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Thanks Kirk
Thank you Kirk,
By the way, your article in the magazine was very informative and the paintings are beautiful. They have such a fine finish - I'm sure it is the copal medium giving it that look I really like in a finished painting.
Because I can't get the authentic Taubes, which I think I knew was nonexistent anymore, I won't try to get into the copals. I almost got totally into the Gamblin Megilp but it still drags a little too much for me and I feel like I use too much of it when I use it also. I stopped using Liquin after reading lots of bad press on it. I really did like the feel of Liquin the best.
I have never mixed just plain linseed oil or walnut oil and turps for my medium and that is my next project for the summer - to see how I like that.
Maybe what I am looking for is actually the aged painting with a great varnishing. Varnishing seems to be an art in itself. I feel very shaky when I varnish also, and read and read the forum notes before I do it each time. I also never varnish unless the painting is 6 months old or older, asking my clients to bring their paintings back to me or I visit them.
Thank you so much,
Denise
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