Comments for Forget-Me-Not Fine Art, Portraiture, and Design by Talya Johnson http://talyajohnson.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Forbidden Fruit–an artist’s stand against chromophobia by Tali http://talyajohnson.com/forbidden-fruit-an-artists-stand-against-chromophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Tali Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:41:12 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/?p=636#comment-4123 LOL, hopefully my "gray" period will prove to be a brief one. LOL, hopefully my “gray” period will prove to be a brief one.

]]> Comment on Sammy in Blue by Tali http://talyajohnson.com/sammy-in-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-4122 Tali Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:30:16 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/?p=750#comment-4122 Thank you so much for your enthusiasm. Yes! Give oils a try. They are forgiving and beautiful! when I first started with oils, I hated them. So I learned to paint using them with a palette knife first to keep my colors clean. By the time I got over my fear and worry about wasting expensive paint; and learned how to choose my pigments and how they behaved (since they each have such different "personalities"); I was hooked on oils. I've never looked back. I started painting in oils because I've always wanted oil portraits of my children. Who better to do them than their mother?! Thank you so much for your enthusiasm. Yes! Give oils a try. They are forgiving and beautiful! when I first started with oils, I hated them. So I learned to paint using them with a palette knife first to keep my colors clean. By the time I got over my fear and worry about wasting expensive paint; and learned how to choose my pigments and how they behaved (since they each have such different “personalities”); I was hooked on oils. I’ve never looked back. I started painting in oils because I’ve always wanted oil portraits of my children. Who better to do them than their mother?!

]]> Comment on Forbidden Fruit–an artist’s stand against chromophobia by Maria http://talyajohnson.com/forbidden-fruit-an-artists-stand-against-chromophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-4121 Maria Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/?p=636#comment-4121 Oh, please do not "Gray Down" your exciting use of color!! I love it! It's joyful and happy!! Gray is sad and depressing. I think our world today has enough "Gray" in it without artists turning what beautiful colors are left into Gray, YUK! Stay colorful and stay young in your heart/soul and your life will be filled with joy and happiness!! Just my thoughts but I really do believe that! <3 :-) <3 Oh, please do not “Gray Down” your exciting use of color!! I love it! It’s joyful and happy!! Gray is sad and depressing. I think our world today has enough “Gray” in it without artists turning what beautiful colors are left into Gray, YUK! Stay colorful and stay young in your heart/soul and your life will be filled with joy and happiness!! Just my thoughts but I really do believe that! <3 :-) <3

]]> Comment on Rublev Oil Colours by Maria http://talyajohnson.com/rublev-oil-colours/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 Maria Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:50:54 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/tali-blog/?p=287#comment-4120 WOW! I love them! The sparkle in the blonde hair is incredible!! It really looks as if the sun is bouncing off the strands of hair! Little Miss Sunshine, well what can I say? I am just in awe of you and your ability. I am definitely going to try my hand at the oils. Your work is so very inspiring!! I just can't get over how wonderful these paintings are!! I fell in love with "Sammy in Blue" the instant I saw it and now I feel the same about these as well. I don't think you can paint a "bad" painting, LOL!! Carry on Tali, :-) WOW! I love them! The sparkle in the blonde hair is incredible!! It really looks as if the sun is bouncing off the strands of hair! Little Miss Sunshine, well what can I say? I am just in awe of you and your ability. I am definitely going to try my hand at the oils. Your work is so very inspiring!! I just can’t get over how wonderful these paintings are!! I fell in love with “Sammy in Blue” the instant I saw it and now I feel the same about these as well. I don’t think you can paint a “bad” painting, LOL!! Carry on Tali, :-)

]]> Comment on Sammy in Blue by Maria http://talyajohnson.com/sammy-in-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 Maria Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:03:08 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/?p=750#comment-4119 Tali, this is absolutely gorgeous!!! The blue eyes, the wonderful expression of the child, all of it! Just gorgeous!!! I just had to tell you how awesome I think this painting is. I have not ever painted in oils. I have used watercolour the most and some acrylic as well but no oils. This has inspired me to give it a try. If I can come even part way close to what you have done here I would consider it a huge accomplishment. I just cannot get over the utter joy that I feel when I look at this painting. I am a mother of two wonderful boys and this painting just takes me right back to the sweet innocent days of when they were toddlers. Thank you!! Tali, this is absolutely gorgeous!!! The blue eyes, the wonderful expression of the child, all of it! Just gorgeous!!! I just had to tell you how awesome I think this painting is. I have not ever painted in oils. I have used watercolour the most and some acrylic as well but no oils. This has inspired me to give it a try. If I can come even part way close to what you have done here I would consider it a huge accomplishment. I just cannot get over the utter joy that I feel when I look at this painting. I am a mother of two wonderful boys and this painting just takes me right back to the sweet innocent days of when they were toddlers. Thank you!!

