Month: December 2016
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X-Story, Vitaliy Shushko
X-Story is an animated short (roughly 12 minutes) by Vitaliy Shushko. At first, I thought this was a promo or incorporated animation for a game from a major company. Given the production values, length and level of accomplishment, I was surprised to find that this was an independent animation project. I checked Shushko’s blog and…
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Henry Herbert La Thangue
Henry Herbert La Thangue was an English painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After studying at the Royal Academy in London, his work brought him attention and a scholarship to study with highly regarded French painter and teacher Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. In spite of Gérôme’s conservative disapproval of the new…
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Painting with casein paint
Casein (pronounced “kay’ seen”) is a water based paint in which the binder is the milk protein of the same name. Casein is one of the least familiar of the water based painting mediums available to contemporary painters, even though it’s one of the oldest painting mediums known. Casein’s use can be reliably traced back…
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Casein Painting in the Wild, James Gurney
Casein is a water based paint that uses milk protein as its binder. It shares many characteristics with gouache; both are water-based, opaque and dry to an appealing matte finish. Both dry quickly and can be used in concert with other water based mediums. Both are neglected step-children of watercolor and are somewhat on the…