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libellum

colour schemes

Oct 01, 2007 16:14

I was in Camden this morning averting a rent crisis (by depositing large amounts of borrowed cash in my current account; but it's okay, I have a big cheque that will clear before the end of the week) and I decided to get the bus home. I've used buses far more than the tube since I moved, but Seven Sisters from Camden was a mystery. So I looked at ( Read more... )

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chiller October 1 2007, 15:23:25 UTC

Just out of interest, what medium are those two pics in? They look too vibrant for acrylic, so my guess is proper oils.

libellum October 1 2007, 15:26:58 UTC

Both, actually. Bird of Paradise is more in acrylic; Dragonflower is more in oils, and painted on primed wood, which probably adds to the brightness. I can't wait until the official photos come back, the colour balance on these is all messed up.

chiller October 1 2007, 16:04:14 UTC

Huh! I may have to revise my opinion of acrylics, because both of those paintings are stunning!

libellum October 1 2007, 22:00:19 UTC

Acrylics are awesome! They're so bright and opaque. My favourite method at the moment for this sort of style is doing the blocking and background in acrylic, and then, once it's dry, going over the foreground and doing all the fine detail in oil. Doing the foreground in acrylic isn't actually any less bright, I just find it harder to do detail because it dries so quickly and messes up my blending. I suppose it come down to what you're used to though!

hairyears October 1 2007, 15:44:39 UTC

Apologies, I should've picked up my purchases weeks ago!

Nevertheless, I am more than happy to wait while you sort out photographs for your records, and any print runs you are planning.

I suspected that they'd be difficult to photograph, and I'd be interested to know what film stock the 'official' photographer is using.

libellum October 1 2007, 15:55:23 UTC

Don't worry about it, things were delayed by moving and taking photos for prints. However, that's all done now, so shall we arrange a time for you to collect them? What's the best email address to contact you on?

hairyears October 1 2007, 16:38:01 UTC

Follow my contact post, or take a closer look at your email notifications from LiveJournal.

There are no free HairyEvenings. Weekends are best (although I'm at the National Dojo this coming Saturday and Sunday), Tuesdays will do at a pinch.

What manner of boxes/casing/packaging is advisable? I have no car and would be very uneasy moving anything I value on a train.

libellum October 1 2007, 16:50:14 UTC

Does "there are no free HairyEvenings" mean ever, at all, or this week, or what? There's no real urgency as long as you don't feel cheated of your rightful possessions. At the moment they're in our cellar, because that's the only place we have room to store them. I'm a little worried about how safe they are down there long-term down there - I don't think we have mice or damp or anything scary, but ideally I want to get all the art either on the walls or out of the house asap (and we don't have space to hang all the paintings that already have buyers). So the sooner you can arrange to pick them up, the happier I - and the paintings - will be ;) If you can't collect them for at least a few weeks, let me know and I'll put them on walls in the meantime ( ... )

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cokephreak October 1 2007, 17:29:09 UTC

At first, I thought I knew where I was, and struck out confidently ...

Welcome to my world.
Fairly typical of me as well : You ended up some-where you didn't intend to go but felt like it was the right place for you to be.

D. Adams calls this zen navigation

libellum October 1 2007, 22:03:35 UTC

My zen enthusiasm for being lost is very short-lived, usually. At first I'm all "oh it's FINE, it's an ADVENTURE!" Until I realise I'm tired and hungry and wasting lots of time I don't have to waste, and then it all gets much less fun. I was very glad I wasn't as far off as I'd thought this morning - and actually it was nice to I explore the area a bit. I had a good look on google maps afterwards and I reckon I've more or less got the lay of the land now. I made the right decision in waiting for the bus as well - the road I was about to head down was in fact the right road, but it was a long one and I was carrying heavy canvasses.

I wanna go out and play on the playground and roll around in the leaves! I think I might have to have an autumn picnic this weekend with mandatory mittens, and mental age of no more than 8.

numberland October 2 2007, 11:50:04 UTC

Hmm, I would be very interested in buying one of this type if you made a series. I was very sad to miss the exhibition but it was during a couple of madly busy weeks. What sort of price/size are they likely to be?