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Categories Traditional Art > Mixed Media > Miscellaneous

©2008 ~Solon-Fyre
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Submitted: May 8
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Resolution: 864×866
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Make: SONY
Model: DSC-W50
Shutter Speed: 10/150 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Date Picture Taken: Apr 30, 2008, 9:06:32 PM

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a 6 foot painting/mixed media of my muse on panel: graphite, conte, acrylic, ink, copper, gold leaf.

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=tallfemalemanta:icontallfemalemanta: May 8, 2008, 3:31:36 PM
The gold is amazing, like a halo. I really love the way you did her eyes and expression.

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~Solon-Fyre:iconSolon-Fyre: May 8, 2008, 8:05:07 PM
it's supposed to represent a kind of wide-eyed innocence, thus the title.
=erilu:iconerilu: Jun 26, 2008, 8:40:31 AM
I was wondering, when you say panel, is it wood? If it is, what kind of wood? Do you apply any kind of treatment to it before painting on it?

I'm planning of making some paintings and I want to try other surfaces instead of the well-known traditional canvas.

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~Solon-Fyre:iconSolon-Fyre: Jun 26, 2008, 11:22:05 AM
Yes, I build these "armatures" from wood and the surface is birch plywood, sometimes 1/4" and sometimes 1/2" thick. I treat the surface with gesso and sand it down with a palm sander. For large pieces such as this I work on the surface once it's gessoed. On smaller pieces I adhere ragpaper and coat it with layers of acrylics which I sand down for texture to come through. The ragpaper (heavy, but smooth-surfaced paper) is best glued on with a gel medium (I prefer Golden brand, but liquitex is ok too) by brushing it on in sections and then using a brayer or roller to squeeze out the excess gel. The edges are cut off with a utility knife for a clean finish. You know, I may post the preparation process at some point to illustrate it visually. I hope this helps, if you have any other questions drop me a line in a note so I can be more thorough.
=erilu:iconerilu: 4 days 1 hour ago
That sounds awfully complicated. It would be of great help if you post that preparation process sometime. Either way thank you for taking the time to reply. I'll try to read this again and see if I can internalize it, haha.

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~Solon-Fyre:iconSolon-Fyre: 3 days 16 hours ago
No prob, I'll take some pictures next time I'm preparing a piece and post it.
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