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A Portrait of a Friend.
Back in mid December I was Drunk, high on life and the Christmas spirit I grabbed a friend and Fur at one of my parties (called Beatings, for those that don't know) and dressed him up in scraps of velvet, bed sheets, Christmas ornaments (which did not make it into the painting), and tin foil took a bunch of photos while others held studio lights and LEDs. I started this back in December, but took a bunch of commissions and put this on hold. A little note, the paint is still setting and as a result of that and the lighting all the details and texture on the robes were lost in this photo. Once its dry in a few days/weeks I will oil it out (apply a glossy layer of my own mix) and that will bring it all back and enhance the color.
Media: Oil on Masonite
Size: 18" x 24" (46cm x 61cm)
Date: 2013
Back in mid December I was Drunk, high on life and the Christmas spirit I grabbed a friend and Fur at one of my parties (called Beatings, for those that don't know) and dressed him up in scraps of velvet, bed sheets, Christmas ornaments (which did not make it into the painting), and tin foil took a bunch of photos while others held studio lights and LEDs. I started this back in December, but took a bunch of commissions and put this on hold. A little note, the paint is still setting and as a result of that and the lighting all the details and texture on the robes were lost in this photo. Once its dry in a few days/weeks I will oil it out (apply a glossy layer of my own mix) and that will bring it all back and enhance the color.
Media: Oil on Masonite
Size: 18" x 24" (46cm x 61cm)
Date: 2013
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 600 x 800px
File Size 75.3 kB
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Many artists make concoctions of their own devise to suit their purposes. That's why Jan van Eyck invented oil paints in the first place. I think it was Norman Rockwell's family that recently found a recipe book the artist had kept for more than fifty years. Even photographer Ansel Adams used his own chemistry to develop and print his masterpieces.
Many artists make concoctions of their own devise to suit their purposes. That's why Jan van Eyck invented oil paints in the first place. I think it was Norman Rockwell's family that recently found a recipe book the artist had kept for more than fifty years. Even photographer Ansel Adams used his own chemistry to develop and print his masterpieces.
Yea, the art of mixing your own paints is not often taught in art schools anymore. I would love to make my own pigments and mix them with walnut oils, but its just cheaper and less time consuming to go out and buy them premade. M. Graham Oils http://www.dickblick.com/products/m.....ts-oil-colors/ are what I use. They are the best I have used, that I can afford. I hear Old Holland is the best but some of their colors are as much as $150 an ounce http://www.dickblick.com/products/o.....ic-oil-colors/. Understandable sense they mix with on;y traditional pigments and oil hand made the same way the same company made them for Rembrandt in his time over 450 years ago.
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