I’ve been carrying on painting, I don’t normally paint but this is for a special someone. I don’t really know how to approach paint so I’ve come at it from the point of view of the printmaker that I am and I’m adapting a technique I use for monotypes, where I layer translucent glazes of yellow, red and blue, creating all the colours from the interplay of these colours on top of each other, adapted by the intensity of the brushstrokes. I think, if I remember correctly, that the Impressionists did something similar, they didn’t mix their colours before application to the canvas.
The monotype technique I use was taught to me by USA-based artist/printmaker Vinita Voogd, if you want to see how I do it please click here to my Tecchie section.
You’re painting the same way I do. Keep going!
Wow. That’s interesting. What make of paint do you use?
Mostly an American brand, Gamblin, and some Windsor Newton. Almost all the colors I use are transparent, and if they aren’t I drop a lot of medium into them until they are.
Thank you, I’ll check out the Winsor and Newton