Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Schoolhouse rock

Things they don't teach you in art school, Part Two

There is a reason why they say not to use aerosol spray paint or varnish in a confined space. The result a new technique will produce is not what you want, necessarily. Not the first few times, at least. No matter how careful you are, or how diligently you clean your work space, little gobs of goo and bits of unidentifiable stuff end up embedded in the wet paint you just put on your work. Having an artist block is not a bad thing. It allows you to clean your house, wash the laundry, walk the dogs.

And the most important little gleening of the day ... blasting out at mega amps the opening riff of Joe Perry and Steve Tyler (ROCK GODS that they are) doing Walk This Way first thing in the morning leads to no good. Rocking out with fully loaded paint brushes, open jars of matte medium, wearing something you really don't want to get copper paint on ... this is no good.

Just give me a kiss....like this.

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