Comments for All the Strange Hours http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress Making and Thinking About Visual Art Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 73% more convenient than regular oil paint! by David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/08/20/73-more-convenient-than-regular-oil-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-13076 David Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=77#comment-13076 <p>Dennis,</p> <p>I don't think that would work very well.</p> Dennis,

I don’t think that would work very well.

]]> Comment on Making gesso by David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/comment-page-1/#comment-13075 David Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:41 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/#comment-13075 <p>Peter,</p> <p>Those little bubbles are found in paintings going back to at least the 14th century. From what I have read and observed, they are simply caused by bubbles in the gesso. If you stir gently and are otherwise careful, I have not found that they happen very often. When they do, you can usually correct by letting the layer dry and adding another couple of layers.</p> Peter,

Those little bubbles are found in paintings going back to at least the 14th century. From what I have read and observed, they are simply caused by bubbles in the gesso. If you stir gently and are otherwise careful, I have not found that they happen very often. When they do, you can usually correct by letting the layer dry and adding another couple of layers.

]]> Comment on Studio safety and oil painting by David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/08/10/studio-safety-and-oil-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-13074 David Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:26 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=72#comment-13074 <p>Dawn,</p> <p>I would not recommend asking questions like these of people on the internet you've never met. For all you know, I am a clueless idiot who would tell you exactly the wrong thing.</p> <p>As it is, I will say that I have no idea. I would suggest you speak with a veterinarian. Sorry but this is not the kind of advice I have any business trying to provide.</p> <p>Best of luck,</p> <p>David</p> Dawn,

I would not recommend asking questions like these of people on the internet you’ve never met. For all you know, I am a clueless idiot who would tell you exactly the wrong thing.

As it is, I will say that I have no idea. I would suggest you speak with a veterinarian. Sorry but this is not the kind of advice I have any business trying to provide.

Best of luck,

David

]]> Comment on Studio safety and oil painting by Dawn http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/08/10/studio-safety-and-oil-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-13073 Dawn Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:05 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=72#comment-13073 <p>Hi: Our puppy accidentally chewed a tube of Windsor Newton Ivory Black. He didn't get all of it but he did get some. Is it poisonus? I wiped his mouth with a wet washrag. Is there anything else I should do? He got it off of the table that is much taller than he is. Maybe the cat knocked it off for him. Thanks for an answer as we are wrecks now, Dawn</p> Hi: Our puppy accidentally chewed a tube of Windsor Newton Ivory Black. He didn’t get all of it but he did get some.
Is it poisonus?
I wiped his mouth with a wet washrag. Is there anything else I should do?
He got it off of the table that is much taller than he is. Maybe the cat knocked it off for him.
Thanks for an answer as we are wrecks now,
Dawn

]]> Comment on Making gesso by peter http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/comment-page-1/#comment-13068 peter Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:37 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/#comment-13068 <p>what is the cause of getting those small tiny bubbles in the gesso after starting drying?</p> what is the cause of getting those small tiny bubbles in the gesso after starting drying?

]]> Comment on 73% more convenient than regular oil paint! by Dennis http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/08/20/73-more-convenient-than-regular-oil-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-13061 Dennis Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:49:28 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=77#comment-13061 <p>Hello Martin. I have soap made from Linseed oil. I wonder if that would do to make a water miscible oil paint?</p> Hello Martin. I have soap made from Linseed oil. I wonder if that would do to make a water miscible oil paint?

