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Adele Elgood

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So I reckon you'll be looking forward to the warmer weather Sandra so you can get out your oils again.

Michael Robinson

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Looking forward to warmer weather Adele for all sorts of reasons. More heavy rain today with serious flooding in some areas, apparently the street next to mine was closed, and the whole back of my section under water earlier on, think some has drained away now. It has been an exceptionally wet winter. However on a happier note I've had a lovely morning painting with a local group, and quite a nice lazy afternoon reading and painting. At least I don't feel that I should have been weeding!

Adele Elgood

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Gosh no! Weeding is a mug's game. Sounds like my ideal day Sandra. I have also spent the morning painting - bliss!

Adele Elgood

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Whenever people say they have to do their housework, I have a standard answer - "when you are ready to meet your Maker, you are never going to say that you wished you had cleaned the carpet more often". Take my word for it and enjoy yourself!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvThLQpXshA Will Kemp (Will Kemp art school) has just put this rather interesting comparison on YouTube - he has two paintings side by side which he's painting in Holbein water-miscibles to the left, and mostly W & N traditional oils, I think, to the right. It's not an entirely fair test, because he's using a Permanent White with the Holbein, and traditionally made Titanium White in the other: and there's an opacity difference. When he builds up the painting, he's using an M Graham alkyd medium with both paints - I don't think it'll convert anyone (it didn't convert me) but it certainly shows that water-miscible paint is a valid option. See what you think? On the strength front, as Syd says - quality isn't always to be judged by price - and anyway, what suits me may not suit you. And we also have to observe that the quality of the artist makes a difference, too...
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Did you notice he says that water-miscibles dry more quickly than traditional oils? I have to say that's not been my experience of them, nor that of many others, even those who like them; maybe it depends on the brand; I've used Grumbacher, and W & N Artisan, and felt that both took longer to dry than my usual paint.
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Linda Wilson

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Gardening is painting with plants - more of it i say.

Melanie Cambridge

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I have only just seen this thread and I agree with Robert about the lack of need to use any painting medium. This is one of the main reasons I fell into creating my own range of oil paints which are soft and buttery without any need to use a painting medium unless you particularly wish to. One off the wall thought given your young family being around. When I really cannot use oils in a situation, I paint with gouche instead but using the same approach as for oil paint and usually working on a gesso primed board. Best of luck.
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