Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Jul 12, 2018
3 minutes
Contributed by Michael Einersen
Glenn Demnar, my art mentor for many years, used the term ‘loose’. Looseness has become a predominant feature of my style. With oils, being ‘loose’ engenders minimal risk … it’s only paint. So-called mistakes can be corrected through overpainting; scraping; or just leaving and re-assessing later.
With drawing, however, ‘looseness’ is a risk. Unless one exclusively uses easily erasable graphite, the possibility of correcting ‘mistakes’ becomes problematic. Attempts to ‘overdraw’ often lead to overworking. The delights
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