Dear Subscribers,

 

Greetings! I've been in full still life mode and it never gets old. Two
new paintings this week.

 

[Sidebar for artists: For those wondering, so far I'm loving those
alkyd paints that I mentioned (at least with the knife, haven't tried
with brushes). I'm a sucker for high gloss (using original Galkyd
medium). And here is a bonus: I'm no chemist, but word on the street is
that alkyds are more archival than traditional oils. Interesting.
Traditional oil painters love to poo poo on innovation (yes yes often
justifiably), but the old masters would have loved using all sorts of
great modern materials. While nothing will substitute for a training
with traditional methods and materials, I made the decision early on
that I wanted to spend more time painting and less time suffering.
Mixing pigments into black oil gave me a wonderful appreciation for
quality tubed paint, and a knowledge of what consistency to look for in
tubed paint. Stretching and priming my own linen and learning how to
create good panels gave me an appreciation for high quality
manufactured panels. I'm here to paint.

(Caveat: Even though I don't use it anymore, I still think Schuler-made
Maroger medium has the most glorious/delicious/versatile handling
properties of all the mediums, and I've tried practically everything.
The consistency feels like 2 parts room temp butter, 1 part jelly. Hey,
that sounds pretty good. Are you still reading this? Your commitment
impresses me.)]

 

Forgot to snap a pic of the setup, so here is the first stage:

 
 

 

Next stage:

 
 

 

Next stage:

 
 

 

And the finished painting, "Dyad"
  (9x12):

 

  

 

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And another painting. The setup:

 
 

 

First stage:

 
 

 

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And the finished painting, "Awake"
  (9x12):

 

  

 

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In addition to the Boldbrush award mentioned last week
 , my painting "The
Deadlift"   is an April
Finalist in the Raymar competition! Read judge's comments here
 .

      

"The Deadlift" will be in the next group show at Gallery 1261
 , opening June 6th.

 

Until next week,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com  

 

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