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Linda Wilson

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Thanks Syd. Since you say if you were on the other side, does that you would not have been. Hence you would have been a Parliamentarian, rather than a Royalist? I think I have made them more pleasant looking than they were. Linda Wilson

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This is looking great, I love their expressions which you've captured so well. I haven't seen the grey scale technique before so it's really interesting to see this come together.

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Funnily enough I like both the grey scale and the glazed. Looking forward to seeing the finished painting Splosh.
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Linda Wilson

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For those that are interested, the technique is called "Grisaille" said with an Italian accent. There are demos on You Tube.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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French, Splosh, French - from the word "gris" (the Italian being "grigio"). Pronouncing "grisaille" in Italian would be a bit of a struggle .... Don't you just hate a know-all?

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But wouldn't it be interesting to pronounce it with an Italian accent?
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Linda Wilson

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I prefer Italian to French - sounds nicer.

Adele Elgood

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I agree - flows better.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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And it's still French...... Now, a true know-all would look up the Italian word for 'grisaille'. Sneaks off to Google.......
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The online Italian dictionary offers us 'grisaglia', which if anything flows - I see this is the sort of thing you like; all liquid and syrupy: and I do like syrup... where was I...? Ah yes; grisaglia, flows better than grisaille, three syllables as opposed to two. I learn that the word in French dates to ca. 1625: before that, people just used to talk about painting in greys, or in black and white. It was also referred to as "dead colour"; the internet informs us that this term is no longer used, but like a lot of things on the internet, that's not entirely true. I've seen it used quite recently, in an American publication - where they seem to be trying to delve back into past methods, pre-alla prima (now that IS Italian!) for example. Which is quite interesting in its own right, but needs a new discussion, viz - is there more research going on in the USA into oil painting methods and issues than in this country specifically and Europe generally? You'll remember Mats Wilander, with whom some of us took issue; but he was fundamentally right in the points he made. But I digress.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Thanks Pat - I think there IS more research going on in the USA than here, and a lot of good work in oils especially coming out of that country. I have a few links of my own (when I can find them) which I'll put up in the oils section - not everyone is interested in all these technical things, but I know a few of us are. The virtue of the old methods - or some of them, and here we need to be careful - is that they created long-lived paintings we can still enjoy today.

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I've learnt so much more from this site then I ever learnt in all my years at school! Thank goodness for "know-it-alls". I don't like syrup - except my first dog was called Syrup because she was so sweet. Sorry, I'm rambling, as usual!
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