Take your long bristled number 8 and
add turpentine drop by drop till it is a good consistency to draw with (this is totally up to personal taste, I only added 1 drop).
Not exact matches
Commercial vapor rubs are typically petroleum based and
add camphor which has been synthetically derived from the oil of
turpentine and menthol, which is typically synthetically made.
Mix to taste, and then
add an eggcup of
turpentine.
Anything can serve as a medium - kerosene, benzine,
turpentine, linseed oil, beeswax... even beer,» he
adds jokingly.
The pigment is not painted within the outlines of the shape; instead it is layered thickly on to the paper, mixing in small amounts of
turpentine, and then
adding varnish little by little in a laborious process which lends physicality and depth to the two - dimensional works.
Subtracting paint by rubbing out areas using a
turpentine - laden cloth and then
adding back paint became an important technical element, creating cloud - like areas and voluminous forms, like the orange area in the bottom left corner of «Luminous Undercurrent.»
Anything can serve as a medium — kerosene, benzine,
turpentine, linseed oil, beeswax... even beer,» he
adds jokingly.
JOAN MITCHELL: But
turpentine and the oil that's in the paint, which is very good paint, is sufficient to keep it... [I don't have to
add medium to the
turpentine.]
AS Well, I've accepted Abstract Expressionist materials: the large canvases, oil paint, the scale, stretcher bars,
turpentine, brushes, gestural process, a process of
adding and subtracting.