tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post5827626657477940744..comments2023-10-24T02:23:59.982-07:00Comments on Glasgow Painter: Discussing Scalejanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588901637630537211noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post-12483700142882262722013-04-15T23:29:18.922-07:002013-04-15T23:29:18.922-07:00Hadn't thought about the perspective side of t...Hadn't thought about the perspective side of things!<br /><br />I've been using acrylic gesso up to now, but have ruined a few canvases, not realizing the first couple of layers need to be really thin, or the gesso clumps. Also, I'm having real problems with sinking in. So now I'm using a modern version of rabbit skin glue and oil primer (not lead) and we will see how that goes . . .<br />janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588901637630537211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post-46488293075054824432013-04-15T22:27:27.471-07:002013-04-15T22:27:27.471-07:00Agree. I once went round the National Portrait Gal...Agree. I once went round the National Portrait Gallery looking at anything before the 20th century and found that almost all portraits were less than life-size. Imagine you are looking at someone through a window. The frame is in effect a window. You will necessarily see them less than life-size because of perspective.<br /><br />As regards priming raw canvas, you can use rabbit skin glue followed by white lead primer - which is tedious and highly toxic - or just use acrylic gesso - which does the job perfectly well and is not toxic.Martin Dacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125040796203671120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post-43187691576961930822013-04-15T08:00:04.044-07:002013-04-15T08:00:04.044-07:00Thank you, Sharon! Yes, gruesome can be interestin...Thank you, Sharon! Yes, gruesome can be interesting but isn't what I'm after . . . <br /><br />Thanks, Jim - there is so much to painting that is known, but seems can only be learnt (by me, anyway) the hard way. It was wandering around the galleries of Paris in February that I first noticed that even big paintings generally had life size or smaller faces. Then I realised that the reason 2 of the paintings I was working on just weren't coming together was they were a little bigger than life size. It is always a little heart breaking to abandon a painting . . . janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588901637630537211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post-21725075270745019822013-04-15T06:11:37.274-07:002013-04-15T06:11:37.274-07:00The larger the portrait the more the unwarranted a...The larger the portrait the more the unwarranted attention to the detail of the features, which was the real problem with Kate Middleton's first official portrait. Back when I painted portraits on billboards we knew this.<br /><br />For me a portrait should be intimate life size at max, I doubt that even as large as some of Sargent’s canvases that he did a portrait larger than life.<br /><br />Beautiful work here.<br />jimserrettstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670165390718447773.post-50397202771480979572013-04-15T05:49:40.031-07:002013-04-15T05:49:40.031-07:00I can relate to that! I actually think a larger t...I can relate to that! I actually think a larger than lifesize head/body is kinda gruesome. Nice study, btw.SharonWrightArtisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510138090568900945noreply@blogger.com