gesso

Some parts of being an artist ….

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…. have nothing to do with inspiration or creativity. There’s neither inspiration nor creativity in applying several coats of gesso. At least I don’t have to grind my own pigments, as in the olden days. They used to say that “it’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.” Don’t you believe it, Sunshine! I’m surprised … Read more

Well! I would never have guessed.

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Yesterday evening I decided to make good on my promise to learn a little more systematically about egg tempera techniques. There is an excellent website for this purpose, called temperaworkshop.com, and I was browsing through it. I was amused and surprised to discover, reading about the gesso foundation upon which this medium is painted, that … Read more