Workshop25 Glazed Grisaille-Revised

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 26, 2013 at 20:29

Thanks Li. Stu

Comment by Ningning Li on September 26, 2013 at 16:00

Very beautiful. I just watched TV and found the cloud I saw in the TV program is so similar like this one. So interesting.I noticed that you paint the upper part of the sky not very dark . That is so correct as I observed the sky recently, yes , the upper part is not very dark becasue the reflection of the sun.  I love it, Stuart!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 25, 2013 at 2:59

Yes, the shop grade (blue) towels leave less lint, as do my surgical cotton gauze rags.    I read your travel guide for Ontario and I do need to plan that in the near future.    Stu

Comment by Gina Dalkin-Davis on September 24, 2013 at 23:42

Hi Again, just left a message re travel in Ontario... and then opened up this site.  Glad that the comment re pilling was helpful.  By the way, are shop grade paper towels better than kitchen?  Thanks for that tip.  Also, I agree with your soft hair brushes.  I stay away from the really cheap white goat hair hake brushes as they shed badly and leave long streaky hairs on my paintings.  Several were missed and glazed over on the sunset painting.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 24, 2013 at 20:41

Thanks Gina.  I use surgical gauze (laparotomy tapes -- I am a surgeon and these are left overs from cases) as much as possible to wipe paintings, but sometimes just kitchen grade paper towels (instead of shop grade).  I do notice these specks and have thought they were "nits" but the word "pilling" for bunches of fabric fibers balled up is really more appropriate and your toothpick is a great idea because trying to lift them with a fingernail or palette knife leaves a defect to repair.   I have some soft brushes that do the same, so maybe thats why I am not a big glazing fan.  Actually I have found that watercolor brushes whether synthetic or natural (goat hair or hake brushes) work better than cheap bristle brushes for softening and glazing.   I also "oil out" my paintings with alkyd medium to even the gloss and this can leave these "pillings" behind.   Thanks for a great tip and a new word !   Stu

Comment by Gina Dalkin-Davis on September 24, 2013 at 13:39

Hi again, Stu.  A better description would be little black dots that appeared more evident on your grey study.  They are the irritating fibre left by the rag used to wipe the canvas.  I use the toothpick to delicately lift and remove them as I find that Qtips sometimes leave their own fibres. I love your work, though, so this comment is a minor quibble.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 24, 2013 at 1:44

Gina, thanks, but please explain to me what "pilling" is and how you use the toothpicks.   I used Q-tips to remove glaze where I did not want it.   As long as the color is non-staining, that works ok.  Stu

Comment by Gina Dalkin-Davis on September 24, 2013 at 0:14

The reglazing worked.  This is super.  By the way, there seems to be some pilling (?) Upper left corner.  This is a problem I have, too.  I discovered a simple solution .... toothpicks.  Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Gina.