[Aquanet] There are yet more closeups

[Raymond Blum]

Hi Claudia

  Were the initial layers executed very wet?  It looks like it must  
have been, but I am not sure.

---Raymond
On Jun 5, 2009, at 11:52 AM, <arztmann at gao.ch> <arztmann at gao.ch> wrote:

> Hello Raymond
>
> Thanks for asking.
> My group and I tried to paint shiny surfaces. My first try was  
> terrible,
> then I think I was just more than an hour busy observing and thinking
> about how to do it, since I dont have silver paint. By squeezing my  
> eyes I
> just saw extreme light and dark patterns. After drawing the cutlery  
> i again
> squeezed my eyes and only painted what I saw, first a light grey  
> wash around
> the edges of the knife and fork leaving lots of white paper.After  
> that has
> dried I looked where to put the darkest paint and with a small brush  
> with a
> sharp tip I filled in the darks. Finally it was a very easy and a  
> very quick
> painting. My teacher didn't demonstrate, just gave us the advice :  
> Only
> paint what you see and concentrate on the contrasts between dark and  
> light.
> I guess it worked.
>
> Swiss greetings
> Claudia Arztmann
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com
> [mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com]Im Auftrag von Raymond Blum
> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Juni 2009 14:39
> An: Aquanet List
> Betreff: [Aquanet] There are yet more closeups
>
>
> and while they're all beautiful...
> Claudia I must say that the fluidity of the reflections on the cutlery
> really moved me.  Can you describe the technique you used, in detail?
>
> Thanks
> ---Raymond
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