{"id":814,"date":"2021-07-25T20:16:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T08:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?p=814"},"modified":"2021-07-31T13:56:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T01:56:17","slug":"oil-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Oil exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practice vs Product<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting back into oils, trying to exercise specific skills rather than completing work. This one had two aims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mix for correct tone (less concerned about hue).<\/li><li>Work in a painterly manner; no blending allowed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Toned canvas panel, sketch in burnt umber with turps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"805\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?attachment_id=805\" class=\"wp-image-805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_1_web-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"806\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?attachment_id=806\" class=\"wp-image-806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_2_web-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"807\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?attachment_id=807\" class=\"wp-image-807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pear_3_web-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which paint?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I have more than one set of oils. I can&#8217;t afford to use &#8220;Gucci&#8221; paint all the time, so for practice pieces I have honking big 200ml tubes of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.pebeo.com\/catalogue\/beaux-arts\/test-range-a\/xl-oil\">Pebeo XL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I favour a limited palette: a slight variation on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawmixpaint.com\/supplylist\/international.html\">Draw Mix Paint (alternative) palette<\/a>, so a mix of alizarin crimson and cadmium light red hue, primary cadmium yellow hue, ultramarine blue, titanium white, burnt umber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criticisms: shadow&#8217;s too dark, pear&#8217;s a little flat, could not get the correct hue for green\/blue shadow areas at the left of the pear; on the positive side: the tones are OK, no blending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice vs Product Getting back into oils, trying to exercise specific skills rather than completing work. This one had two aims: Mix for correct tone (less concerned about hue). Work in a painterly manner; no blending allowed. Toned canvas panel, sketch in burnt umber with turps. Which paint? 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