As I’ve done several times, I intend to document the birth of a painting. The last time, I shared just the early stages of a painting. That’s my plan this time too. 2-3 posts that detail the painting’s early progress. All budding artists are interested in how artists start paintings. Here is Liberty Avenue after…
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aesthetics, Drawings, Shop Talk
Liberty Avenue
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•Grumpy review, materials, Reviews, Shop Talk
Review: Cranfield oil paint
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•Paintings, Shop Talk
Preparing a big painting
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•How to, materials, Shop Talk, Uncategorized
Mixing paint on the palette
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•materials, Shop Talk, Uncategorized
Naphtha
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•I’ve written before about the difference between paint thinner and OMS (spoiler: they’re just different names for the same thing). I’ve also written about the turpentine that I routinely use. Why haven’t I written about Naphtha? I use Naphtha to clean etching plates but for painting, I use it less frequently than the other top…
How to, materials, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
Painting flesh
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•Artists find painting people and portraits difficult. Even artists who can paint complicated landscapes without too much difficulty stumble when they attempt people. Why? Part of the answer is the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley refers to the mechanisms people have for recognizing other humans. It turns out that these complicated mechanisms are difficult to…
materials, Shop Talk
New paint order from Blue Ridge
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•The more I use Blue Ridge oils, the more I like them. I continue to use their flake white, of course, but I’m enjoying their entire lineup. My recent small order contains colors I use all the time, cerulean blue and permanent crimson, and others I’m testing–terra rosa and cobalt teal. Earth colors like terra…