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Monthly Archives: January 2010

this time in acrylic

i’m making the switch from oils to acrylics. i’m using golden’s open acrylics, which are supposed to simulate the feel of oils, but fall short. everything from the fluidity to the smell is off.
but there are upsides. paintbrushes can now be cleaned with water instead of turpentine, and the lack of authentic smell also means […]

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creatures invade the bathroom

over the holiday break, i completed a mural in our second floor bathroom. it’s an intimate space, and the mural ended up wrapping around three of the room’s four walls.

mural painting is, of course, very different from the paintings on canvas i typically do, and i often found myself sore in the mornings from the […]

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