Comments on: Samuel Palmer http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/04/18/samuel-palmer/ Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:13:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: smacleod http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/04/18/samuel-palmer/#comment-800 smacleod Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:43:23 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=227#comment-800 just beautiful! just beautiful!

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/04/18/samuel-palmer/#comment-727 Charley Parker Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:49:04 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=227#comment-727 clive, Thanks for the good words about the blog. Glad you're enjoying it. Watercolor was long considered a "preliminary" medium, like drawing - good for preliminary studies and sketches but not suitable for finished works - and watercolorists had to fight for acceptance and respectablilty in salons and among patrons. But watercolor has its own character and invites a certain degree of experimentation, so styles may have evolved in watercolor that didn't influence works in oil until they had time to filter through the levels of art society strata over time. I don't actually know - just guessing. clive,

Thanks for the good words about the blog. Glad you’re enjoying it.

Watercolor was long considered a “preliminary” medium, like drawing - good for preliminary studies and sketches but not suitable for finished works - and watercolorists had to fight for acceptance and respectablilty in salons and among patrons. But watercolor has its own character and invites a certain degree of experimentation, so styles may have evolved in watercolor that didn’t influence works in oil until they had time to filter through the levels of art society strata over time. I don’t actually know - just guessing.

]]> By: clive http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/04/18/samuel-palmer/#comment-726 clive Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=227#comment-726 Lovely to see the Palmer. Have been really enjoying and learning from this site for months now; well written, gregarious and knowledgable. I'm not nearly so knowledgable, which is why I enjoy it so much. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but when looking at 19th century British watercolourists, particularly the early part, I often think how 'ahead of their time' they might be considered, 'feeling' like stuff that was done in oil on the continent decades later. Not that it matters though, it's not a race. But I do think a lot of those great watercolourists often get overlooked. But not by you... Best, C. Lovely to see the Palmer. Have been really enjoying and learning from this site for months now; well written, gregarious and knowledgable. I’m not nearly so knowledgable, which is why I enjoy it so much. Perhaps I’m mistaken, but when looking at 19th century British watercolourists, particularly the early part, I often think how ‘ahead of their time’ they might be considered, ‘feeling’ like stuff that was done in oil on the continent decades later. Not that it matters though, it’s not a race. But I do think a lot of those great watercolourists often get overlooked. But not by you… Best, C.

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