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Nicholas Simmons’ Eulogy Thread - wetcanvas. com On Nick’s Facebook page, back in August he wrote about some health problems he had and everyone wished him a speedy recovery I used to correspond with Nick about 8-10 years ago he was the nicest person, always uplifting and encouraging, he loved his wife and daughter fiercely and was a passionate and gifted human being
Caring For Watercolor Paintings Instructions Nicholas Simmons showed it to us on one of this threads, and I thought it was a grand idea so I copied it Of course, I did change the name to my own The stamp is 2 inches square Deb
Gesso Help Please- which one to use with watercolours? Also Nick didn’t apply it evenly over the whole entire paper, but I think sort of randomly on about 70% of the paper It would make the paper lass absorbant, and it would almost be like painting on watercolor canvas Also the paint would lift off readily so be prepared for that!
Brushes For Heavy Body - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists I mostly paint with heavy body acrylics with an oil paint consistency, meaning I don’t water them down much, and I mostly paint on canvas, acrylic paper, and sometimes gesso board, so a variety of textures to the surface For years I’ve used inexpensive Robert Simmons brushes, the ones with the silver handles
Masking Tape or Gum Paper, which one? lol Nick, why does your comment not surprise me? Well, I always use bondage and the masking tape kind, but I use the artists masking tape, and not the kind that you buy at the hardware store —————— sass
Wood block vs. linoleum - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists I’ve only done limited wood cutting but the biggest thing I can see is that the tools used for lino aren’t that great for work with wood it can be done but you might not be pleased with the results also with lino you dont’ have to worry about grain you need to use very sharp tools to go cross grain and even with the grain if you’re not careful you will all of a sudden take out a big
does anyone use cobalt blues for painting skies or are they a waste of . . . nick-ynysmon-54 Default whether by some kind of hubris or simply to get the best out of my painting, I recently bought cobalt blue pigments, mainly for painting skies i bought cobalt blue dark, light and turquoise, but wonder if there is any real justification these days for using such expensive pigments
Figure artists we admire and more… - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists We have similar tastes Bethany Nick Alm Is one of my favorites If ur interested u can hear nick alm and Alyssa monks interviewed on the “John dalton Gently Does It” podcast Many others as well -Earl Thank you for the suggestion- I am a podcast fan!