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MONDAY, JULY 16:I had a drawing for the members of my newsletter, did it on a short YouTube video and posted it on the blog. The gift was a fabulous art coffee table book. I’ve selected another gift for new member entrants. (See upper right.)
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TUESDAY, JULY 17:
We had no entry on Tuesday
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18:
We gave you nine important warning tips for painting with oil paint. These are very important. Make sure you know them and work with oil in a healthy manner.
THURSDAY, JULY 19:
We asked: Why is oil painting so popular? We gave a short but good read about oil painting while accentuating the positive.
We said: With the great many magnificent oil paintings that are hundreds of years old in museums, we know that if properly prepared, oil paintings last …
FRIDAY, JULY 20:
In Sticking to the Basics in Oil Painting on Friday we did one for the wannabee oil painter. It’s actually, oil painting 101. We said: You have probably cut into a cream pie where there is a skin formed on the top yet below it is soft pudding. Imagine the same with an oil painting. If the…
SATURDAY, JULY21:
In the article entitled: Get to know the Oil Absorption of Your Paint, we gave several pigments and the percent of their oil absorption. The list we created can be very helpful for the oil painting artist, especially the wannabee.
Be sure to sign up for Art Center Information’s newsletter (upper right). There will be a random selection of entrants and one will receive this beautiful (huge) art coffee table book>>>ART: Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary (Hardcover)~by Andrew Graham-Dixon (Author)
