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BigmanPigman

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9. I like using glazes mixed with oil paints
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:27 PM
Apr 2023

on a medium toned background. You get a lot of control and the layers give it a special "glowing" quality to it. I had homework to use this technique so I copied a Vermeer and the Mona Lisa and they were very, very similar to the originals since the technique is so wonderful.

Usually I draw/render and use brush and ink for fashion illustrations.

https://leprince.com/blogs/about-art/a-guide-to-glazing-in-oil-painting-techniques-history-and-challenges#:~:text=Other%20Renaissance%20masters%2C%20such%20as,highly%20realistic%20and%20detailed%20works.

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Very pretty! Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #1
Thanks! Ocelot II Apr 2023 #7
I think it's stunning Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #2
Thanks! Ocelot II Apr 2023 #6
I've always hated working with acrylics. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #3
I think I'll go back to oils. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #8
I like using glazes mixed with oil paints BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #9
The glowing quality of oil glazing was kind of invented by Van Eyck, Ocelot II Apr 2023 #10
I looked at Van Eyck and just couldn't figure out how BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #11
It's all those transparent layers. Holbein is another artist Ocelot II Apr 2023 #12
Nicely done! bif Apr 2023 #4
Quick drying is just one of the things I don't like. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #5
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