoin us here at CA and most importantly, get your painting rolling once more, I miss your pleasant and pithy comments, my painting friend!

thx for accepting... Have a great day.

Happy to accept!  

Hi, Michael - it's an honor and a pleasure - keep in the paint, mate!

Your right Michael .. looks like a Mexican stand-off. The truth be said, when I got there there were 1000's of tourists (kept back by a roped perimeter)..mainly Japanese and Germans. Having fought my way to the front ,started sketching. Next thing 1000's of eyes on me!!

So determined to paint them all out!!!

Regards

Kim

Hi Michael,

Spot on, you won't believe me when I tell you this. The ref pic was square(ish), my paper wasn't...and I centered it !! LOL  For sure one argument against picking up a brush after midnight :-)  Thank you for dropping by and pointing it out.

I love your Cafe scene and the smoker (being one).  They make me want to pick up oils again.  Thinking of doing the lake using it.

Cheers, Jen

Smiles to you : ))                                                 

Hi Michael, I don't know if you have a public library available where you live but often they may have Edgar Payne or one of the libraries they share interlibrary loans with.  It's free for a few weeks and you could check it out again and again. More convenient to own but until you find a copy perhaps you can borrow one.  Best!

Thanks, Michael. You too!

Edgar Payne's book cost about $39 if I remember correctly.  I think I bought it on Amazon.  

Hi Michael, I'm glad you like Edgar Payne. I too think his paintings are strikingly beautiful. Have you seen the ones of the tuna boats? I think he painted those in Chiogga (Italy?). Wow! Love those juicy brush strokes. He has activated skies in many of his paintings that I love too. He wrote a book called Composition of Outdoor Painting & it's full of gems. Not a lot of paintings in it--just a few but the text is pretty rich in info. I got a copy from the interlibrary loan in our local library from another state and decided after checking it out I would like to buy it. Happy painting! Best! Jan

Which realistic painters are you finding?

When I first hear of Payne, I did some checking.  Appears he was a CA en plein air artist and had so many titles of fame it just was impressive.  Dead and gone now, but his works sell for $300,000-$500,000++.  I figured he might have something of interest to say.  LOL  You should be able to buy the book for about $50, so dont reach for one of the super high priced e-bay ones.  

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=composition%20of%20landscape%20painting%2C%20payne

It is the top book on this page.  

Michael, I see you were thanking Jan for sending photos of Edgar Payne's work.  I have his book, Composition for Outdoor Painting.  It was recommended to me as the "best" composition book out there and I agree.  Do you own it?

Hi Michael.  Very honored to accept and thank you for the very nice compliment! :)

Honored to be in your group of friends. smile

Will find the 2 images and post them.  Roena

Thank you Michael, but I think you will like the revised version better! better photo, highlights added and colors adjusted. Thanks my friend!