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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
. . . someone who simply picks up a brush, any brush, and daubs some paint, any paint on a surface, any surface. There are those of course who do this
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A fair number of people doing very fine work do this, largely because instruction on the mechanical aspects of proper materials and methods of applying paint has been neglected if not abandoned outright for decades.
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Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson
. . . people are better served by . . . focusing on developing their drawing and painting skills.
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That's certainly true. My apologia for delving into the wherefore of materials is that we can't always be at the easel . . . it's a perverse "hobby", rather like the mason making bricks in his spare time.
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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
No I WILL NOT taste test flax-seed oil-yeesh!
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I think Marvin was worried I'd poison his beer . . .
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