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Old 02-09-2004, 01:52 PM   #1
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When a painting is framed and finished, I usually take a digital picture of it hanging on the wall in my studio. I take an angled shot like this to get a good descriptive record of the frame.

This is painted on a NEW TRADITIONS canvas panel. The panel material is gatorfoam board and the canvas in this particular case is Claessens 15. Since I
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Old 02-09-2004, 01:54 PM   #2
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I always work as broadly as possible using both brushes and a knife, the bigger the brush, the better. My normal painting method is to paint direct. I work on a toned canvas
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Old 02-09-2004, 01:58 PM   #3
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The Claessens 15 is a fairly rough textured canvas. Normally I would use a finer weave canvas for this size. My intention was to paint broad and loose and I knew the canvas texture would help me preserve good edge quality. The painting turned out to be more polished than I intended, reminding me once more that I don
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Old 02-09-2004, 02:00 PM   #4
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I was just about to ask for a frontal view and you beat me to it. As usual, a beautiful and emotional painting. About the natural lighting, do you also have something propped to reflect the reddish tones, especially on the ear? Thank you.
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Old 02-09-2004, 02:00 PM   #5
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I will answer questions you might have, but first let me put down some answers to some fairly common ones.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? This painting wasn
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Old 02-09-2004, 02:57 PM   #6
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Gosh Bill, as always... Wonderful!

I am still waiting for the EPA guy!

Beth

PS. Even after watching you paint for a week, I cannot figure out how you get the larger brush strokes to look so blended, you're pretty good at this you know!
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Old 02-09-2004, 05:07 PM   #7
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Beautifully done.

Nice to see you back on here.
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Old 02-09-2004, 05:25 PM   #8
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Dear Bill,

What a delightful treat to open my Forum email to this posting! One of the many things I find so interesting about your paintings is that they look so very finished from a distance, yet when you're able to view something up close, the painterly nature of your work gives just as much pleasure to the eye, yet for a variety of different reasons. The edge variety in the close-up is so instructive to me.

If you get a chance, would you post a close-up of the hands/arm? That forearm definitely has the "squishy" feeling you have descibed before.

Thank you so much for this wonderful contribution.
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Old 02-09-2004, 09:42 PM   #9
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Bill, my heart just stopped and had to be re-started. A wonderful painting and, as usual, an intriguing mix of classical and painterly techniques.

You give your sitters such an air of serenity and presence.
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Old 02-09-2004, 11:18 PM   #10
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Beautiful. I am glad you spent some time explaining your ways, thank you.
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