Trying to figure out what medium I want to use. The choices are:
1. Charcoal
2. Watercolor
3. Hard Pastel
4. Graphite
5. Ink
6. Acrylic
There are a lot of thoughts and concerns for the medium to choose. I first was thinking charcoal, then ink… Now possibly acrylic. I would guess the biggest issue is when do I decide to stop and start cleaning up? That is only if I actually decide to go with acrylic. The easiest clean up would be fountain pen. I do believe that I need a harder tighter less absorbant paper with fountain pen. If I do go with charcoal it needs a paper that is an actual charcoal paper (not newsprint).
Tag: medium
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Tuesday’s Life Study
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Oil Painting and Blending Medium
Use the medium I purchased (Groves’ 19th Century Copal Varnish) a while ago to match John Fabian Carlson’s (mixed 50/50 with genuine turpentine). Use this medium throughout the painting process. Don’t forget to add linseed oil from layer to layer (fat over lean). Complete the piece as I do and wait 3 months, since last ending with the painting. After waiting until chemically dry, primarily that is the time to mix my glazing medium using Ralph Mayer’s recipe with stand oil. Wait another 3 months and varnish.
