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<p>Dear All,</p>
<div class="">A quick report from last Friday’s Art Matters. We
didn’t get through everyone's contribution we are planning to
holding another this week - so if you didn’t make it last week
there is a chance to join this. <br>
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<div class="">Adrian, although still unwell, is thankfully on the
mend. We wish him a full speedy recovery.<br>
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<div class="">One thing to look out for is that the zoom meeting
will for the time being come from the membership or exhibition
email accounts rather than Adrian's. There is a danger this will
end up in your junk mail folder so please look out for the
message. The zoom details for next week is as follows - we’ll
send a reminder tomorrow. <br>
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<div class="">BAS is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<br>
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<div class="">Topic: Bromley Art Society - Art Matters : My
materials continued.<br>
Time: Feb 26, 2021 07:00 PM London<br>
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</b><b>My Materials Friday 19th Feb</b><br>
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<div class="">The following materials and tools were suggested:</div>
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<div class=""><b>Butter you don’t put on toast</b>. </div>
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<div class="">Melanie recommended Lukas Painting Butter or Medium
no.5 for impasto effects in oil paint. She finds that it adds
bulk, doesn’t discolour the paint and dries quickly, However, it
did come with a health warning for its fumes and also if your
interest is in something to speed up drying time but not impasto
one of the other alkyd mediums would probably be more fit for
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<div class=""><b>Fragrance</b></div>
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<div class="">Jules recommended Spike lavender oil to make paint
more lean - and speed up drying times. Used by the old masters, it
can be found on some painting materials online stores though she
sources it via eBay. The recommendation is to find the versions
not meant for cosmetic purposes (e.g. with added vitamin E)</div>
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<div class=""><b>Keeping things clean </b></div>
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<div class="">Jan had some good recommendations for palettes and
brush cleaning equipment. Described as a metal brush washer on
Jacksons this has a spring to hold brushes suspended in water or
solvent and a filter that allows paint residue to sink to the
bottom. For palettes Jan uses a sheet of glass with taped edges
for a oil palette (which is easy to clean) and keeps plastic
inserts for e.g. chocolate for acrylic paint which can be disposed
of when covered. </div>
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<div class="">We later discussed a do it yourself Stay wet palette
for Acrylics. The following was recommended a few sheets of
kitchen roll, a sheet of greaseproof paper kept quite wet in a
shallow airtight box - it was suggested that this was the perfect
excuse to buy a box of Ferrero Roche! </div>
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<div class=""><b>The one that got away</b></div>
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<div class="">Christine recommended Derwent Art Bars which were a
perfect as a convenient watercolour and drawing medium. She showed
some of the subtle effects that were possible. But they didn’t
seem to be on sale any more- so if anyone knows of a supplier
please shout. </div>
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<div class=""><b>Something new</b></div>
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<div class="">Galina shared Silky Crayons that are available from
Amazon. These are able to be used as crayons, pastels and
watercolours. While they probably aren’t of archival quality -
they sell themselves as being washable after all - Galina shared
some lovely subtle paintings that had been done using them, Ideal
for when you are working in the house too. </div>
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<div class=""><b>Line by Line</b></div>
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<div class="">Elena shared some of the acrylic pens that she uses in
her work. These included Artistry, flysea and Posca brands. The
white pens all gave a good layer of opacity. </div>
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<div class=""><b>Not only but also</b></div>
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<div class="">We also discussed Artists who use house paint,
including Jackson Pollock and Gary Hume. The link here to the
Tate website probably tells you more than you ever wanted to know
about the use of housepaint - and then some, <a
href="https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/33/layers-looking-changing-surfaces-paintings-gary-hume"
class="">https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/33/layers-looking-changing-surfaces-paintings-gary-hume</a>.
If you watch the Tate shots videos further down the page you will
see a studio with almost as much house paint as B&Q</div>
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<div class="">And we also discussed fixing pastel. While there was
general agreement that hairspray was really only good for quick
sketches (again avoiding the ones with added vitamin E!) there
were differences of opinions on how to preserve the pastel as some
found that fixative tended to deaden the colours. Maybe there is a
pastel artist who will join us next week. <br>
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<div class="">Kind Regards,</div>
<div class="">Deborah<br>
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