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GreenPartyVoter

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2. Thanks! I love the luminous quality of oils, but since I paint in

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 18, 2018, 01:23 PM

Mar 2018

my dining/living room with cats underfoot, I suspect it could get quite messy!

I've been playing with tilting at various angles. I am also finding cold pressed better for washes than hots, and ditto for staining over sedimentary colors, for now anyway.

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So I tried to teach myself to paint watercolors 25 years ago, quit, and am trying again. documenting [View all] GreenPartyVoter Mar 2018 OP

Oil painting is easier. If you screw something up, just let it dry and paint over it. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #1

Thanks! I love the luminous quality of oils, but since I paint in GreenPartyVoter Mar 2018 #2

I think I've only ever used the cold-pressed paper, but not a really heavy weight The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #3

When I was in art school I had an assignment to use oils and my roommates had a totally BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #4

Gahh! What a mess! The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #5

Hints tikka Mar 2018 #6

Nice angela1991 Apr 2018 #7