]]> Comment on The Flemish method by Jan Bustin http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/07/30/the-flemish-method/comment-page-1/#comment-13031 Jan Bustin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:52 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=53#comment-13031 <p>Always nice to find out you're not the only one crazy enough to make an attemp copying a Van Eyck. Born only one mile away from the native town of Van Eyck I have always been fascinated by his paintings since I can remember. Eleven years ago I painted "Madonna with cancelor Rolin" and now I am working on the "Arnolfini couple" As a result of many experiments I came to using an emulsion as a medium. Rather lean in the first stages, but increasingly fat in the last layers and glazings. For small details and accents in the finishing I used verry lean waterbased tempera. In the first copy I partly used modern pigments, but now I turned over to authentic pigments as leadwhite, leadtin yellow, verdigris, azurite and lapi lazulli, madder lake and zinnober. You can see some results on my website: http://www.janbustin.nl/nieuws/14/VAN+EYCK+VAN+DICHTBIJ+2.html and: http://www.janbustin.nl/nieuws/11/VAN+EYCK+VAN+DICHTBIJ+.html Though in Dutch, there are to be seen some pictures from the copy and a part of its underdrawing. I plan to place some pictures of the underdrawing for the Arnolfini-copy in the near future.</p> Always nice to find out you’re not the only one crazy enough to make an attemp copying a Van Eyck. Born only one mile away from the native town of Van Eyck I have always been fascinated by his paintings since I can remember. Eleven years ago I painted “Madonna with cancelor Rolin” and now I am working on the “Arnolfini couple”
As a result of many experiments I came to using an emulsion as a medium. Rather lean in the first stages, but increasingly fat in the last layers and glazings. For small details and accents in the finishing I used verry lean waterbased tempera. In the first copy I partly used modern pigments, but now I turned over to authentic pigments as leadwhite, leadtin yellow, verdigris, azurite and lapi lazulli, madder lake and zinnober.
You can see some results on my website: http://www.janbustin.nl/nieuws/14/VAN+EYCK+VAN+DICHTBIJ+2.html
and:
http://www.janbustin.nl/nieuws/11/VAN+EYCK+VAN+DICHTBIJ+.html
Though in Dutch, there are to be seen some pictures from the copy and a part of its underdrawing.
I plan to place some pictures of the underdrawing for the Arnolfini-copy in the near future.

]]> Comment on The Flemish method by Jan Bustin http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/07/30/the-flemish-method/comment-page-1/#comment-13003 Jan Bustin Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:38:47 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=53#comment-13003 <p>Hello Tim and David, As far as I am informed x ray analysis can only reveal lead containing paint such as leadwhite and leadtin yellow. Infrared reflectogram only reveals carbon containing colours. For example some sorts of ink, charcoal, black paint and colours mixed with black. But one can also make a drawing with other, no carbon or lead containing colours, which would be not visible in an x-ray analysis or an infrared reflectogram. Thus not every black part or line registered underneath the surface of a painting can be looked upon as underdrawing, and in some cases not every part of the underdrawing or drawing in between layers can be revealed by these methods of investigation</p> Hello Tim and David, As far as I am informed x ray analysis can only reveal lead containing paint such as leadwhite and leadtin yellow. Infrared reflectogram only reveals carbon containing colours. For example some sorts of ink, charcoal, black paint and colours mixed with black. But one can also make a drawing with other, no carbon or lead containing colours, which would be not visible in an x-ray analysis or an infrared reflectogram. Thus not every black part or line registered underneath the surface of a painting can be looked upon as underdrawing, and in some cases not every part of the underdrawing or drawing in between layers can be revealed by these methods of investigation

]]> Comment on George Inness by David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2007/07/22/george-inness/comment-page-1/#comment-12974 David Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:31:31 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2007/07/22/george-inness/#comment-12974 <p>You're welcome. I love Innes.</p> You’re welcome. I love Innes.

]]> Comment on Making gesso by David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/comment-page-1/#comment-12973 David Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:30:28 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/#comment-12973 <p>Jon,</p> <p>Traditional glue-chalk gesso is too brittle for use on stretched canvas. You can glue canvas over a panel and gesso it. For oil painting on stretched canvas, the traditional preparation is to size with a thin layer of hide glue, then prime with lead white. That has worked very well for me. Natural Pigments makes a very good lead primer.</p> Jon,

Traditional glue-chalk gesso is too brittle for use on stretched canvas. You can glue canvas over a panel and gesso it. For oil painting on stretched canvas, the traditional preparation is to size with a thin layer of hide glue, then prime with lead white. That has worked very well for me. Natural Pigments makes a very good lead primer.

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