I have been told that a well-rounded artist works in several types of media. So to that end, I am venturing into the world of oils and acrylics. Several tubes of each were found in the scary art cabinet, some canvases were purchased, and off I go.
Thoughts so far: palette knives are fun, I like big brushes (like over 1 inch), and turpentine stinks.
Photos will be forthcoming!
Excerpt from the full article at FoxNews.
Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people and landscapes of Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine in works such as “Christina’s World,” died early Friday. He was 91.
Wyeth died in his sleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum.
The son of famed painter and book illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth gained wealth, acclaim and tremendous popularity. But he chafed under criticism from some experts who regarded him as a facile realist, not an artist but merely an illustrator.
“The world has lost one of the greatest artists of all time,” George A. Weymouth, a friend of Wyeth’s who is chairman of the board of the Brandywine Conservancy, said in a statement.
Over at yellowroomarts.blogspot.com, I posted some pictures of some mixed clay (red and white) items that were waiting to be glazed and fired. After bisqueing, glazing with Transparent, and firing again, here are the results:
This bowl has a higher percentage of white to red clay (2 parts white, 1 part red).
This bowl had a more even 1:1 ratio of white to red clay.
I have thrown a few more pieces like this, and will be experimenting with adding a brown color to the clear to “warm” the glaze a bit. Where I was taking classes, we would mix clear with a bit of Beautiful Brown to make a honey colored glaze – it looked fantastic on the mixed clay. We’ll see if I can reproduce those results with the glazes I currently use!