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Old 04-21-2007, 09:59 PM   #12
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Gary, I understood your point exactly. Experimentation is fine, but what if through your experimentation you discover that you like the way the paint handles when you add chicken fat. You then decide to incorporate this new medium into your work-flow and in ten years your paintings start turning green and peeling off of the canvas. Would you have used this medium if you had known the outcome? The only way to truly avoid this kind of situation is to use time tested materials and methodologies.

I question the viability of experimentation when there is no way to predict whether or not the end result would prove disastrous down the line. That's the point I've been trying to make.
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