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Jul 23, 2010

Sargent and the Sea

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New show at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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March 5, 2012 (12:48) "Oiling Out" Update: I've been satisfied with the Winsor & Newton Painting Medium as a medium for oiling out.....
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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...
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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...
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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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