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richard piloco skip to main skip to sidebar richard piloco click pictures to enlarge friday september 7 2012 fall classes start monday quick sketch of phoebe welcome back we have a full class starting monday and i m excited to get started see you all at gca next week posted by richard piloco at friday september 07 2012 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 21 2012 something smells fishy in the studio the bronzino it s that time of the year again time to clean out the mess in the studio just a quick reminder if you have things stored in the racks be prepared to bring them home tonight who knows what it will smell like by the fall session posted by richard piloco at monday may 21 2012 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels paintings of fish thursday may 17 2012 self portrait show in june self portrait the eleanor ettinger self portrait show is coming up from june 14th through july 14th it s great to see all the different takes on self portrait in one room i m looking forward to it this is my painting for the show posted by richard piloco at thursday may 17 2012 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting realist oil painting self portrait friday april 27 2012 monday is demo night since there are only four classes left in our last session i would like everyone to come prepared to paint along with me i hate the idea of taking a painting day away from you with so few to go the demo will be there to peruse on the breaks and i will still come around to see how your doing posted by richard piloco at friday april 27 2012 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 14 2012 don t starve your palette recently i noticed the tendency of students to squeeze out small bits of paint for a class painting when you don t have enough paint affects your whole attitude toward the work it says i m probably not going to make a good painting so why waste good paint that s a poor position from which to start anything if you want to progress then as a student it s your job to use enough paint to learn some may say cost is an issue but i think if you look at the bigger picture the cost of hampered learning is much higher learning to paint can be frustrating but some frustrations are easily fixed with good brushes and enough paint sometimes you won t use all the paint you put out nothing is more annoying then when i put out paint and don t use it it gets a skin and it s done if you feel this too then get your palette knife and some old support make a simple study from palette scrapings it s fun and instructive don t worry over it don t do a drawing under it just practice mixing the right color value and shape place them in their relative proportions the more you paint the more you learn below is a small 8x10 palette knife study done with palette scrapings try it this idea is not mine i read it in a richard schmid book years ago thank you richard posted by richard piloco at wednesday march 14 2012 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 8 2012 new class demos here are some recent demos from class sorry i haven t been keeping up with posting them as promised i know it s helpful for you to see them here i talk so much during demos they come out kinda wonky to my eye that makes it easy to forget posting them posted by richard piloco at wednesday february 08 2012 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest a few more sketches from italy when it s cold out and i m all bundled against it i get through by daydreaming about wonderful warm places i ve painted remembering the great people i met on painting trips and spending hours outside in the sun always warms me right now i m thinking about castello del bosco that memorable place i went to last year some have asked me to post more sketches from the trip so here you go posted by richard piloco at wednesday february 08 2012 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alla prima art painting oil painting painted sketch plein air realist oil painting wednesday october 12 2011 john singer sargent sargent study by richard piloco click on picture to enlarge in class last week we talked about making copies of artists work for the purpose of understanding how they group their values used color and handling of paint etc nothing works so well as a diligent study of a painting you wish to understand better you may think you get it by viewing a good print but it s surprising how much deeper your understanding will be when you copy it many years ago i made a copy of dr fitzwilliam sargent john singer sargent s father sargent s painting is a bit of a caricature when compared to his oeuvre but it s a great example of his directness in application of paint i painted my copy alla prima no drawing prep all at once to keep in the spirit of the original i was surprised how simple his large shapes were conceived and held through to completion of the study so find a good print of a painting you love and break it down understand it on a much deeper level then bring that new found knowledge into your own work posted by richard piloco at wednesday october 12 2011 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alla prima john singer sargent tuesday september 6 2011 welcome back i hope everyone had a fun and productive summer if there are any paintings you are particularly proud of bring them in has anyone done 100 heads here s another white sheet on a chair from many years ago and a swollen stream from the hurricane last week see you this monday posted by richard piloco at tuesday september 06 2011 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 14 2011 more castiglione del bosco field paintings i mounted some more of the italy sketches from my recent trip i may work on them in the studio and or use them for a larger paintings but for now they are just as i made them in the field i still have a bunch more to mount about 28 in all i m doing it little by little when there s some more i ll post them hope everyone is getting their summer sketches done you should have