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Great post and very informative, I wondered about Rembrandt's use of the Earth colours, thanks for clearing that up.
You have a great talent, your colour and shadow work is impressive! I love pastels and have not used them for many years, you have inspired me!
I went to London about three years ago and had to visit the National Gallery, there were several works by Rembrandt there, so wonderful to see his work and also that of a lot of old masters.
Van Gough's work was in there too. I was astonished by the great works of art there and could have stayed all day and gone back if I could, maybe one day.
Does it take long for each layer of gesso to dry, it's been too long for me to remember, literally years!
Thanks for sharing!
Gesso drys fairly quickly, 15 mins. If you were going to layer a lot of oils and mediums on it you might want to let it dry a bit longer between coats.
You thin each layer out with a bit of water as you go which helps it dry a bit quicker.
Your lucky being able to visit the London galleries, they have some of the best stuff. It's even a small jump over to the Rembrandt museum in Amsterdam or the Louvre in Paris from the UK. In Australia we are lucky to get a big artist every few years and usually then it's mostly the side stuff, the drawings and lesser known works. Understandable they don't want to risk bringing paintings like the Mona Lisa over the ocean but it would be nice to get some of the classics now and then!
They brought out Rembrandt around 1997 i think, had a few of his self-portraits which was pretty good. That's probably the best selection i can remember.
Thanks for your help, yes the gallery was so great! Must go again soon! Too bad about getting quality artist's work to see in person down there. I believe there are a couple of galleries with online gallery content.
Not quite the same, especially when you stand or sit in front of a painting that is like three metres tall! The frames are so impressive as well, finely engraved ornamental frames some with real gold leaf, so cool!!
Now your just rubbing it in! Lol while your enjoying the ancient history and world class artworks, this is what our tax funded National Gallery has us looking forward to - nonsense plastic junk.
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/louise-paramor/
Lol, Oh my gawd! That is sad, but the main page had at least three great artists. Rembrandt was one, Blake and Turner. Not too shabby😊
My art teacher in school was a Ms. Turner, and she could paint too!