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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: Project on indefinite hiatus
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Project on indefinite hiatus. This art project is on hiatus. I certainly didn't finish the project within my self imposed deadline. I did, however, come up with some very interesting techniques for making my own paint. I'm now working on a new painting style (for me) called Gravity Painting. You can check out the work on this blog:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Project on indefinite hiatus. Troy's Videos, Including Art From Scratch. Art From Scratch Amazon Reading List.
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: January 2009
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Friday, January 16, 2009. So, I've been reading the book "The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting" by Daniel V. Thompson. 160;(Thanks for the Christmas present cousin Debbie! It's a great read, and I highly recommend it. But Dan, I can't help but imagine your voice as anything other than a woman's! 160;Don't know why, but it's true. . 160;Who knew that cheese and lime could make glue? I don't know what it is, but I just don't like most fabric arts. There was some really huge 'soft&#...Cool, ...
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: November 2008
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Saturday, November 22, 2008. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten those games. Considering how much Art From Scratch work I've done recently, maybe I should have reconsidered buying the Orange Box as a reward. For getting my webhosting mess in order. Your games are too good! And I just bought Half Life for 98 cents last night and played it waaay too long! By the way, my wife knows why it's called Half-Life. It's because that's how much time has been taken from my other activities. Links to this post.
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: February 2009
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Good News and Bad News. From Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch. I've been reading The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting By Daniel V. Thompson on the bus for a couple of weeks now. That's the good news. The bad news is that I just did an MSDS search on the effects of Copper (II) acetate, and it is not safe at all. Here's the MSDS. And here is the wiki entry. I may continue to use this green pigment, but maybe it would be safer to stick with ground malchite. Causes irr...
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: Ochre Refinement
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009. I'm going to go out on a limb and call this stuff ochre. It's dirt, and it's yellowish. Close enough for me right now. It also drys my hands out much like Burning Man Playa dust, so I wonder if it is an alkaline. I might test that out with vinegar to see if it bubbles. If so, maybe I should neutralize it before using it on a painting. On the left is the silt that I scooped out and on the right is all the sand and coarse dirt. I'd guess the proportion is about 1/8 silt. I recen...
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: Good News & Bad News
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Good News and Bad News. From Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch. I've been reading The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting By Daniel V. Thompson on the bus for a couple of weeks now. That's the good news. The bad news is that I just did an MSDS search on the effects of Copper (II) acetate, and it is not safe at all. Here's the MSDS. And here is the wiki entry. I may continue to use this green pigment, but maybe it would be safer to stick with ground malchite. Causes irr...
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: We Have Paint! (One color anyway)
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Sunday, June 17, 2007. When I got back to Vancouver, I did a number of things to my parent’s soil to turn it into paint-ready pigment. (This is just proof of concept, so ignore the modern tools like plastic bowls, sledgehammers, knives, etc). This was to remove really large particles. Make mud and let it settle to let the coarse heavy particles settle at the bottom, and finest particles separate to the top. It works for everything! My own dried out mud puddle. Cool cracks, huh? Other ideas with this soil;.
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. My Dealer was Back in Town. I got a flyer and a phone call from John Garsow. Letting me know that the Gem show would be coming back to Seattle in June 27th-29. I took my daughter with me. What I didn’t realize was that it was the same date as Seattle’s Gay Pride parade and Festival. Of course, the reason I’m getting all these rocks is to crush them and turn them into paint. I’ll let you know how it goes. Next Entry on Monday, August 4th! Links to this post. Sunday, July 20, 2008.
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Troy McFarland: Art From Scratch: September 2009
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Monday, September 28, 2009. A while ago, I crushed some of my Azurite. As I mentioned in a previous post. When I tried doing using the tried and true slurry technique. I think I'd need a distillery license for that. So, maybe I need to try the soap technique. Links to this post. Monday, September 7, 2009. Ochre Refinement Part II. Over the weekend, the ochre finally dried again, and I had a chance to scratch away the last of the rough particles. Never 4 or 5? I'm going to try using this pigment in a temp...
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