Friday, September 29, 2006

The Making of The Emerald Tablet Of Hermes-Finished



















17 comments:

rauf said...

what paint do you use here Candy ?
Have you tried screen printing ink ? comes in vibrant colours both glossy and matt finish, very cheap. soluble in kerosene.

mister anchovy said...

we're off....going to read A Basque History of the World on the way and on the way back, Wendy Lesser's His Other Half. If I can find an internet cafe in Caldas da Rainha, I'll try to do a post on m.a. along the way. We're bringing water colour pads and drawing tools..... cheers.

Anonymous said...

Very cool painting Candy!!!!

xx tuffyp

Heidi Grether said...

Quite a process! Do you have as much fun as it looks like you do?

Karen said...

I'm one of those people who don't really understand art, I just know what I like. I think it's fabulous when other people are creative - their choice of medium, subject, and materials says so much. You've done some very interesting pieces!

I've tried twice now to leave a comment on Mr. Anchovy's blog but it keeps getting bounced back to me for some reason. I noticed that you're guest posting for him while he's away and that you recently saw The Human Behaviour Experiments. Here's the comment I tried to leave in case you're interested:

Oooh! What a surprise! Howdy Candy (and Stagg). I recently watched the "Human Behaviour Experiments" on CBC and posted about it too. I just checked out my post and you commented there...sheesh, I'm so not with it today. Glad that you were finally able to see it. What did you think of it?

Shep said...

Man this stuff's great - keep it up! I love all this visual blog stuff...

FOUR DINNERS said...

As I clicked into your blog Bowwowwow came on the cd player - "I Want Candy" is the song. Weird or what? Caz hates art that isn't classical but likes yours. (Me n Jax love it)

Candy Minx said...

Four Dinners, that is funny about the song. Well...I like to think that my painting is classical. I was trained in traditional painting as I was a little kid and growing up...and everything I paint is from classical and traditional forms in art and nature...so maybe that's why Caz like's it! Thanks it makes me feel good to have your encouragement.

Shep, I am glad you like these art proces photos, I sure have a riot taking the pictures while I'm painting.

Karen, I got your comment, and responded at Mister Anchovy's. You're a science person, art and science are very closely tied...try approaching looking at art work, like you do any problem within science?

HI Hattigrace nice to see you!

Tuffy P and Mister Anchovy, thanks and have a great holiday!

Rauf, yes, I have used screen printing ink/paint in the past and you're right the colours are incredible. Actually, these paintings of last six months are all in acrylic. I've always been an oil painter actually...it took me a while to enjoy using acrylic, but this looks just like my stuff with oil too. Um, I am aiming towards collecting old paint, like house paint and hobby paints that people want to throw out ar are done with. Of course the colours won't be as nice...and the paint doesn't last as long...but I'd lie tostart to collect some for recycling purposes. Most of the paintings are made from recycled materials...I'd like to try taking that further. Rauf, one of the reasons I'm using acrylic is because of the less smell in a small space...but funny enough Stagg uses oil based all the time, so that might change. I was worried about our neighbours suffering from turpentine/kero smells.

Karen said...

Not sure what's up with Anchovy's message thingy it still won't take my comments. Here's the link to my post on the documentary:

http://canuckhockeygirl.blogspot.com/2006/09/human-behavior-experiments.html

Gardenia said...

what fun going through this as it is created. The only thing is I wish I could have one of these during each phase of the creation! I need a lesson from you to go from rather reality based art to freedom....

Bridget Jones said...

I have the same issue as Karen at Mr. A's site and have her attitude re art (and have lots of it at home too)...am a savage but love the stuff.

Have a question--why is 'emerald' in the title but not much green color involved in it?

* (asterisk) said...

I really like your artwork, Candy, and it's great to see the progress of a piece. Those yellow drips are fantastic. It makes me wonder how they would look the other way up. Not the painting -- just the drips. So you'd create stalagmite-type shapes (rather than stalactite) by dripping down on the painting, but the painting would be hung upside down for the process.

Candy Minx said...

Nacy Drew...good question, um emerald has an old origin which relates to latin and greek "flash, sparkle". I think this is an ancient reference to stars, rather than a jewel of the earth. (hence the green you see is little stars at the top)

*. I'll drip some stuff upside down on this one I'm working on right now...and I'll work your name into the title somehow. After all 8 is a star, no? So it should be good for my references to astronomy. I often have drips going all directions, layered up or upside down or sideways.

Candy Minx said...

Diana, lesson one, don't be afraid of materials, just start messing with them. I used to get my kid to ride over new paper and canvas with her trike so I wouldn't feel performance axiety. It's jsut paper and cloth, and no one can see you!!! And use reality based colour combinations. Besides, you don't need a lesson from me you got oodles of inspiration up your sleeve...just keep on!

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