Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, oil painting means using ... oil - scarce ressource nowadays, but for painters who use vegetal and not mineral oils. Google Pollock and discover in wiki for instance that he used paint meant for ... cars. He died 50 years ago - how many cars of that period still have their initial varnish and gloss? Mind you, I love the works of his I saw at museums. Great guy! Fantastic vision and knack at conveying things only he knew about. Other : Acrylic refers to water for all I know. Maybe it would be safer to compare media that can be compared. Were Pollock to paint today, he'd probably be painting with water diluted - car body - comestible - ozone layer danger free - "oil" paints and dyes ;-) Writing with light is a concept I like a lot - sometimes you need blotting paper, sometimes you don't. Bien amicalement phx Mark Rabiner wrote: >>I just bought some original Chinese calligraphy ranging from 1600s to >>1900s, each for ~$60, produced by famous calligraphers. The carbon >>pigment ink lasts hundreds of years, as are the rice paper. >> >>At 10:56 PM 2/11/2008, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >> >> >>>The average million dollar Jackson Pollock or you name it oil painting >>>starts falling off in chunks before you even get it home. >>>Every morning you come downstairs for coffee there's chucks of paint on >>>the >>>floor in front of the painting. You don't want your dog to eat them. >>>Most 20th century painters didn't understand how paint works. >>>Owning a priceless painting often requires an additional priceless amount >>>of >>>money to maintain it year after year.. >>>Its a myth that graphics process like a silver print are more tenuous >>>than a >>>painting. >>> >>>They are more tenuous than a rock sculpture. >>>Paintings are non permanent for sure. By a mile. >>> >>> > >That art form sure consisted of people who understood their materials. >Modern oil painting is a relatively new art form. A product of technology. >Paint out of tubes. >Most painting now I'm sure is done with acrylics. >The RC print of painting. >Only better. > >Last week I bought a quill pen so I can write like Jane Austen. >Right next to it they were selling calligraphy brushes and I almost got one. >Thought I would later. > >Photography means "writing with Light" I think. >We all then need to work on our penmanship. > >A Leica makes a great light writing tool I think. > >Mark William Rabiner >markrabiner.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >