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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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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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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.