tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post6103038206669515973..comments2023-12-17T00:10:14.452-08:00Comments on Creative Realism: DaVinci Didn't Paint With PLASTIC, and Neither Do IBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-19294961298144167202021-02-15T20:13:50.938-08:002021-02-15T20:13:50.938-08:00No, it is not similar to Matroger's Medium, wh...No, it is not similar to Matroger's Medium, whatsoever. Maroger's is a gel, which liquifies upon movement (being stirred). My medium is a liquid......but a VERY appropriate one for glazing, and layering! Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-42475767305168528192020-11-22T07:41:42.866-08:002020-11-22T07:41:42.866-08:00Hi Bill, I did send you a few questions on our con...Hi Bill, I did send you a few questions on our conversation on wet canvas. also is the medium that i purchased from you is it similar in some ways to maroger medium? i watched a few videos and it looks like it behaves in the same way off of the brush.<br />look forward to hearing from you.<br />Craig Tcraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161726481095501765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-53831535215927026812020-03-11T17:14:44.100-07:002020-03-11T17:14:44.100-07:00LOL yourself! And, who's a "hypocrite&qu...LOL yourself! And, who's a "hypocrite"? I would be considered a "hypocrite" if I were to advise against using alkyds, and then turned around and them myself. While there are truly MANY modern materials that I use, and also recommend, alkyd materials just don't happen to be one of them. My dislike of alkyds has absolutely nothing to do with my appreciation of OTHER modern materials (which I use quite routinely).Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-6491845212271807552020-03-04T11:26:03.402-08:002020-03-04T11:26:03.402-08:00LOL, you are such a hypocrite! The masters also di...LOL, you are such a hypocrite! The masters also didn't use synthetic varnish! I'm also pretty sure they didn't use computers/photoshop to aid in their painting process. You probably use tons of stuff the masters didn't. <br />Alkyds are AWESOME for people who use them correctly. Are you getting paid off by "big oil paint" or something? Were you hurt by an alkyd as a child? Use alkyds or don't, but get off your high horse and stop spreading misinformation about them! Why do you care if a new or old artist has success with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-91552709967033789482019-05-23T10:12:38.504-07:002019-05-23T10:12:38.504-07:00Hello, thank you for all this great information. I...Hello, thank you for all this great information. I like to stick to the old ways of painting and would love to use your oil medium recipe. InezMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059004892507547843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-63487108272961283332019-01-01T05:58:36.672-08:002019-01-01T05:58:36.672-08:00Searing logic, Bill! I still may try one painting ...Searing logic, Bill! I still may try one painting with it, as I have already purchased the materials and would like to see first hand how the medium behaves. Additionally, I have a mentor who has used it successfully quite a bit, albeit he employs techniques such as rubbing with onion, oiling out, etc between layers due to problems of paint adhesion inherent in the medium.Sagacioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938366121077009138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-52814931846657497542018-03-23T13:13:57.011-07:002018-03-23T13:13:57.011-07:00He also painted the Mona Lisa, which still exists ...He also painted the Mona Lisa, which still exists today! And, I'll guarantee that he didn't paint that with plastic, or alkyd! LOLBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-79227587801490656352017-10-26T10:49:51.450-07:002017-10-26T10:49:51.450-07:00Da Vinci didn't paint with plastic because it ...Da Vinci didn't paint with plastic because it didn't exist in the 15th century. Also, if it existed in his time, he would have been the first one to try it! Da Vinci experimented a lot and once used a mineral oil on a mural which didn't dry. He tried to heat the mural with a fire to no avail and ruined the painting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-82698410953342604972014-04-15T03:37:20.461-07:002014-04-15T03:37:20.461-07:00Thank you for your advice and willing to share you...Thank you for your advice and willing to share your experience. I will email you for your recipes .<br />Thank you very much!chinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141067697493130602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-18226914852093804102013-09-12T06:01:15.026-07:002013-09-12T06:01:15.026-07:00Thank You so mush Bill, for Your advice. I will em...Thank You so mush Bill, for Your advice. I will email You and I will appreciate if You will send the recipe of medium. Always so great when an artists share their experiences and open for that. Thanks a lot!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709092091573478339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-33841376652645775902013-08-29T22:54:02.411-07:002013-08-29T22:54:02.411-07:00Yep, and some are "good", and some are &...Yep, and some are "good", and some are "bad", and the goal is to select the good ones, while eliminating the bad ones, based upon their compatibility and behavior with oil paints.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-70170116659280265572013-08-29T15:11:22.599-07:002013-08-29T15:11:22.599-07:00@thevaliantx:
Numerous "additives" have...@thevaliantx:<br /><br />Numerous "additives" have been used along with "just oil paint" for centuries: lead and cobalt driers; Damar, Copal, Venice Turpentine, and other natural resins and balsams; ground mica, gold, glass, etc.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Keith Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446667699309047846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-50009859430695171712013-08-01T13:42:21.496-07:002013-08-01T13:42:21.496-07:00I would also like to add that many really GOOD and...I would also like to add that many really GOOD and APPROPRIATE painting mediums can be used very INAPPROPRIATELY. But, I am not addressing that sort of mis-use of appropriate mediums, here.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-53470048706822868492013-08-01T13:11:50.296-07:002013-08-01T13:11:50.296-07:00Well, many oil painters use appropriate mediums fo...Well, many oil painters use appropriate mediums for the purpose of achieving the effects they desire. I am one of them. I truly could not perform the glazing operations that I do without my chosen painting medium. By the way, many of the old masters used mediums--some of them inappropriately, at times, for sure, and some of them poor in terms of archival integrity, but ALL with the purpose of causing the paint to handle the way they wished it to handle.<br /><br />If you are such a "purist" that you prefer not to employ a painting medium, no matter how wonderful it makes the paint handle, you may, indeed, be missing out on a great deal of the enjoyment of oil painting.<br /><br />Quite often when I encounter a painter who shuns the use of any appropriate painting medium, it is because they have been using an alkyd, and believed that is the way a medium should perform.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464141780714880280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-61913094494090606162013-07-31T15:21:58.374-07:002013-07-31T15:21:58.374-07:00Personally, I think that any ingredient, beyond th...Personally, I think that any ingredient, beyond the oil paint itself, is foreign to the notion of painting 'traditionally'. Just how long ago was it that anything, besides oil paint, was used in creating pieces? I get what you're saying, Bill, that these alkyds are not 'compatible' with what you view as traditional oil painting ingredients, but you're awfully close to falling victim to the pot calling the kettle black. I guess I'm just a purist and stickler for doing things (purely) the old fashioned way ;)thevaliantxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128864159860734567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-11571296918461844502013-07-20T06:35:10.011-07:002013-07-20T06:35:10.011-07:00Thanks for this article, it is really interesting ...Thanks for this article, it is really interesting to learn about Liquin and I agree about the terrible smell and tacky qualities as it dries. I will email you for your recipe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-62084546927062506962013-07-09T21:21:38.871-07:002013-07-09T21:21:38.871-07:00I thank you also for this advice. I will email yo...I thank you also for this advice. I will email you. I would very much like it if you would share your recipes.starrduskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349781098084759478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878528435866018975.post-65304325284660448112013-06-22T18:46:38.989-07:002013-06-22T18:46:38.989-07:00Thank you! I've been using Liquin. I never r...Thank you! I've been using Liquin. I never realized, and I am so thankful for this information....wendyytbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958628213008688022noreply@blogger.com