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How the paintings are created.
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The artwork on this website can be found at the galleries.
The artwork on this website can be found at the galleries.
Oil Painting Tips
First - Preparation
- My paintings are oil on standard (untempered) masonite
panel (brown panel).
- The gesso is put on to isolate the oil paint from the oil in the panel to ensure permanency and color control.
- The white panel on the left in the picture has been partly
prepared with gesso after it is sanded to roughen
the smooth surface so the gesso will bond with it (you can
see the shine on the brown panel).
- It isn't done yet, it takes many coats of diluted
gesso alternated with sanding to make it as smooth and
white as possible, allowing maximum freedom in creating
textures and colors.
- This process can take up to a week, at two coats a day.
- Here is a view of the edge of an oil painting. The masonite is about 1/4 inch thick.
- Click the picture to see a larger view.
- Here is the back of an oil painting, showing the label and how the gesso is not applied to the back.
- After the gessoing is done, the oil paints are painted on in layers.
Both opaque paints and glazes (a clear tinted medium) are used to achieve
the 3D effect and visionary imagery.
The clear glazes bend light rays, making the
light refract in different directions as you move, changing the image and
bringing the painting alive with depth and motion.
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Painting the panel, step by step pictures
Want to purchase Max Standley's artwork
for your home or office?
Please contact R. Michelson Galleries to see and purchase paintings and/or engravings (or Fine Impressions for engravings).
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