I'm a fairly recent subscriber to your site and just wanted to say how much I enjoy receiving your posts. They never fail to uplift and inspire me. I'm an ex graphic designer and struggle to loosen up with my painting, hoping to get there one day ..
This is really stunning! I think the chalky white gives it a velvety peach skin look. Really nice! I want to buy some of that white paint and chalk dust you mentioned. Can you recommend any online sources?
It's all homemade, Tad Spurgeon is the guy I mentioned, google him, he has all the recipes and a whole book about it. It's pretty straight forward to use, as I am, some whiting (chalk powder) mixed with linseed oil instead of white to make the colors more transparent and lighter without losing chroma (saturation). Obviously you need white too.
I wanted to comment as well concerning water based oils. I started using them because they not asdangerous to your health. Let me know if you try them out...I'd like to know how you think they compare visually.
Lisa
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