Sensational Color Pro Kate Smith » painting

Color Quote of the Day: February 4th

Kate Smith — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:05:47 +0000

“Little by little, I’ve reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors. It’s not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this. For me, they are magnificent things.”

Joan Miro

Color Quote of the Day: December 2nd

Kate Smith — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:05:14 +0000

“All colours will agree in the dark.”

Francis Bacon
Irish-born British painter, 28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992

Image reference:

Three Studies for Self-Portrait, 1976 via WSJ

Color Quote of the Day: November 30th

Kate Smith — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0000

“Never has a pigment been better named than ultramarine blue. Fashionable, even today, in its nomenclature! It is ultra in every way.”

Karen Fitzgerald
American Artist

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Color Quote of the Day: November 29th

Kate Smith — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:05:37 +0000

“What, you haven’t any ivory-black on your palette? If you think you are going to make black with blue and red, I can’t have you in my class. You might stir up trouble with such ideas.”

Fernand Cormon
French Painter (December 24, 1845 – March 20, 1924)

Color Quote of the Day: November 28th

Kate Smith — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:05:52 +0000

“I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.”

Eugene Delacroix
French Romantic Artist (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863)

Image reference:

Title: Liberty Leading the People.
Year: 1830
Technique: Oil
Dimensions: 325 × 260 cm (128.0 × 102.4 in)
Current location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France