New member from Michigan

Steven Sweeney · 10-10-2007, 01:22 PM

I'm in the shop as much as the studio, so I enjoyed seeing the photo-schematics of your easel, taboret and ventilation system. Very resourceful. I'm coveting that tall taboret, and may have to set about making some modifications to mine, which is presently suitable for Hobbits.

I can't profess to keep my work space as tidy as yours, though.

Since you've been looking in for a long while, you're aware of the sine wave that describes the Forum activity. With the kids in school and the holidays yet distant, this may be a propitious time to jump in.

I don't recall if you mentioned on the website what kind of set-up you have for lighting. You might be willing the chat about that down in one of the "Studio" or "Equipment" threads. We're at a similar latitude, and it's beginning to get dark out there, so I'm re-thinking a lighting scheme that didn't work well for me last winter.

Cheers

Kenneth Kaiser · 10-10-2007, 04:11 PM

Thanks for the welcome.

Steven, my lighting is very simple. I use two clamping 18 W Ott-lite lamps attached to the sides of the easel strongly supplemented by a smaller window facing the north as seen in on the the taboret shots on my site. This method of lighting works fairly well for me unless the day is very dark or the snow is very reflective! When working with live subjects, however, I often use early morning natural light from the east. To control the lighting, I will sometimes use cardboard to generate a window within a window.

Allan Rahbek · 10-10-2007, 04:30 PM

Hi Kenneth, welcome,
as a newcomer I recommend that you take a look into the Works In Progress section. The WIP section was a great help for me when I came around.

Dan Landrie · 10-10-2007, 07:48 PM

Hi Ken,you've designed a great web site, welcome.

Julie Deane · 10-10-2007, 08:47 PM

Hi and welcome!

Alexandra Tyng · 10-11-2007, 09:38 AM

Welcome to the forum, Kenneth! I love your new website! Your work is so different from that of many artists on this site, and that intrigues me. I think your composition and modeling of form looks very simple but is not as easy as it might seem to some people. In other words, to do this successfully you need to know exactly what you are doing, where to divide the planes, etc. I am hoping you will talk more about your thought process and work process.