Turpentine diaries 2/25/18
I finished Three Women in Sandals (I know, I know--a lame name. Three Women in Sandals is another painting in my Playhouse Square series. It's 44" x 60." By now, I've created a large number of paintings…
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Review: Groves’ Cole’s Copal Varnish
My painting medium consists of oil, essential oil (turpentine), copal varnish, and driers. I like my medium, and it's suitable for everything painting-wise except a few corner cases. For the corner cases, I add a…
Turpentine diaries 2/18/20
More Playhouse Square work. This one is creatively titled Trip to Playhouse Square. This (still) unfinished painting is 40" x 50." I like the size and recently ordered enough stretchers for 9 paintings sizes 40"…
Turpentine diaries 2/11/18
This unfinished painting, Lunch Alone is 32" x 46," is part of the Playhouse Square series. I like my medium a lot but I'm always willing to try new things, especially when they come from…
Turpentine diaries 1/28/18
I've written several times about the oil paint manufacturer RGH. No, I don't have a relationship with them, it's just that I use their product a lot. Their flake white is my current go-to white. …
Turpentine diaries 1/21/18
I was going to write about some medium-related topics today but I am tired and want to keep this brief. Today's sessions with Down on Prospect Avenue were filled with pushing and pulling. Not struggling…
Turpentine diaries 1/14/18
I'm using a touch of a new medium today--Grove's Cole's varnish. It's a copal-based varnish, which makes it close--first cousin--to my normal medium. I plan, after more work, to write a review, so I won't…
Turpentine diaries 1/7/18
I worked on Booth at the Fair these past two days. It's starting to move my way. I can struggle with paintings for a variety of reasons, sometimes technical, sometimes who knows what. This painting hit…