Phil Starke Studio Newsletter - September 2020
Phil Starke is a professional fine artist with prestigious gallery representation, participates in national museum exhibitions, and teaches workshops and online fine art courses.
PHIL STARKE STUDIO NEWSLETTER
September 2020
Summer is finally done here in Georgia, temperatures are well below 80, and colors are starting to turn. I am going up to the Blue Ridge Mountains the last week in September to do some painting.
We are finally settled in our home and I'm nearly done with the new studio. I still have a ways to go but I wanted to show how the studio is going. When I get finished I'll be having workshops at the studio and on the property.
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Above is my painting area, it's nice to have plenty of space and windows. There are two windows in this area which are closed in this photo.
The Barn has 5 stalls which I will use for still life setups and painting areas. Lots of room for easels and painting.
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The property has 5 acres of plein air painting as well as being close to Chicopee Nature Preserve.
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ARTIST AT A GLANCE
Harry Van der Weyden (1868-1952)
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Harry Van der Weyden was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 8 1868, the son of Henry Van der Weyen, a Dutch-American painter and photographer. Harry’s family moved to London in 1870 and in 1887 Harry won a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1890 he moved to Paris and studied at the Academie Julian where he studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.
He exhibited at the Pais Salon from 1891 and was soon showing in many venues including the Art Institute of Chicago and International Exhibitions. Harry returned to London and exhibited at the Royal Academy and became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil.
With the threat of war in 1914, Harry served as a camouflage officer with the Royal Engineers. He developed a reputation for his scenes of the war.Harry died in London in September 1952.
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ARTIST TIP
“Using A Limited Earth Palette”
This month's artist tip comes from my online monthly artist membership "Easel Insight Membership". One of the lessons I taught this month was on using earth colors to block in a painting. The palette is titanium white, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. You can mix every color you need, it will be muted but you can still mix orange, green, violet with those colors. The colors will harmonize and the limited palette will help you focus on value more than trying to decide what color to mix. The key is to keep the shapes and values big and simple, the more detail you add the weaker the design gets.
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Phil…if your in Brevard, NC stop by my gallery “Dragonfly” and say hello….thank you for taking so much time to share with us!
I’m building a studio in our home in Denver. Is there a “book” or person I can speak to about lighting other than north lighting? Thank you.
Your new studio looks well thought through!
There’s a very detailed article by Dave Santillanes on lighting in the sudio:
OPA Blog: Geeking Out on Studio Lights
Wow, What a great find you have. Beautiful area and neat area for studio work. So happy for you. Love this site.
Cheers
Smoky Norm
Congratulations on the new studio! Well earned and deserved. Wishing you many happy healthy years of joy painting in it.