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<\/a>565. Sorolla with Grandpa Watercolor painting by Mariko Irie<\/p><\/div>\n
I was really happy to watch these Grandpa and Granddaughter were enjoying looking at paintings together.<\/p>\n
The girl is looking at the painting by Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Sorolla y Bastida.<\/p>\n
I have seen his <\/b>paintings on books. I was not so interested in his paintings till I saw his original paintings at the San Diego Museum of Art for three years ago. They had a fantastic exhibition of Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Sorolla y Bastida. I went to see this exhibition with Plain Air Group \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PAPASAN\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00c2\u00a0Several truly great plain Air painters were in this group.<\/p>\n
Anyway back to paintings of Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Sorolla y Bastida:<\/p>\n
His light, colors are incredible. His brushstrokes are so alive. A lot of his paintings are huge.<\/p>\n
I recommend to watch “Art of Sorolla”\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ovV4HsXwems<\/a><\/p>\n He said, “I could not paint at all if I had to paint slowly,” he once said. “Every effect is so transient, it must be rapidly painted.”<\/p>\n In the studio Sorolla would sometimes use a palette the size of a grand piano lid and 3 foot long brushes to allow him to stand back from his painting.<\/p>\n Wow!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a scene at San Diego Art Museum. I was really happy to watch these Grandpa and Granddaughter were enjoying looking at paintings together. The girl is looking at the painting by Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Sorolla y Bastida. I have seen … Continue reading