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    Painting Flesh Tones with the Human Palette 

    Published on September 21, 2011 08:46 PM
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    2. Watercolor,
    3. Color Palettes,
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    The revival of traditional art styles and techniques has burgeoned into a full-fledged Second Renaissance. And this re-awakening has sparked a renewed interest in the colors used by the great masters of the past. It was thus inevitable that someone would produce the traditional pigments in watercolors.

    When Rublev ...
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    Painting Flesh Tones with a Three Color Palette 

    Published on September 21, 2011 06:16 PM
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    In the April 2006 issue of Watercolor Artist (formerly Watercolor Magic), Butch Krieger introduced Rublev Colours Watercolors for the first time to the magazine's readers.


    [FONT=tahoma]Rublev Colours Watercolors were first featured in the April 2006 issue of Watercolor Artist (formerly Watercolor Magic).[/FONT]

    The Rublev Colours Flesh Tint Palette is a triad of traditional earth pigments, which many 18th and 19th century ...
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    Sankir—Underpainting of Flesh: Part 2 

    Published on September 21, 2011 03:45 PM
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    2. Oil,
    3. Fresco,
    4. Tempera,
    5. Tutorials,
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    This is the second part to the introduction of the underpainting of faces and flesh — sankir in Russian and proplasmos — in Greek medieval icon painting.

    During the Tour of Russian Icons, the editors of Iconofile and other members of the tour group visited the workshop of the Grabar All-Russia Art Scientific Restoration Center where we met Adolph N. Ovchinnikov, director of ancient Russian painting. There he introduced us to his book, Symbolism of Christian Art, containing an extensive review of symbolism found in Christian art based upon his 50 years of experience restoring and researching sacred art. Presently available only in the Russian language, Iconofile obtained permission to translate portions of his book to English. The entire chapter, "On Sankir," is published in the second issue of the Iconofile Journal.


    Sankir in Eastern Christian Painting of the 9th through the 13th Centuries
    Usually, the process of constructing painted faces in Eastern Christian painting of the 9th through the 13th centuries ...
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    Sankir—Underpainting of Flesh—Part 1 

    Published on September 21, 2011 01:12 PM
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    2. Panels,
    3. Tempera,
    4. Color Palettes,
    5. Historical Pigments
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    During the Tour of Russian Icons, the editors of Iconofile and other members of the tour group visited the workshop of the Grabar All-Russia Art Scientific Restoration Center where we met Adolph N. Ovchinnikov, director of ancient Russian painting. There he introduced us to his book, Symbolism of Christian Art, containing an extensive review of symbolism found in Christian art based upon his 50 years of experience restoring and researching sacred art. Available only in the Russian language, Iconofile obtained permission to translate portions of his book to English. The entire chapter, "On Sankir," is published in the second issue of the Iconofile Journal.


    [FONT=tahoma]Symbolism of Christian Art by Adolph Ovchinnikov
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    History and Technique of Fresco Painting: Part 1 

    Published on September 20, 2011 05:25 PM
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    MY FIRST INTRODUCTION to the art of fresco was at a very young age, when I was taken to the Detroit Institute of Art and exposed to the Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera. I'll never forget the awe and excitement I felt as I walked through the gates to the courtyard where the murals live. I still feel it today — on every visit. It wasn't until many years later that my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting two people who worked as apprentices on these murals under Rivera, Lucienne Bloch and Stephen Pope Dimitroff. It was through their generosity and ...
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    Earth Colors and the Flesh Tone Palette 

    Published on September 20, 2011 04:22 PM
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    3. Panels,
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    The first time I attended a convention of portrait artists, I was awe-struck by the array of beautiful works of art that stood before me. But as I admired each painting in turn, something became very evident. It was obvious that each and every portraitist was using essentially the same choice of colors on their palettes. This thread of mediocrity ran through what was otherwise a magnificent presentation of talent. And my subsequent observations over the years ...
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    The Long and Short of Old Masters Paints 

    Published on September 20, 2011 02:54 PM
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    2. Oil
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    Painters interested in Old Master effects benefit from a good understanding of the differences between modern tube oil paints and the paints used by the Old Masters whose works they admire. Too often this important issue is overlooked, and the focus tends to be disproportionately ...
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