stlukesguild
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One possible solution is to raise the painting up and allow the top foot or so to curl over and hang down. I have actually done that before in the studio in spite of a nearly 12' ceiling.
What are you working on?
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stlukesguild
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Very nice, Brian. You may be ambivalent about oils, but they certainly seem to have worked well for you.
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Yes Brian, you should. You've done very well and after you play around for a bit with them, you may find you love them. You will learn all sorts of things they will do for you.
Oh, I have actually used them before. I love the rich color and the way in which they keep visible brush strokes. But boy, is it a sticky and difficult to control medium.
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Been working on my newsletter on and off for the last few days. Those things take me a long time to throw together. I mean, they appear to be thrown together, but they actually take me some time. I put them out four times a year. I have a friend that puts one out once a week! I don't know how she does it, except that they are much, much shorter and include one image. Two at the most. But I can't make one painting a week, let along accumulate that much "news."
Anyway, I just proofed it and will be sending it out in a few. For those of you that want to get onto my mailing list, now is the time.
https://esart.com/contact/join/
Now, back to painting.
Anyway, I just proofed it and will be sending it out in a few. For those of you that want to get onto my mailing list, now is the time.
https://esart.com/contact/join/
Now, back to painting.
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Awhile back -maybe 10 years ago?- in the middle of the night I woke up laughing hysterically at the thought of some "sound - alike" comparisons like your "bach-hound" I slept with an 11"x14" sketchbook so I started writing them down as fast as I could, tears of laughter streaming down my face. The ideas coming to me as fast as I could write and wipe away the tears. That night and over the next day or two I filled up 12 pages of the notebook with such stuff. Some were really good, others not so much. I later became a little worried about myself, and remember researching if there was some kind of stroke or mental disorder to account for it (I was stone-cold sober while this was going on). I went on to make some back and white paintings, and panels but put it away as I already had a full plate at the time and felt I needed to focus my energies.
I'm working on (or fiddling around on the internet to avoid working on, to be more precise) a painting of George Floyd. Right now it's just a digital version, and it's taken eons to get to a reasonably good likeness. Working title: "He touched the world..." (Floyd had once mentioned it was something he had hoped to do).
I've actually worked a little further on the face since this version and the game plan is to do an oil study of the face alone, since that's the trickiest part for me. If I can pull that off, then on to tackle the full version, which will probably be cropped somewhat tighter. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Is he recognizable? Is it too unsubtle?
I've actually worked a little further on the face since this version and the game plan is to do an oil study of the face alone, since that's the trickiest part for me. If I can pull that off, then on to tackle the full version, which will probably be cropped somewhat tighter. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Is he recognizable? Is it too unsubtle?
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I wonder if it might be possible to ensure it's survival by creating a very thick layer (or probably multiple layers, with drying of each before the next was applied) of some sort of alkyd resin on top. I'd think the crackles would still show, but the whole thing would be sort of encased in resin so (I think) it wouldn't degrade. The downside would be a shiny finish, which might not be what you're going for.
Don't quote me on this idea, though...I'm just speculating! I also wonder about some sort of polyurethane coating, but again, I'm speculating (wildly).
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The glowing light in this piece is fabulous.
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Mental disorder you say? Now in my case that would explain a lot...
Enjoyed your pictures, particularly the nurse/norse one.
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Thanks. It might of course be something the camera added. It's really difficult to get the photo of a picture to look like the picture itself; I have yet to meet a scanner or camera that can reproduce colors accurately.
