I don't get it? I am no professional and I think over time if I "just focus on watercolor painting" I might get the hang of it.
I discovered the idea of of stretching watercolor paper over stretched canvas and that curators consider this good for showing in galleries. They also like it when you use Dorland Wax as a sealer; instead of having to mount the watercolor art under glass. Nice! Here is my latest. Not that good but it is starting to sink in a little bit. I used Strathmore Mixed Media board. No stretching required. I plan on doing this same painting again on Arches Cold Press 140 to compare the two papers. Here it is. Be gentle!
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Oil paints. Such fun. Yes, I have a hint of negative there. I failed miserable yesterday and I am tired of beating my head against the wall. Time for some trust-worthy water color painting. Now, that is happy!
Okay... I watched the YouTube video of the lady who had a rag soaked in Linseed oil; that she folded up and put in the corner of her garage. Four hours later, her garage burned down because of the rag. Is it time to rethink through this oil painting "thing"... Again? Once I do all of the leg work behind figuring out a solution to side step the fire danger (and safe solvent free paints) I will do a complete post on how I can continue to paint with oil and have come up with a solution. Watercolor painting and digital water color painting is looking mighty fine right now. Don't get me started on using acrylics that dry in a minute. * Update: read this document to help get good ideas, immediately: www.dfes.wa.gov.au/safetyinformation/fire/fireinthehome/FireintheHomeFactsheets/DFES-Home-Fire-Safety-Info-Note-Spontaneous-Combustion.pdf Okay. No more excuses to not paint with oil paints. Here is the quick, easy way (less time and healthy too!) to clean your brushes after you are done painting. A picture paints a thousand words: Jar #1: 100% Coconut Oil. Jar#2: 50% Coconut Oil, 50% Laundry Detergent you use to wash your clothes. Jar #3: 50% Laundry Detergent, 50% Water. 1. Swish the brushes in each jar (my jars have metal grates in them) by using jar #1, #2, and then #3. 2, After you feel like all of the paint is no longer being pressed out of the brush in jar #3: 3. Rinse the brush with water in the sink. If need be; use a quick amount of brush cleaning soap to put life back into the brush. Hopefully it has a conditioner in it to keep the brushes soft. That is it! It took me seven minutes to clean the eight brushes pictured above. And, the oil did not get all over the place because the cleaning happened inside of the jars. Nice! |
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