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An Attempt at a Gold-Point Drawing
Back a couple of years ago, I wrote about making prepared papers for drawing in silverpoint: ( http://julianadeflorey.livejournal.com/4647.html) Silverpoint was the technique used by the Old Masters for many of their preliminary drawings. It's just a silver wire in a holder or mechanical pencil to make a fine gray mark on the prepared paper, which ( Read more... ) -
Making Silverpoint Paper
Bonnie and I have been making silverpoint papers, and I think we've finally got the process down ( Read more... ) -
The Magnus Crucifix Project finished painting
Well, this is the fourth time I've tried to post an entry about my finished "Magnus Crucifix" project. I'd already somehow messed my Livejournal entry up twice when yesterday afternoon while I was typing away, my son was carjacked at gunpoint on my front porch. Yes indeedy. Everyone is fine now and he has his car back but not his wallet. ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: "A Masterpiece Reconstructed - The Hours of Louis XII"
Last week at McKay's I stumbled onto a real find on the art shelf: "A Masterpiece Reconstructed - The Hours of Louis XII," a series of essays on a wonderful series of illuminations painted by Jean Bourdichon, master illuminator for two French kings: Louis XII and Charles VIII, his predecessor. The book features super close-up photos of the late ( Read more... ) -
Amazon.com is Heroin
Not long ago, Ken and I went to see "The Other Boleyn Girl" at the cheap theater. It was OK, not especially historic, but a dollar's worth of fun. I mean, didn't King Henry have red hair, and wasn't he already getting a bit paunchy during his affair with Anne Boleyn? And Mary Boleyn had two children by Henry before he dumped her for her sister ( Read more... ) -
Painting the Magnus Crucifix
Well, trying to paint like Durer or Grunewald is truly a humbling experience. it goes without saying, I still can't paint like Durer or Grunewald, but I certainly learned a whole lot! I only wish I could have been a real apprentice in one of their studios and studied with them.
Here is a quote from Odd Nerdrum, a wonderful 21st century painter ( Read more... )
