interesting, thank you !
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Replying to @kendrictonn
I've been watching oil painting restoration videos (youtube saw that I liked woodworking, metalworking, blacksmithing ...) so I know slightly more than zero about canvas, varnish, etc. ! lol
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Replying to @MorlockP
Those Baumgardner videos are incredibly cool! I've never gone as deep in the materials-practices weeds as some of my acquaintances, but the weeds go as deep as one cares to go
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Replying to @kendrictonn
every hobby is fractal * burn firewood * get into chainsaws ; learn about saw types * learn about CHAIN types * learn about SPECIALTY chain types * learn about SPECIALTY grinds on chains * learn about TOOLS to achieve these grinds
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Replying to @MorlockP
I saw you said something a bit back about becoming increasingly aware of the amount of Design Intelligence and Supply Chain behind... everything. I think about that a lot, when I want to feel slightly nauseated & terrified.
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Replying to @kendrictonn
right? also, hopping back to the topic of oil paints, over the last few years I've been thinking that I might want to play around with it will never be an Artist™, but might be fun to do some impressionistic stuff most interested in the blocky atmospheric style of John Harris
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Replying to @MorlockP @kendrictonn
so at some point I might drop $400 on easel, a few canvases, and some cheap paints, etc. would be curious for any advice !
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He's working in a different idiom, so I don't have a strong method ready-to-go. However! He's got cool atmosphere, color, ships, but the core of his work is geometric design and solid, minimal, composition... (1/)
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Replying to @kendrictonn @MorlockP
I don't /know/ his method, but I wouldn't be surprised if he starts with his composition (ok, a circle, this size, in this place), and just explicates from there, taking care to maintain that strong geometry, without an enormo amount of preliminary design work (2/)
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this is probably 5 years off, but if I did decide to drop $300 on ....stuff ... is there any reason I shouldn't just get sort of Hobby Lobby tier paints / canvas / pallet knives / etc. ? also, any books you recommend?
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Replying to @MorlockP
Some things you can get there, some things are harder. Low-grade paints often use cheaper blends of pigments to approximate a color, which can make them frustrating to try to blend with, and low-grade brushes can just be frustrating to use.
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Replying to @kendrictonn @MorlockP
Don't worry, he'll wind up making his own paints from scratch. He's just not admitting it to himself yet.
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