It’s true that I’ve used the same medium for several years. That doesn’t stop me from trying new materials–far from it! My invariable practice provides a baseline to which I can compare the new materials as they come into my hands. I can quickly determine if a new varnish or whatnot makes it into my…
Month: December 2019
Grumpy review, materials, Reviews, Turpentine diaries
RGH Atelier Series oil
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•I bought a small 4 oz-bottle of RGH’s Atelier Series of refined linseed to oil to test. According to RGH’s website, the Atelier Series is “…clarified, hand-washed, cold pressed linseed and walnut oils. No heat, chemicals, or bleaches have been used. We have used historical methods for washing these oils. … The end result are…
Drawings, materials, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries
Reusing a drawing
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•materials, Shop Talk, Turpentine diaries
Recent paint buy
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•Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries
Scale again
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•Yesterday, I wrote about how scale affects paint handling. A figure on a 6-inch canvas is painted differently than the same figure on a 6-foot canvas. Pretty straightforward but a lot of artists get stuck in a ‘one size fits all’ approach. There’s also another way that scale determines my approach–figure scale. The main figures…