03-27-2014, 01:12 PM
Andreas wrote: I tried acrylics just one time and found them very difficult to use because they dry too fast (sometimes still on the brush ) and when dried the game is over - very annoying...
That's why I prefer gouache - it stays water soluble and gives you the opportunity to change something, if necessary.
My thoughts exactly as I had the same experience. While I was happy with the landscape and sky using broad brushstrokes, when it came to the figures I found it hard to include the detail. Also as I said before I sometimes use a finger rather than a brush to blend things in. That proved rather difficult.
It is however possible to use a wet palette to keep the Acrylics from going hard. Some years ago I had the pleasure of working with Graham Turner and we have met several times. I also went to see an exhibition of both his and his father Michael's paintings.
Nevertheless I would like to learn how to properly use Oils, something which I have not tried since Art School more years ago than I care to remember!
Andreas wrote: Apart from Graham Sumner I would love to have a look at originals by Graham Turner, Nikolay Zubkov and - of course - Angus McBride.
I did have an exhibition of originals at Augsburg Roman Museum a few years ago. Hopefully I will have other exhibitions soon. Nevertheless I do have some originals for sale in the Marketplace section and will also offer a couple of originals up for auction again this year to help with the Charities for Ben Kane and Tony Riches.
Graham.
That's why I prefer gouache - it stays water soluble and gives you the opportunity to change something, if necessary.
My thoughts exactly as I had the same experience. While I was happy with the landscape and sky using broad brushstrokes, when it came to the figures I found it hard to include the detail. Also as I said before I sometimes use a finger rather than a brush to blend things in. That proved rather difficult.
It is however possible to use a wet palette to keep the Acrylics from going hard. Some years ago I had the pleasure of working with Graham Turner and we have met several times. I also went to see an exhibition of both his and his father Michael's paintings.
Nevertheless I would like to learn how to properly use Oils, something which I have not tried since Art School more years ago than I care to remember!
Andreas wrote: Apart from Graham Sumner I would love to have a look at originals by Graham Turner, Nikolay Zubkov and - of course - Angus McBride.
I did have an exhibition of originals at Augsburg Roman Museum a few years ago. Hopefully I will have other exhibitions soon. Nevertheless I do have some originals for sale in the Marketplace section and will also offer a couple of originals up for auction again this year to help with the Charities for Ben Kane and Tony Riches.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
