Margret E. Short Fine Arts

Portland, Oregon artist Margret Short - a modern day master of 17th Century Dutch art using the chiaroscuro technique to create still life and floral paintings.

One More Done

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Azurite&malachite vase 72@3 inPainting #2 for the Lessons from the Pharaoh Part ll exhibit is now complete also, a small detail shown here. Because of the expense of malachite, and because there was a large enough pile of paint remaining, I used it again here in the vase of this second painting. It would be a terrible waste to let it dry up on my palette.

Usually, if there is any paint remaining on my palette at the end of the day, I cover it with wax paper, lay a wet cloth over top, and yet another piece of wax paper over the whole thing. This is the most successful method I have found to keep paint fresh, at least for a couple of days.

Coming in March 2011

Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part ll, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena

 

Chiaroscuro Painting

Oil painting with the chiaroscuro technique illuminates the focus area with a strong light. All other areas are painted with less detail, lower values, and intensity of color giving a mysterious appearance. By putting one or two objects in the important focus area, a strong but simple composition will emerge. Combining these oil painting techniques with a selection of superior natural pigments and oil paints result in the beautiful and evocative quality known as Chiaroscuro Painting.