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I tried samples
of Maimeri Oil Paints today in my search for the oil paints
I will use on the first prototype and possibly the entire
Project. I also tried some samples of a flat acrylic sent
out by Golden.
Both of these paints are
excellent, I am particularly excited about the flat matt
Golden High Load Acrylic paints, as this can be a solution
to an insurmountable wall that I had hit over two years
ago with test applications of the 23 karat gold text to
the painted background. Further tests will be to insure
the non gilding and non marring properties to the painted
area for gold gilding. I am finally making headway and finding
workable solutions to earlier problems encountered to get
the desired result that I am after in the finished paintings.
I have been testing the Maimeri
oil paints - they are an exceptional consistency. They take
some getting used to because they are not as stiff as other
paints. My habit of working is I adapt my technique to the
attributes of the medium - and what the medium allows by
how it responds to my gestures. My way of painting is sympathetic.
I often modify my painting approach to take advantage of
a mediums qualities.
At first, although I like
the feel of the medium and have adjusted to its nature,
I am having trouble getting the colors I want, since the
pigments in the test sets are limited for how I use color,
and for how I paint. To achieve the effects I aspire to,
I play not only with color, but also opacity / transparency
of the pigments and the mediums.
So I spent some time with
the catalog. A lot of time with the catalog, and noticed
the key pigments Maimeri uses for making their paints.
I have made a list and it
is quite extensive. I am hoping to acquire the Maimeri paints
according to the list I have made for further testing. If
it were my preference, I would be grateful for a Maimeri
sponsorship to the Freedom ART Project. Of course, that
is a lot to ask. Same with Golden.
I have had one great sponsor
since 1982: Medea-Iwata America has sponsored my airbrush
needs: airbrush paints, airbrushes, spray-guns, accessories,
even repairs - they put me on a house account that absorbs
all costs including shipping.
They are a blessing from
God - and had they not been in my corner, I most likely
would have had to stop my art career over a decade ago.
My entire airbrushing technique is based on the Com-Art
transparent medium.
August
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