several by now posted by richard piloco at tuesday june 14 2011 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting wednesday june 1 2011 keeping in practice this summer white and off white sheet white sheet a bit more time spent white sheet getting a bit more context several weeks ago my students asked what they could do to stay in practice this summer my first answer was do 100 heads later i realized there isn t even a hundred days before we start again so here is an example of something i do when i don t have time to work on something more ambitious or just to have fun i throw a white sheet on a chair and i paint it i try not to get to involved in the nuance or make the painting special i just try to quickly capture the colors values and shapes that i see above are 3 examples so you can see how gruff the handling is it isn t important to articulate the folds perfectly just make precise notes of color that are the right shape capturing the shapes is very important make shapes with your brush strokes and then do some articulation on top of those these should be done quickly 1 hour 2 at the most don t think finished painting think are the colors honest are the values relative are the shapes strong so go paint and have a fun summer posted by richard piloco at wednesday june 01 2011 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alla prima oil painting painterly art painting assignment realist oil painting monday may 30 2011 last class of 2011 we had a great model in class last week she is worth a better effort then i was able to summon but here it is anyway the castilione del bosco landscapes are next on my mind i will post them as soon as i glue them on supports posted by richard piloco at monday may 30 2011 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting monday may 16 2011 castiglion del bosco i just got back from a trip to tuscany organized by my friend and colleague marc dalessio it was one of the most paintable places i have yet visited and to top it off i met a bunch of great people without whom i can t imagine a future trip more later but for now here are some paintings from the trip posted by richard piloco at monday may 16 2011 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting friday april 15 2011 janus workshop i m happy to announce that i am teaching a workshop at the janus collaborative this summer they have a great program and i m proud to be associated with their talented faculty you can find the details at http www januscollaborative org workshops html my workshop posted by richard piloco at friday april 15 2011 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday january 3 2011 happy new year phoebe reading waiting on me to suggest a pose for a sketch hand pressed into her face so engrossed in the latest book she didn t realize i already painted her vignette 9 x12 hope everyone had a great holiday for those in my class see you tonight posted by richard piloco at monday january 03 2011 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting monday november 15 2010 star wars visions the star wars visions book is out it has a bunch of great paintings in it and i feel lucky to have been part of it it s on my coffee table i will enjoy looking at all the work and say to friends i know him her and him all this talent posted by richard piloco at monday november 15 2010 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting wednesday november 10 2010 new class demos just photographed these head studies some of my students have been waiting for me to post recent class demos the first two are from session one the last is not a demo its of my son lucas who gave me some time in exchange for a new toy beyblade 7 95 totally worth it till he gets wise for now i m working the scam for those who don t take my class these demos aren t finished paintings they are an example of process i spend a lot of time talking and answering questions and get very little time to concentrate on painting i post them in the spirit that they are learning tools they are usually life size and painted alla prima but the second image which is particularly rough was a demo of repainting right on top of dry paint in a direct way posted by richard piloco at wednesday november 10 2010 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting thursday september 2 2010 some new sketches here are some more of the italy paintings there are still more from the marsiliana trip which i will post when i photograph them the bottom three are not from the trip corsini chapel at marsiliana room behind chapel fishing boats at porto ercole view of farm land from the wall at the main house in the distance is mount argentario wall on the west side of the complex wash drying in the nearby hamlet in the courtyard under dense wisteria passageway in porto ercole also in the courtyard acadia park maine head study acadia park maine posted by richard piloco at thursday september 02 2010 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels oil painting painterly art realist oil painting older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me richard piloco born and raised in new york currently living in new jersey i teach at the grand central academy of art in new york city i am represented by eleanor ettinger gallery in nyc rick piloco view my complete profile subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments http eegallery com http www maxginsburg com http grandcentralacademy classicist org http www januscollaborative org my blog list lines and colors a blog about drawing painting illustration comics concept art and other visual arts marc dalessio gurney journey stapleton kearns nathan fowkes art portraits of painters art and influence underpaintings the hidden place the artful ranter followers blog archive 2012 7 september 1 fall classes start monday may 2 april 1 march 1 february 2 2011 8 october 1 september 1 june 2 may 2 april 1 january 1 2010 14 november 2 september 1 june 1 may 1 april 1 february 2 january 6 2009 4 december 3 june 1 all 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