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    This is another oil sketch based on my visit to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  It is fun to be working with oils again.  I had trouble finding the right stopping point. I finally just got tired of the subject.  C&C welcome, Gary

    "Painting is a verb"

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    mike
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        This is very good, and I think it is because you don’t overmix the paint and get some nice passages as a result.

        Everything else being equal, I would rather be in the painting zone.

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        Anonymous

            Beautiful colours, Gary, and interesting composition with the farm house slightly hidden. As Mike said your colours are always very clean and harmonious. Elegant. I showed it to my daughter and she liked it a lot

            Fede

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            ilya K
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                Gary, a really good job. That red farm looks like a single cherry on a cake – very lovely effect.

                Ilya K
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                Thanks Mike, Fede and Ilya for your kind remarks.  It was a fun painting to do.  I will mention that this is oil over a casein underpainting. Casein takes oil paint very well and makes multiple layers a little easier. The reported downside of casein is that it can become brittle.  It needs to be applied to a firm surface.  Gary

                "Painting is a verb"

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                ilya K
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                    Gary, why does it “makes multiple layers a little easier”? Because it dries fast? But you are fluent with acrylics too.

                    By the way, is that casein paint that can have unpleasant smell?

                    Ilya K
                    C&C always welcome

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                    Ilya.  Caseins do dry faster than oils.  Although they dry very fast, they take a couple weeks to fully cure.  They smell funny.  I do not mind, others do.

                    I do not know why they take oil better than acrylic gesso.  I read it somewhere and found it to be true.  Below is a painting with a casein underpainting.  I think you can almost see in the photo how oil paint has built up more than I would normally do.  Gary

                     

                     

                    "Painting is a verb"

                    #1544249
                    Anonymous

                        That’s a beautiful painting Gary! I love the vibrancy of colours and the looseness. I love how the underpainting is coming through. Very often my paintings reach that stage and my daughter asks me to stop but I continue until I kill all the underpainting :-)

                        Fede

                         

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                        ilya K
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                            Thanks Gary, for interesting insights!

                            Ilya K
                            C&C always welcome

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                            Thanks Fede.  Oil over casein is fun and induces me to paint a little looser.

                            Thanks again Ilya.  I am afraid that I was not very informative.

                            Gary

                            "Painting is a verb"

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                            Ohiohawk97
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                                I love your approach Gary as the cool block-in really sets the stage for the warm notes on top.  Beautiful indeed!

                                Wes

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                                arl
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                                    Wonderful composition. I like the figure hidden in the foreground.

                                    Arlene

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                                    Thanks Wes.  I like oil over Casein but Casein is sometimes hard to use as it dries fast (sometimes even in the tube).  The violet is not a complement to both greens and ochres, making it a nice start to a landscape.

                                    Thanks Arlene. This was a roadside stop in Ireland in the 1970’s.  Everywhere I looked were beautiful scenes easily composed into paintings.

                                    Thanks again, Gary

                                    "Painting is a verb"

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                                    Hey Gary,

                                    I am late getting in here this week as I have been away with work.  Beautiful painting and I like that you mentionned having used an  underpainting. I find it makes a world of difference on understanding values, depth and colour  and in your case it certainly worked for a very nice result. I always enjoy your brushwork and this piece is balanced nicely.

                                    An old artist buddy of mine that has been painting about 55 years said to me one time good underpainting= good painting and of course what he meant was it is the foundation to build on. Thanks once again for sharing.

                                    Always enjoy your work Gary….have a super weekend.

                                    John

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                                    Skyenorth
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                                        I am very taken with the croft in the landscape in your second painting, love the freedom and feeling expressed in this work.

                                        Caroline

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