May 17, 2011

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  very cheap set of oil pastels/gouache on paper

  

  

  

  Plus I am making some stuff on the parts of an old broken chest.

  These will be antiqued over and made to look aged.  The gypsy sign will have lettering... the icon, possibly gold leaf, I don't know yet... I am using bits of wood that I would normally have tossed out, I keep them now to paint on.

     

  

  these will be coated with a chemical that claims it will cause the paint to separate and crackle,  after I burn and beat them and make them look old... I'm not sure what yet... I'll do something.   Gouache paint is made for this type of use, fast drying and not too mixable, very flat and opaque,  it can be thinner, meant to be used in coats...  used by sign painters for a long time...  I'm trying new materials...

  I feel like I may have been a sign painter or printer in a past life...  I should use the old fashioned word...

  "I fancy I were a printer or sign maker in the lifetime ago"

  I also started another sketch today and worked on a painting I am doing called "Easter, Astoria NY"...

  I also got my head examined, twice, by two different medical Dr.s.  both figuratively and literally....

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  ....I'm not kidding

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