Jun 22, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized |
About 6 years ago I realized tht I was suffering some health problems form the use of turpentine and turpentine-based oil painting supplies. I have tried many turpentine replacement systems and found most lacking.Without sounding too much like an infomercial I want to...
Jun 22, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized |
Cobalt Drier is used with oil paints to reduce the time it takes for the surface of the paint film to dry. Driers are best used with techniques that call for thin applications of paint, as in glazes. If your technique includes a thick impasto then cobalt driers are...
Jun 20, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized |
In Ben Shahn’s The Shape of Content, there is an essay called the “Biography of a Painting.” In this essay Shahn writes about his personal pilgrimage toward expressing his true inner self in his paintings. He wrote of finding his early...
Jun 14, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized |
This morning at work curator, Dennis John, gave a talk on a new exhibition, The Water Remembers Paintings by May Stevens.May Stevens paints on canvas and paper with acrylic. The color depth is amazing. I hadn’t thought acrylics were capable of this. If you are...
Jun 14, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized |
I have continued to work on the study. I don’t want to work to much on it as it is just a study. I will work on additional studies to audition other backgrounds and textures. A question I have asked myself is should the background texture have a symbolic...
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