Take a look at the work of Giorgio Mornadi. He got amazing results with a limited palette and very pared down stillifes. It is the hue, tone and mood that he was able to produce in this work that make it outstanding. The light that emanates from these small paintings is so beautiful…
Giorgio has created this amazing glow in all his paintings. You can see the presence of light everywhere and in some areas the light really stands out, which gives us the feeling of "early morning light". I also noticed that the lightest light is close to the white color; however, when I mix too much white with any color then my painting becomes chalky and it lacks the glow that I expect to see and if I don't mix enough white then I have this dull painting, which doesn't create any excitement in the viewer's eyes.
ReplyDeleteI find these paintings compelling because of the range of color within the limited palette. He has created a very light mood by not overusing the darkest dark and simplifying the range of lights. I feel like this is a perfect example of "less is more" and can see how range of value can strongly effect the feeling of a painting.
ReplyDeleteGiorgio has created this amazing glow in all his paintings. You can see the presence of light everywhere and in some areas the light really stands out, which gives us the feeling of "early morning light". I also noticed that the lightest light is close to the white color; however, when I mix too much white with any color then my painting becomes chalky and it lacks the glow that I expect to see and if I don't mix enough white then I have this dull painting, which doesn't create any excitement in the viewer's eyes.
ReplyDeleteEda, You're right about how much light he gets in his paintings. He is using color and temperature (warms and cools) to accomplish this. It is all about color relationships not just about light and dark. And It's true that if you over use white you will get a really chalky affect. You mentioned that the lightest light looked like white but if you were able to see these paintings live you would be able to see that the lightest light is actually a neutral color. It is the use of these neutrals in conjunction with the right temperature that will yield "light" in a painting.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the information and also clarifying the fact that the lightest light is actually a neutral color. I checked his paintings in Google again, this time looked at them more closely, and noticed that even the areas that seem very light he used different shades of light colors to come up with the lightest light which also helped him to create a very smooth transition from one color to another. His amazing brushstrokes also helped in his smooth transition. Another interesting fact about his paintings was that he didn't care that much about creating perfect lines for his objects which gave the objects some kind of characters…
In my opinion, one of the most interesting things that struck me about Mornadi's works is (like Eda mentioned) the quality of his lines. His lines have a "wavy" quality that seems to bring movement and life to his paintings. I would have not thought to use less-than-straight lines. Normally, I am not a big fan of still lives, but Juana is opening up my mind a little on appreciation of bringing objects to life in a still life painting.
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