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pLog is the painter’s log of Timothy Joseph Allen.

He started this blog because he believes profoundly that discussion and analysis of techniques, materials, concepts and quality in oil painting should defy the unreasonable.

He lives and paints in Rome, Italy.

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  • Gravatar icon of tja tja
    March 5, 2012 (12:48)
    "Oiling Out" Update: I've been satisfied with the Winsor & Newton Painting Medium as a medium for oiling out.....
  • Gravatar icon of Mit Koevoets-Augustin Mit Koevoets-Augustin
    February 27, 2012 (12:49)
    The Drying Time of your Paint & How to Use Cobalt Siccative Smalt is not the most practical pigment to use (low oil absorption, difficult to grind). It is s...
  • Gravatar icon of tja tja
    February 27, 2012 (10:59)
    The Drying Time of your Paint & How to Use Cobalt Siccative Augustin, Thank you for the comment. Right you are: it would have been Smalt and not Cobalt b...
  • Gravatar icon of Mit Koevoets-Augustin Mit Koevoets-Augustin
    February 27, 2012 (10:25)
    The Drying Time of your Paint & How to Use Cobalt Siccative Cobalt blue was not invented until 1802. No way Velazquez used it!! Maybe you are confused with...

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