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Mountain View

Mountain View
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Figure Study – Jordan Mullins

Jordan Mullins
Last evening’s figure study at the William King Museum.
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Raw Umber

Raw Umber
This Raw Umber is decidedly yellow but grays out quickly when tinted. The strength of the color is preserved in scumbles or glazes.
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Bismuth Yellow

Bismuth Yellow
From what I understand, Bismuth Yellow comes from the automotive coatings industry. This is common; artists consume a minuscule amount of pigment when compared to industry. This may become a replacement for Cadmium Lemon, we’ll see.
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Translucent Brown Oxide

Trans. Oxide Brown
I remember using this color in a still life when I was about 12 years old. I struggled to render a reflection in a tabletop. After much repainting, I went to my professor for help. He said “Man, I sometimes have to put two or three layers on the thing before I get it right.” [...]
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Stil de Grain

Stil de Grain
This color is a variant of Yellow Ochre but it is quite transparent and coarsely ground. It’s not remarkable in mass tone but it really comes alive when rubbed or scrubbed. The name Stil de Grain has in the past referred to fugitive organic pigments.
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Creeper Trail

Creeper Trail
On the Creeper Trail in Abingdon, VA.
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Portrait of a Tree

Portrait of a Tree - oil on panel - 18x24 inches
Painted on the grounds of the William King Museum.
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Bald Badass – Birthday Card

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Allison Linder found this great card! V’ry nice!
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Self Portrait at 34

Self Portrait at 34 - oil on panel - 24x24 inches
This was yesterday’s painting so I thought I’d whip out a self portrait before my birthday. I pulled out some colors I don’t usually use, starting with Green Earth and some Cobalt Violet Light, Stil de Grain, Lapis Lazuli. All of these were low tinting strength.
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Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge
The back side of Bristol.
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Unicoi County

Unicoi
Fast and loose by a babbling brook.
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The Reluctant Recluse

The Reluctant Recluse #1
While sorting photos, I found these from my BFA show.
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Self Portrait Sick

Self Portrait Sick
Just found an image of this painting from a couple years ago. I was feeling like ten miles of hammered shit.
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Plein Air and More Rain Air

Rain Air
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Lincolnshower Park

Lincolnshower Park
Just the other day, I went out to paint for a bit at Lincolnshire Park in Tazewell, VA. Of course, being ill prepared and perhaps ill advised, I was caught in a rain shower. At first, there were just a few drops and I continued painting – oil and water don’t mix, right? I did [...]
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Delft Blue

Delft Blue - Utrecht
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Cobalt Violet Deep

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Green Earth

Green Earth - Bocour Bellini
It's a weak tinter and not very attractive but in the right context, it can be just the color!
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Brian Coryell’s Lighting Assignment

Photo: Brian Coryell
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Caricature

Shane Mullins' Caricature
Shane Mullins, one of my students, made this caricature of me.
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Papyrus Sightings

Papyrus Sample
I've had enough! We've reached a point of saturation with this typeface that I cannot endure.
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Mars Yellow

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This isn’t the usual PY42 Mars Yellow. The color is a very clean and warm. Though my tube indicates PY119, there are some sources that cite Holbein’s Mars Yellow as PBr11.
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Ultramarine Blue Deep

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A nicely done staple on the palette.
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Lapis Lazuli

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A gritty low tinter but you don’t use lapis for tinting strength. It’s delicate and its crystalline transparency makes for some nicely rubbed out glazes.
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Vermilion

Vermilion
Opaque scarlet red that has an earthy quality. Tints retain hue unlike Cadmium Reds that tend to shift toward blue in tints.
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Lemon Yellow

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Harding describes this color as sick looking, but I enjoy its color. Lemon Yellow makes some nice greys with Manganese and Cobalt Violets. The paint’s consistency is wonderfully brushable without any oiliness. I often use Nickel Yellow and this Lemon Yellow is much more natural looking – more butter than acid.
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Excellent Photography

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I came across this photograph and followed a link to an album on Flickr.
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Assistant Professor of Art – VIC

With great excitement, I have accepted a position at Virginia Intermont College.
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Trade Show

Every year, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff sponsors a trade show in Boone, NC. I’ve never been to such an event and Boone isn’t that far away so I went to the show this year. Overall, it was a good show but the selection and prices weren’t as great as I’d hoped. I think “Cheap” Joe [...]
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