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I have always liked unfinished paintings.
Mi sono sempre piaciuti i quadri incompiuti.
Not just those that show the construction process or the steps a painter would follow to finish a painting.
Non solo quelli che mostrano il processo di costruzione o le fasi che un pittore seguirà per finire un dipinto.
But also those where it seems that the painter stopped at the precise moment,
Ma anche quelle in cui sembra che il pittore si sia fermato nel momento preciso, in
where not a single additional brushstroke was needed,
cui non è stata necessaria una singola pennellata aggiuntiva,
and even if there are still visible sketched areas, he decided to leave them that way.
e anche se sono ancora visibili le zone del disegno, ha deciso di lasciarle così.
I have always wondered how that was achieved.
Mi sono sempre chiesto come sia stato ottenuto.
How can you decide when a painting is finished?
Come puoi decidere quando un dipinto è finito?
Because what happens to me is that I get anxious and
Perché quello che mi succede è che divento ansioso e
I cannot leave a painting until the last corner of the canvas is covered with paint.
non posso lasciare un dipinto finché l'ultimo angolo della tela non è coperto di vernice.
I cannot leave an area unfinished and not feel a sense of unease.
Non posso lasciare un'area incompiuta e non provare un senso di disagio.
In a previous video I shared with you that I am currently reading Richard Schmid's book "Alla Prima".
In un video precedente ho condiviso con voi che attualmente sto leggendo il libro di Richard Schmid "Alla Prima".
Richard Schmid has paintings that appear to have been stopped at the time when nothing else was missing.
Richard Schmid ha dipinti che sembrano essere stati fermati nel momento in cui non mancava nient'altro.
And in which he leaves barely outlined areas unfinished.
E in cui lascia incompiute aree appena delineate.
And when I read his book, two things became clear to me:
E quando ho letto il suo libro, due cose mi sono diventate chiare:
The first is that this is not an effect.
la prima è che questo non è un effetto.
Those paintings are actually unfinished.
Quei dipinti sono in realtà incompiuti.
Because it seems that Richard Schmid has the same problem, that surely we all share,
Perché sembra che Richard Schmid abbia lo stesso problema, che sicuramente condividiamo tutti,
when correcting and detailing sometimes he does not know when to stop.
quando corregge e dettaglia a volte non sa quando fermarsi.
And he has some paintings that seem like he wants them to look unfinished,
E ha alcuni dipinti che sembrano volerli sembrare incompiuti,
and he forces them to look like that, but they don't look natural.
e li costringe a sembrare così, ma non sembrano naturali.
And he has other paintings that were obviously abandoned, but they look finished.
E ha altri dipinti che sono stati ovviamente abbandonati, ma sembrano finiti.
As if they had been stopped just at the right time.
Come se fossero stati fermati al momento giusto.
What he says about these is that they were paintings made in half an hour or an hour and a half.
Quello che dice di questi è che erano dipinti realizzati in mezz'ora o un'ora e mezza.
From a brief session with a model who had to leave
Da una breve seduta con una modella che doveva andarsene
or the light changed that day and the painting was left unfinished.
o la luce quel giorno cambiava e il dipinto restava incompiuto.
That is the first thing.
Questa è la prima cosa.
That this is not an effect that the painter decides to give.
Che questo non è un effetto che il pittore decide di dare.
No. They are paintings that were truly unfinished.
No. Sono dipinti che erano veramente incompiuti.
And the second thing I understood is the process he uses to build his paintings.
E la seconda cosa che ho capito è il processo che usa per costruire i suoi dipinti.
I already talked about this briefly in another video, but I want to delve into it.
Ne ho già parlato brevemente in un altro video, ma voglio approfondirlo.
He says that first he draws the canvas and on it he puts "final brushstrokes".
Dice che prima disegna la tela e su di essa mette le "pennellate finali".
He calls "final brushstrokes" to apply the paint in a definitive way.
Chiama "pennellate finali" per applicare la vernice in modo definitivo.
Of course this does not mean that he cannot cover or enhance them.
Ovviamente questo non significa che non possa coprirli o valorizzarli.
Rather, it is a way of thinking.
Piuttosto, è un modo di pensare.
In which you put a brushstroke with the greatest possible care and then you put another brushstroke next to it
In cui metti una pennellata il più accuratamente possibile e poi metti un'altra pennellata accanto ad essa
trying to make its shape, value and color look final or finished.
cercando di far sembrare la sua forma, valore e colore definitivi o finiti.
And Schmid says that he works that way because he doesn't know if his model is going to move,
E Schmid dice che lavora così perché non sa se il suo modello si muoverà,
if it will have to leave, or if the light will change,
se dovrà andarsene, o se la luce cambierà,
or if something else will prevent him from working that painting again.
o se qualcos'altro gli impedirà di lavorare di nuovo quel dipinto.
That is why he is always thinking that the brushstroke he gives will be the last brushstroke of the painting.
Ecco perché pensa sempre che la pennellata che dà sarà l'ultima pennellata del dipinto.
And that allows him that when the model leaves, the painting remains unfinished but
E questo gli permette che quando il modello se ne va, il dipinto rimane incompiuto ma
it looks finished because the parts that he worked on, he left them to his liking.
sembra finito perché le parti su cui ha lavorato sono state lasciate di suo gradimento.
And that made it very clear to me how this unfinished result is achieved.
E questo mi ha reso molto chiaro come si ottiene questo risultato incompiuto.
It is actually very difficult.
In realtà è molto difficile.
I am trying to do it in some exercises.
Sto cercando di farlo in alcuni esercizi.
Leaving the painting unfinished. But I can not.
Lasciando il dipinto incompiuto. Ma non posso.
I can not stop working.
Non riesco a smettere di lavorare.
And I think the only solution is to set a time limit.
E penso che l'unica soluzione sia fissare un limite di tempo.
Paint for 45 minutes and what we achieve in those 45 minutes is what will remain in the end.
Dipingi per 45 minuti e ciò che otteniamo in quei 45 minuti è ciò che rimarrà alla fine.
Because otherwise, we will always try to keep working.
Perché altrimenti, cercheremo sempre di continuare a lavorare.
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