When I first developed my Lessons from the Low Countries pigment project in 2006 / 07, I became completely in awe of the many glorious attributes of the tulip. Since then, I have utilized this workhorse flower for many compositions. The reasons for this are simple: it is one of the most breathtakingly splendid flowers in the world and … [Read more...] about Joker in the Tulip Bed
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Pizzicato
Oil Painters of America 2012 Western Regional Juried Exhibition Gallery 1261 Delaware Street, Denver, CO 80204 October 4, through November 3, 2012 Pizzicato 17x19 Oil on Linen Copyright Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM, 2012 … [Read more...] about Pizzicato
Oil Change
As I said in the previous post, the Egyptian artists mixed pigment with egg or acacia sap which is also known a gum arabic. Both are binders for a water based paint. Another binder for water based paint is acrylic or egg yolk or even sometimes the whole egg. Often egg is used as a binder in oil painting also. The equivalent to this in oil … [Read more...] about Oil Change