"AFTERNOON"
I decided to try my hand at some palette knife work, or as some would refer to it--painting knife work. This is an oil painting on a 16" x 20" RayMar Canvas Panel.
About Me
- Bill
- Glendale, Arizona, United States
- I am an artist working in oils and watercolors. I have been painting for over 25 years. I have a BS degree in industrial education, and over 40 years as a color separator in the lithographic trade, where I worked on copy cameras, scanners, and, more recently, in Photoshop, and now I am retired from that vocation. I also taught color theory and application at Arizona State University. I enjoy painting, and all my subjects are for sale, unless marked "SOLD." I recently resigned from teaching an oil painting class at a local recreation center, which I did for 9 years, but I still offer private lessons on my glazing technique. I am a conservative, American, Capitalist sort of an artist, and today we have a blithering idiot as President of this United States of America, in the form of Sleepy Joe Biden! He is truly the worstt president I've experienced in my lifetime, and I lived through most of WWII ! Best wishes to our past president, Donald Trump, with sincere hopes that he runs for President once more, so that we may experience the excellence, and common sense that we realized under his administration!! williamfmartin@cox.net Bill Martin ___________________________
Hi, I saw your post in wetcanvas forum. Would like to know your paint medium recipe. Thanks Lisa
ReplyDeleteThis is my recipe:
ReplyDelete2 portions Linseed Oil
2 portions Walnut Oil
1 portion Canada Baslam
2 portions Oil of Spike Lavender
Beautiful painting
ReplyDeleteHi Bill. Lovely work. You've master the layering method. I'm sure you know that there are painting knives and palette knives. Not an arbitrary distinction.
ReplyDeletefrom Wikipedia:
palette knife resembling a putty knife with a rounded tip, suited for mixing paints on the palette;
painting knife with a pointed tip, lowered or "cranked" like a trowel, suited to painting on canvas.
But we can make marks however we like!
All the best, Sean.
Hello, I saw your comment on Wet Canvas about diluting Gamvar Varnish with Gamsol to create a retouch varnish. You said 1 to 3 parts. So which is 1 part and which is 3 parts? Thanks much.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought I'd have suggested 1 to 1, but if I did suggest 1 to 3, that would be 1 part GamVar Varnish to 3 parts Gamsol.
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