tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post115219732199739587..comments2024-03-29T03:40:49.981-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Sickles' painting styleleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-1152199679316011282006-07-06T11:27:00.000-04:002006-07-06T11:27:00.000-04:00Well put, Jacob. I find Sickles, like Fawcett, co...Well put, Jacob. I find Sickles, like Fawcett, could not escape his deep roots in b/w comic strip art (or perhaps didn't care too). As you know from reading the Comics Journal interview, Sickles was self-taught and enjoyed experimenting - but I don't get the sense that he would have sat down to study tried and true art course colour theory. Perhaps that speaks to why his paintings (at least the few I've seen) leave something to be desired.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-1152199086367045442006-07-06T11:18:00.000-04:002006-07-06T11:18:00.000-04:00Sickles' technique has been related to impressioni...Sickles' technique has been related to impressionism because he broke everything down into light and shade. Many great oil painters, such as John Singer Sargent, have stressed the importance of simplifying a picture's values into two or three ranges (shadow, midtone, highlight). Sickles perfected this approach in his black and white work.<BR/>His only flaw seems to be that he just couldn’t get rid of the black. I wonder how much knowledge he possessed on color theory?<BR/>Still any colorist could take some lessons from his mastery of value simplification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com