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http://realcolorwheel.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi Distempra, Tempra, egg, skim milk >> Egg, skim milk, casein painting, w/o black pigment >> Digging deeper into casein http://realcolorwheel.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1152779129 Message started by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:25am

Title: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:25am

I have 3 new casein paintings to show, this first one is painted too thin to buff out to a shine so I played with it as you'll soon see. :o All of these are painted from life. Rich

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:26am

Detail.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:28am

Another detail.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:30am

This is probably why moms say don't play with your food, I decided I couldn't leave this one alone, I had nothing to go by as my setup was tossed, this was at least 4 days after completing it.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:31am

Detail...of the "dark side" :D

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:32am

Detail #2. I like the clean look of the original but I kind of like the moodiness of the end result. :-/

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:42am

For my next trick...I thought I'd try using just 3 colors fairly close to Don's 3 color approach, these colors aren't close enough, but it was fun, I mixed them from pigment and casien emulsion from Shiva, I must have used too much emulsion and I definitely painted too soon over previous layers becasue I got a lot of cracking, oh well...., I do have plans for this, I may try to seal it and use oil glazes to try and give this a full-blown aged look.

8" x 10" on board.

Someday I'll try a homemade casein mixture and see what happens. [smiley=thinking2.gif]

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:43am

I just gotta have the details....

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:44am

one more.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:48am

What I learned: Paint fast but don't paint over "wet" layers unless you are.....

VERY FAST.... ;)

This is an 8" x 10" on board, painted from life, this time I kept the setup.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:50am

Detail.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 8:50am

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by Admin on Jul 13^th, 2006 at 9:07am

Go for the home-made casien, or at least just some pre-made pure casein and dry pigment

There is no reason to get that cracking. Wax can be added. This is not a thick medium.

Do you know what happens when you add a little lime to casein? It makes the strongest glue pre 2000 ever saw.

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by PaulC on Jul 14^th, 2006 at 2:00am

I have been looking at your painting of the egg and I want to tell you how much I admire you for tackling such a difficult subject matter. Opaque yolk with a sheath which is transparent, white of the egg- no dimensional stability so you must paint that wandering look of the egg's white.
I thing your success lies in your combining a dull,greyed purple with the bright yellow. and bringing the bright yellow sort of under and to the sides of the egg's white, which adds to it's transparency.
this is just a very successful painting of a subject not often painted. Bravo to you. Paul Czubay :D ;D 8)

Title: Re: Digging deeper into casein
Post by RichL on Jul 14^th, 2006 at 5:51am

Thanks Paul, I appreciate the careful observation and comments. Rich