]]> Comment on Rublev Oil Colours by L.Lawrence http://talyajohnson.com/rublev-oil-colours/comment-page-1/#comment-2980 L.Lawrence Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:22:16 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/tali-blog/?p=287#comment-2980 Outstanding paintings. Your hue and temperature variation is something I am working to incorporate into my own portraits, and I have not yet succeeded. I am a big fan of Rublev paints too. I do use the lead paints, and they are outstanding. I also have a problem with messiness, but the use of lead on my palette has forced me to clean up my act, and I am a much neater painter in general now. I used to have cadmium all over me all the time; now I stay pretty clean. Great paintings! - L.Lawrence Outstanding paintings. Your hue and temperature variation is something I am working to incorporate into my own portraits, and I have not yet succeeded.

I am a big fan of Rublev paints too. I do use the lead paints, and they are outstanding. I also have a problem with messiness, but the use of lead on my palette has forced me to clean up my act, and I am a much neater painter in general now. I used to have cadmium all over me all the time; now I stay pretty clean.

Great paintings! – L.Lawrence

]]> Comment on Rublev Oil Colours by Tali http://talyajohnson.com/rublev-oil-colours/comment-page-1/#comment-2672 Tali Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:14:17 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/tali-blog/?p=287#comment-2672 I've tried a few different Rublev tube colors, and have mixed a couple too from the natural pigments themselves. The ones that I like best for portrait work are the lemon ocher, venetian red, violet hematite, vine black, and nicosia green. I mixed my own Lazurite. But I think any combination of earth yellow, red, green, and black (for blue) would work. The colors are VERY different than regular oil colors and take a while to get used to their working properties. Most artists seem to either love them or hate them. I usually will add some walnut oil to them and sometimes a little Dorland's Wax medium (to stiffen them up a little for impaso work as well as keep an even sheen), or the Rublev impasto medium (not as stiff, but fatter than the wax), or even Weber Res n gel (a very light buttery medium) alway adhering to the fat over lean rule. I paint on primed birch boards or hardbords, so the heavier paints don't bother me. For my final layers I start adding glazes of Schmincke Mussini colors (a limited assortment of transparent red, yellow, blue, and green). I work wet into wet as much as I can, but if my paint starts to dry on the board, I let it be for a few days before oiling it out and finishing up. Hope this helps! I’ve tried a few different Rublev tube colors, and have mixed a couple too from the natural pigments themselves. The ones that I like best for portrait work are the lemon ocher, venetian red, violet hematite, vine black, and nicosia green. I mixed my own Lazurite. But I think any combination of earth yellow, red, green, and black (for blue) would work. The colors are VERY different than regular oil colors and take a while to get used to their working properties. Most artists seem to either love them or hate them. I usually will add some walnut oil to them and sometimes a little Dorland’s Wax medium (to stiffen them up a little for impaso work as well as keep an even sheen), or the Rublev impasto medium (not as stiff, but fatter than the wax), or even Weber Res n gel (a very light buttery medium) alway adhering to the fat over lean rule. I paint on primed birch boards or hardbords, so the heavier paints don’t bother me. For my final layers I start adding glazes of Schmincke Mussini colors (a limited assortment of transparent red, yellow, blue, and green). I work wet into wet as much as I can, but if my paint starts to dry on the board, I let it be for a few days before oiling it out and finishing up. Hope this helps!

]]> Comment on Rublev Oil Colours by Abraham http://talyajohnson.com/rublev-oil-colours/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Abraham Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:10:07 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/tali-blog/?p=287#comment-2670 These paintings are filled with emotions. Great job! I have been considering trying Rublev Oil natural pigments colors for the last few weeks. Would you mind sharing what colors did you buy or used from Rublev Oil Colors? Did you get a set? which one? or did you buy individual colors? and which ones? Rublev colors are very expensive, and I would like to know what colors you used for portraits before I take then plunge. Regards, Abraham These paintings are filled with emotions. Great job!

I have been considering trying Rublev Oil natural pigments colors for the last few weeks.

Would you mind sharing what colors did you buy or used from Rublev Oil Colors? Did you get a set? which one? or did you buy individual colors? and which ones?
Rublev colors are very expensive, and I would like to know what colors you used for portraits before I take then plunge.

Regards,

Abraham

]]> Comment on Path to Nowhere by sheila fenn http://talyajohnson.com/path-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-2559 sheila fenn Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:16:11 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/?p=700#comment-2559 That is beautiful to see all the colors with the perfect background . We came up that way once in June and it was a sight to see.We came that way because of the fire that was burning in Fairbanks. and I'm glad we did. We have a daughter in Kenai/ That is beautiful to see all the colors with the perfect background . We came up that way once in June and it was a sight to see.We came that way because of the fire that was burning in Fairbanks. and I’m glad we did. We have a daughter in Kenai/

]]> Comment on Rublev Oil Colours by Tali http://talyajohnson.com/rublev-oil-colours/comment-page-1/#comment-2503 Tali Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:54:55 +0000 http://talyajohnson.com/tali-blog/?p=287#comment-2503 I use WordPress and I love it! :) Thank you I use WordPress and I love it! :) Thank you

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