Questions re: rolling up your paintings and sending them. 1. How do you make sure your paint doesn't crack or stick together? 2. It seems very cost effective for the artist to do it that way, but for the buyer they will have to get the painting stretched onto a frame (?) or do they just frame them without having to do that? 3. How does this change what an artist could charge for a painting? Beyond these questions, I really enjoyed this video, very helpful. Thank you.
Oil sticks dry so once they are dry - which can take a good few days and longer depending on the thickness and temp - once they're dry you can seal them with gloss medium. Currently both my Courses are available - mini-stARTs and the longer program stARTs. Come and join us!!
Hi Judy, your approach seems totally experimental at the beginning of your process, but do you arrive at the canvas with the seed of an idea before even starting.. or a particular inspiration that you hope to con😊vey? Thank you
I wondered about that too. But then I reminded myself that abstracts have so many variables in play, it is more a process of constantly creating "interesting activity" and revising or eliminating the stuff that just doesn't work. So, starting out with a plan might get you started, but you'd end up changing things like crazy along the way. So, instead, just start out and keep going with 'crazy' and making revisions, until it all holds together. Personally, I love the give and take of the doing and undoing. Unfortunately, I csn't afford to play around like that all the time.
Thanks so much. I am working on a large scale piece for the first time. Your instructions to start smaller and work your way up in scale is excellent. I am working I watercolor, so my process will be quite different. Do you know what is best to cover canvas with to make it acceptable for watercolor? Watercolor Ground or Gesso? Or something else?
I've discovered that QOR watercolors work quite compatibly on Utrecht professional gesso. This has freed me up to easily overcome areas of the painting where a staining watercolor just refuses to scrub off. I just overpaint with gesso, let dry, and then make my watercolor revisions. Gum Arabic binders in other watercolors tend to 'fish eye' or bead up, so you can't make a uniform wash.
@@theresaavery4670 If you are planning to go really big, it would probably be more efficient to use Golden's "Open acrylics". I did a 2' by 3' abstract biomorphic watercolor painting on gesso recently, and it was still a lot of trouble making changes with watercolor. Open acrylics take a day to dry, so you have time to revise things pretty easily. I just use 'Open' medium as needed, to adjust drying time, that way I don't have to buy 2 different kinds of acrylic paint. But...'Open' acrylics have to be thin layers, or they will 'raft' on the easily reactivated under surface of the "dry" layer.
@@theresaavery4670 Probably not. Acrylic gesso vs acrylic paint. No difference that I know of. Of course, it's nice to know what you are relying on. If you were oil painting you'd definitely have to put on a few layers in order to protect the canvas. I like to put my own gesso on with a certain kind of roller that leaves a nice uniform fine texture or 'tooth'. If your larger painting is going to be less than 24 inches, you could easily just gesso an mdf or hardboard panel. Don't need to deal with the weave of the canvas. Since I do images that are curvilinear, those canvas textures get in my way. So I prefer to make my own surface texture and yet keep it relatively smooth with my gesso application.
A question about your course, I see the fee is in US$. IF I pay in NZ$ Im going to get charged a conversion rate. CAn it be changed to NZ$ to them pay? You are in NZ?
Questions re: rolling up your paintings and sending them. 1. How do you make sure your paint doesn't crack or stick together? 2. It seems very cost effective for the artist to do it that way, but for the buyer they will have to get the painting stretched onto a frame (?) or do they just frame them without having to do that? 3. How does this change what an artist could charge for a painting? Beyond these questions, I really enjoyed this video, very helpful. Thank you.
Really good advice here about having a process in place before going big.
OMG just signed up!! I can’t believe the course is only $15 this is unbelievably generous!!!
This was very good advice. Still working on it. Haven 't tried yet. Thank you so much.
Really interesting to hear and see your process. Great advice. Thank you
LOVE that painting!
Thank you, Judy. That was very helpful!
Did you add any glazing ? Would love to see it to see how it improves the piece 😀😊
I'm sure I did in places. I like the contrast of pure clean paint as well as glazed and textured.
Hi Judy oil sticks again I love them but how do you seal them? Are you offering another course ?
Oil sticks dry so once they are dry - which can take a good few days and longer depending on the thickness and temp - once they're dry you can seal them with gloss medium. Currently both my Courses are available - mini-stARTs and the longer program stARTs. Come and join us!!
Hi Judy, your approach seems totally experimental at the beginning of your process, but do you arrive at the canvas with the seed of an idea before even starting.. or a particular inspiration that you hope to con😊vey? Thank you
I wondered about that too. But then I reminded myself that abstracts have so many variables in play, it is more a process of constantly creating "interesting activity" and revising or eliminating the stuff that just doesn't work. So, starting out with a plan might get you started, but you'd end up changing things like crazy along the way. So, instead, just start out and keep going with 'crazy' and making revisions, until it all holds together. Personally, I love the give and take of the doing and undoing. Unfortunately, I csn't afford to play around like that all the time.
No idea at all at the beginning - I find the idea as I go.
Thanks so much. I am working on a large scale piece for the first time. Your instructions to start smaller and work your way up in scale is excellent. I am working I watercolor, so my process will be quite different. Do you know what is best to cover canvas with to make it acceptable for watercolor? Watercolor Ground or Gesso? Or something else?
I've discovered that QOR watercolors work quite compatibly on Utrecht professional gesso. This has freed me up to easily overcome areas of the painting where a staining watercolor just refuses to scrub off. I just overpaint with gesso, let dry, and then make my watercolor revisions. Gum Arabic binders in other watercolors tend to 'fish eye' or bead up, so you can't make a uniform wash.
Thanks a million! I will follow your advice.
@@theresaavery4670 If you are planning to go really big, it would probably be more efficient to use Golden's "Open acrylics". I did a 2' by 3' abstract biomorphic watercolor painting on gesso recently, and it was still a lot of trouble making changes with watercolor. Open acrylics take a day to dry, so you have time to revise things pretty easily. I just use 'Open' medium as needed, to adjust drying time, that way I don't have to buy 2 different kinds of acrylic paint. But...'Open' acrylics have to be thin layers, or they will 'raft' on the easily reactivated under surface of the "dry" layer.
Thanks, Ralph. Would the canvas still need the gesso base layer?
@@theresaavery4670 Probably not. Acrylic gesso vs acrylic paint. No difference that I know of. Of course, it's nice to know what you are relying on. If you were oil painting you'd definitely have to put on a few layers in order to protect the canvas. I like to put my own gesso on with a certain kind of roller that leaves a nice uniform fine texture or 'tooth'. If your larger painting is going to be less than 24 inches, you could easily just gesso an mdf or hardboard panel. Don't need to deal with the weave of the canvas. Since I do images that are curvilinear, those canvas textures get in my way. So I prefer to make my own surface texture and yet keep it relatively smooth with my gesso application.
Please tell what happens when you send the painting rolled up away. Does the buyer have to do the rest? Frame and so on ….
Please tell.
Yes, they get it stretched and framed - but save on postage.
A question about your course, I see the fee is in US$. IF I pay in NZ$ Im going to get charged a conversion rate. CAn it be changed to NZ$ to them pay? You are in NZ?
If you pay in NZ$ you would pay the equivalent as in US$ - you don't pay a conversion rate through Stripe or Paypal - I pay the fee.
Harder for me to do small ones!
I want to apologize for my comment regarding brown paint. I am sorry. ❤ Gabby M
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