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My Favorite Tools: The Wipeout Tool

Julie Beck

The painting process I use for oil painting is called indirect painting. This means that I use multiple layers to achieve the final result, letting each layer dry in between. I maintain (relative) control of what’s happening on the canvas, but it also allows for the possibilities of special effects where I use different amounts of opacity, transparency or removal of the paint to reveal the layer below. Throughout my painting life, there are a…

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Why’d You Make That – “Sisyphean Temptatis”

Julie Beck

December 27, 2024 - I recently shared some thoughts about the original intention behind my painting "Sisyphean Temptatis" on IG, and I’m excited to dive a little deeper into the layers of meaning here. I love to hear "how the sausage in made" with other creatives so I wanted to share that with you. This particular concept had been simmering in my mind for quite some time (years), but it took longer than expected to find all the right stuff, finalize the setup and bring it to life. The physical set up was quite challenging to secure, and I had to completely make up what the background would be. (Do you like my totally ridiculous mock up for the background in my set up? Maybe it would have helped if I had done more work on that in advance.)…

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