Thanks Susan!! I do hope it does get preserved. We'll know more next month.
I had the wrong link to comments in this post so I'll go ahead and post it to the Mother's Building post. I've corrected the error and will be more careful next time!
Another gem! Batik and egg tempera processes explained and illuminated, women artists honored as Mother's Day approaches, deep dive into local SF history. Thanks!
Thank you everyone who filled out the survey.!I wish the results could be instantly seen by subscribers, but I'll post them (without names) in the next issue.
I found a comment from the survey. I'll keep it anonymous since only I can see the answers and survey-taker. But this comment needs an answer so will quote it and respond:
"I love the Mike Ousley article. He is a favourite of mine too. Too hard to choose favourites. It's all great! Would love to hear more about your pigments. And what are those pigments that are liquid or is that your ET?" [ET=egg tempera]
My answer: I use a wide variety of pigments from the natural earth colors, such as yellow ochre and burnt sienna, to highly synthetic pigments developed for industry such as the quinacridones. I have over 100 pigments. Right now I am making flesh tones with Quinacridone scarlet, Golden Arylide and Earth Red - not the usual colors used for flesh tones but I'm not a realist painter!
I do use several "liquid" pigments that are called "suspensions" that I buy in that form. You can see them in the video. Most are from the Guerra company. They are ground very fine and are convenient to use. But for most of my pigments I scoop out a small amount and keep them in those little jars under water that you see in the video. I don't add the egg yolk until I'm ready to paint. Is that similar to your egg tempera process?
Great article!! Interesting paintings!! Glad it's being preserved.
A Mother's Day special.
Thanks Susan!! I do hope it does get preserved. We'll know more next month.
I had the wrong link to comments in this post so I'll go ahead and post it to the Mother's Building post. I've corrected the error and will be more careful next time!
Another gem! Batik and egg tempera processes explained and illuminated, women artists honored as Mother's Day approaches, deep dive into local SF history. Thanks!
Thank you everyone who filled out the survey.!I wish the results could be instantly seen by subscribers, but I'll post them (without names) in the next issue.
A comment about Mike Ousley's art in this post that came through my email:
Wow, thank you for sharing!
What Trippy Art!!!
You can feel all the fears and darkness and yet the beauty of the nature there. Very unusual.
I found a comment from the survey. I'll keep it anonymous since only I can see the answers and survey-taker. But this comment needs an answer so will quote it and respond:
"I love the Mike Ousley article. He is a favourite of mine too. Too hard to choose favourites. It's all great! Would love to hear more about your pigments. And what are those pigments that are liquid or is that your ET?" [ET=egg tempera]
My answer: I use a wide variety of pigments from the natural earth colors, such as yellow ochre and burnt sienna, to highly synthetic pigments developed for industry such as the quinacridones. I have over 100 pigments. Right now I am making flesh tones with Quinacridone scarlet, Golden Arylide and Earth Red - not the usual colors used for flesh tones but I'm not a realist painter!
I do use several "liquid" pigments that are called "suspensions" that I buy in that form. You can see them in the video. Most are from the Guerra company. They are ground very fine and are convenient to use. But for most of my pigments I scoop out a small amount and keep them in those little jars under water that you see in the video. I don't add the egg yolk until I'm ready to paint. Is that similar to your egg tempera process?