Art practice
Watching the paint dry
Art practice
the significance doesn’t matter. The historical significance deadens it. Across those unbridgeable distances—between bird and painter, painting and viewer—I hear only too well what’s being said to me, a psst from an alleyway as Hobie put it, across four hundred years of time, and it’s really very personal and specific. It’s there in the light-rinse
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Since artist varnish is meant to be removed in the future when it is dirty and a new coat applied, it is helpful to write in permanent marker on the back edge, which varnish you used. The person cleaning the painting in the future will thank you.
Julie Caves • How to Varnish a Painting in Oil, Water-Mixable Oil or Acrylic - Jackson's Art Blog
marking with charcoal at the moment + taking a note in my references. Use permanent marker instead.
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SIMÉON ARTAMONOV
Siméon Artamonov is a French artist based in London. From Russian origins, his multicultural experience influences his work, where he explores various aspects of identity and culture through vibrant colours, geometric and organic forms drawing inspiration from the principles of modern art. He Studied in Paris's most pres
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gurneyjourney.blogspot.com • Harold Speed, Chapter 4: The Painter's Training
Get ready to do whatever it takes to get people to come to your shows—threaten, blackmail, even kidnap little dogs if it helps bring them to your exhibitions. Also be ethical and nice, kind and courteous. Art has no rules.
avoid marketing at all cost but ok with blackmail?
Having a practice means consistently and dependably engaging in the work
For oil painters: Increase the fluidity of your paint by mixing the colour with glaze medium (a mix of linseed oil, dammar varnish and solvent), and apply with a fine round or rigger brush for flowing, even, unbroken lines.
Lisa Takahashi • Ways to Sign Your Paintings
I do no longer paint because it's trendy, or it brings me love on social media. But don’t ask me why I do it
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