Dear George,

have you set the date for the next cohort meeting?

If so, could you kindly cover the following:

1. Can graphite drawing be painted on with oil paint or should there be a separating layer ? I know many illustrators use products such as matte medium to seal their drawing.

2. Since it is recommended to work with fat over lean, how would…

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Thank you for your insight, it is very helpful. With regards to cleaning the brushes, I also prefer having clean brushes ready, however since my visit to Rembrandt’s house, I saw he had a sort of box which the guide informed us that one could leave the brushes always wet… When you use oil to remove the paint, which type of oil would…

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Thank you George, yes please, keep us posted. Where do you generally inform the members regarding the next cohort meeting?

Dear PBP, I’m a new member on this forum and just like many of you, I’m trying to improve my practice and procedures not only to create beautiful works but to make it technically sound as well. I am still going through the great content available, however I have some questions I’d like some help with. I don’t know the members yet, but…

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So glad to hear this! 🙂 I have a couple of little oil sketches I can practice on first. Thank you so much George, extremely helpful.

Thank you George for the link, very helpful article. There are so many factors that cause beading up…. It’s an interesting topic to learn about. When a painting is varnished and beads up, do you recommend to remove that varnish layer and resolve the issue?

Wow didn’t know that! So it could actually be from additives found in paint itself?! Looking forward to listen to the latest cohort meeting you had, as I know this was a topic you discussed.

Thanks George!

I understand…. Thanks a lot for making this clear. I will let it set in as it is since a very thin film was brushed in.

Just a little side question with regards to stand oil, is there any correlation between use of staind oil and varnish beading up?

Thanks once again.

Thanks George. It’s over a light area unfortunately… I used 1:1 stand oil to OMS .. perhaps stand oil doesn’t yellow as much…?

Dear George, thank you for this insight. Very helpful.
I have a question.
I recently oiled out (extremely thinly) areas I was going to retouch, however there were some areas which were oiled that I didn’t paint over. I know it is not recommended to oil out areas and leave the oil”sit” there… should I remove this thin layer of medium or it’s ok…

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Dear George, are the previous cohort meetings available for access? If so could you kindly provide a direct link? Thanks a lot.