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• Repost: Glazing

  10 July 2008 in art materials, art technique, oil painting

  First published on 1 October 2006.

  Among oil painters, there seems to be a common misconception that glazing is some kind of mystical technique that only a few can master. The basic process is, however, very simple. Glazing is putting one layer of paint over another so that you can see the underlayer through the upper […]

• I hate this kind of “art”

  9 July 2008 in the art world

  <rant>

  At the New York times, an article on a show exhibiting modern interpretations of Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms.”

  These are posters depicting subjects such as bird pooping “democracy” onto the earth and an obese person with the caption “this is abuse of the freedom from want.”

  I hate this kind of pseudo-ironic, self-absorbed, visual bloviation. Because the academic […]

• Repost: So you’ve decided to try oil painting

  9 July 2008 in art materials, art technique, oil painting, uncategorized

  Since this month is the site’s two year anniversary, I am re-posting some items from the past that I particularly like. This one was first posted on 28 August 2006.

  If you are just starting out with oil paint, I have some advice.

  First, be realistic. Don’t think you’re going to make any masterpieces any time soon, […]

• Bars

  8 July 2008 in David's photos, David's work

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• Two years

  7 July 2008 in personal

  All the Strange Hours is two years old today. Coincidentally, the blog is also approaching it’s 100,000th page view. As internet sites go, that’s not an incredibly high number over two years, but I appreciate the attention. Over the next few weeks I plan to re-post some “best of” items that might be worth looking […]