TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
When Varnish Won’t Stick
October 9, 2024 - Why Varnish, and Why Does It Go Wrong? I’ve been painting in oils for over twenty years, and one of the most persistent annoyances is varnish that does not want to bind to the surface properly. I have developed several remedies for all varieties of situations though, so look to this list as a solution guide if you’re having similar issues. Disclaimer: I’m not a scientist and certainly not a chemist. Just a painter who has found some ways to deal with this common problem. These are simply the practices I use, and I’ll note steps where some folks advise caution. Briefly, the reason to varnish is two-fold: to bring the vibrancy back to the pigments and to protect the painting. Without varnish, the surface of a dried oil painting is dull and values and…
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