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Hi, I am totally confused about establishing correct value in a painting.Mainly in shadow area. What are the value we can put in shadow? what about reflected light, in value scale? Please help, i am not able to keep seperate shadow and light family. Thanking You SImi
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We wanted to set the record straight. There are companies out there that claim that mixing WMO and Acrylics is fine. It's not. It all goes back to the rule of fat over lean , or better represented as elastic over inelastic . Here's the statement from our technical advisor as well as the conservation...
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Thanks for the replies. Today Im investigating the use of GAC 100 as the foundation for either museum board or 300 lb watercolor [paper. A fellwo artist will join me in using miracle muck and bonding the pieces to masonite. Our idea is to paint the edges and back in black leaving a 1 inch strip. then...
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Very nice, do you follow a particular technique? layered? alla prima? hopefully we will see some red in those lips! the back glow in her hair is exquisite! keep showing us the progress please.
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with oil paints ,some colors are naturally transparent.(oxides,lakes,etc.) The 15th + 16th Century Masters knew that in order to give these colors their maximum luminosity, and take full advantage of a wide variety of tones and tints with each pure color, these could to be layered ,one upon the other...
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Try draining all your tube colors on blotter-paper 24-78 hours proir to mixing them with your medium...tube paints are already too "fat",so by adding more oily mediums, they will dry slowly, and even when dry to the touch, are not fully dry ,and so not stable enough for subsequent coats. Try...
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The "ATELIER NEO MEDICI" believes that in order to create constant Art, i.e., Art which transcends the fashionable, it is necessary for the artist to have had a comprehensive background in traditional old master painting techniques. The quality of a painting can be assessed in terms of it's...
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I have been mixing my own neutral grays from red / yellow / blue and white in several different flavors, cool, warm, (rasberry, lime, etc) Does anyone have helpful hints on A. mixing big batches of grays - 5.0 ozs (big size tubes) B. a graceful way to scoop up all of those lucious gray paints and gracefully...
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Getting back to oils after 30 some years of not painting,switched and took lessons in acrylics 6 years ago.but I am wondering how this picture is viewed by others. It is 24x16.I keep thinking it has a slight feel of Grandmother Moses, the small trees seem to lollypopish to me..what to do? Or am I too...
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I painted this from a photograph a friend posted online. I took a photo after each painting session, around 1-3 hours each.