My favorite technique
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pondside asked What is your favorite technique? (That's art technique, since I'm working on differentiating between inside and outside voice)
My preferred medium is Oilpaint on Canvas, which I learned in college.
I typically start with sketches (pencil on paper) to learn the details of the "figure". I rarely worry about "placement" or "design" because I have discovered that I have an instinctive sense of design that is smarter than I am.
I start the painting with putting in broad strokes of neutral tones (Paynes Gray or Burnt Sienna mixed with Titanium White) using a really big brush (4 inch wide bristle brush) this keeps me from getting bogged on details too early. I generally try to use as large a brush as possible, to keep the level of detail balanced across the painting.
I tend to use a lot of medium to thin the oils. It helps the paint flow smoother and dry quicker. My paintings are sometimes assumed to be acrylic, because of how much medium I use. (Acrylic paint shows less "brush stroke"). It still takes a couple of days for the paint to dry. I do like working "wet on wet", for subtle changes of shade or hue, but for abrupt changes, or clean edges I need the canvas to be dry.
I try to work on more than 1 canvas at a time, so that I can work on a second while waiting for the first to dry.
A favorite technique I have come upon recently is to take a flat brush and load 1 side with 1 color, then load the other side with the another color. When I paint a line with this brush it comes out as a complex form rater than a 2 dimentional line
pondside asked What is your favorite technique? (That's art technique, since I'm working on differentiating between inside and outside voice)My preferred medium is Oilpaint on Canvas, which I learned in college.
I typically start with sketches (pencil on paper) to learn the details of the "figure". I rarely worry about "placement" or "design" because I have discovered that I have an instinctive sense of design that is smarter than I am.
I start the painting with putting in broad strokes of neutral tones (Paynes Gray or Burnt Sienna mixed with Titanium White) using a really big brush (4 inch wide bristle brush) this keeps me from getting bogged on details too early. I generally try to use as large a brush as possible, to keep the level of detail balanced across the painting.
I tend to use a lot of medium to thin the oils. It helps the paint flow smoother and dry quicker. My paintings are sometimes assumed to be acrylic, because of how much medium I use. (Acrylic paint shows less "brush stroke"). It still takes a couple of days for the paint to dry. I do like working "wet on wet", for subtle changes of shade or hue, but for abrupt changes, or clean edges I need the canvas to be dry.
I try to work on more than 1 canvas at a time, so that I can work on a second while waiting for the first to dry.
A favorite technique I have come upon recently is to take a flat brush and load 1 side with 1 color, then load the other side with the another color. When I paint a line with this brush it comes out as a complex form rater than a 2 dimentional line
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Date: 2008-03-23 03:45 am (UTC)