Where and when did modern art start? Let’s start with Courbet.
Month: October 2019
materials, Paintings, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries
Starting another painting
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•Grumpy review, materials, Reviews, Turpentine diaries
Goop nope
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•After talking with Robert Doak, I followed his recommendation and purchased some of his Painting Goop. I shouldn’t have. I normally stay away from thick painting mediums, but I enjoyed my far-ranging conversion, and everything I’ve purchased before was top-quality, I thought, “Why not?” Goop is thick, resembling toothpaste. When thinned with turp and worked…
Books, materials, Shop Talk, Turpentine diaries, Uncategorized
St. Charles’ good book
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•Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters by Sir Charles Eastlake is the best resource–by far–for information about painting methods and materials. Just like the title states. The older studio traditions had already faded into the past when Sir Charles published the first volume in 1847, so the book is a…