Category: Painting
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A lesson from studying Richard Schmid
One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest. As a painter, I stuggled to understand how this was…
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Varnishing oil paintings sooner than six months
There is a lot of interest online in the prospect of varnishing oil paintings sooner than has been traditionally recommended. When I was in art school, and ever since, I’ve been told it’s necessary to wait six to nine months to varnish an oil painting. For the most part, this is still true. However, after…
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How The World’s Most Expensive Colors Are Made
This YouYube video from Business Insider goes into the history and making of several of the most expensive artist pigments and materials. I found the first 10 minutes particularly of interest for going into greater depth than usual in describing the mining and refinement of Lapis Lazuli, the semi-precious stone used to make the original…
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Paint List
Paint List is an independent artists’ paint testing, review and information website and YouTube channel created by Melissa Carmon and Jonathan Myers. I’m not sure how I was unaware of this until now; there is quite a bit of accumulated material, though the YouTube channel was only started two years ago. This is an excellent,…
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Lehigh Valley plein air event, Easton, PA – until October 14, 2023
Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors — a small, independent company that makes handcrafted artists’ oil paint — has a showroom in Easton, PA, in the Lehigh Valley. They are sponsoring a month long plein air event in cooperation with the Karl Srirner Arts Trail, which is right next to their shop. The latter is a…