LARAINE ARMENTI

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Cellar

October 6, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I've begun doing small oil studies on paper prior to alla prima paintings. The paper is Arches 300 lb cold press watercolor, primed with two or three coats of acrylic matte medium. Doing a small color sketch provides a map before beginning a larger painting. A value study thumbnail, done in pencil or pen, is also helpful to break the ice of a new location and make some rough calculations of what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: cellar, elm bank

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