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Hi all, please help me with mixing colors. ..and how to avoid muddy and grayed dull color...... Thanks Simi
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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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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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Margo, Thanks for all the information. My thinner is Gamsol , which isn't citrus based. I do think my whole problem was the addition of the two oils because the majority of my oils are Graham paints, which has a base of walnut oil, rather then linseed oil. I have now made a new medium of 3 parts...
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I know that everybody has different opinions about their favorite mix or recipe when it comes to painting and I have a feeling that when it comes to oil paints many variables come into play. For example, does the artist prefer to paint wet-into-wet, paint thick, paint thin, paint fat over lean, are they...