Comments on: Koninginnendag (queen’s day) http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ossi http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html#comment-11 ossi Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:38:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/?p=9#comment-11 Echoing Karl's comment on the original painting versus its later stage where a spoon and rosebud were added: Another way to go would have been to enhance the magic of the dream-like quality. Echoing Karl’s comment on the original painting versus its later stage where a spoon and rosebud were added:

Another way to go would have been to enhance the magic of the dream-like quality.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html#comment-10 Karl Zipser Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/?p=9#comment-10 Hanneke doesn't use lead white because she has small children. She uses a mixture of zinc and titanium white. This mixture has better properties as an oil paint than either zinc or titanium white alone; the mixture has about the same opacity as lead white, but gives a cooler effect in mixtures and in layers, as here. To approximate the effect of lead white, a small amount of warm earth pigment, such as raw sienna, can be added. Hanneke doesn’t use lead white because she has small children. She uses a mixture of zinc and titanium white. This mixture has better properties as an oil paint than either zinc or titanium white alone; the mixture has about the same opacity as lead white, but gives a cooler effect in mixtures and in layers, as here. To approximate the effect of lead white, a small amount of warm earth pigment, such as raw sienna, can be added.

]]> By: ossi http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html#comment-9 ossi Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/?p=9#comment-9 What was used, Zinc white or lead white? What was used, Zinc white or lead white?

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html#comment-8 Karl Zipser Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/?p=9#comment-8 Good question. The background, fine white particles over black, is a cool grey for the same reason that the smoke is bluish (when seen against a dark background), and the sky is blue. It has to do with the way the fine particles scatter light. Different white pigments give a different degree of bluish-grey in this situation. Zinc white would look much bluer than lead white, for example. Good question. The background, fine white particles over black, is a cool grey for the same reason that the smoke is bluish (when seen against a dark background), and the sky is blue. It has to do with the way the fine particles scatter light. Different white pigments give a different degree of bluish-grey in this situation. Zinc white would look much bluer than lead white, for example.

]]> By: ossi http://artandperception.com/2006/09/koninginnendag-queens-day.html#comment-7 ossi Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/?p=9#comment-7 Why does the background look blue? Shouldn't black underpainting followed by a top layer of white give grey rather than blue? Why does the background look blue?

Shouldn’t black underpainting followed by a top layer of white give grey rather than blue?

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