Figure Studies Nov 28

 

50 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Letter: Head, Body & Regards

18 cm x 18 cm each, Oil

Moment of Clarity

30 cm x 50 cm, Oil

Ahoi und Tschüß

60 cm x 60 cm, Oil

Entangled Complimentary States

18 cm x 24 cm, Oil

Street Composition 9

40 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Kaiserring 6

40 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Form Study

18 cm x 24 cm, Oil

No.290 - Bordom

18 cm x 18 cm, Oil

No.289 - Scattered Discussion

18 cm x 18 cm, Oil

No.288 - Blue Level Two

18 cm x 18 cm, Oil

Under the Bridge

40 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Shades of Home

40 cm x 30 cm, Oil

How to keep the oil painting palette fresh

How to keep the oils on the palette fresh after work?
One can read quite a lot about this... Some artists freeze their palettes, some put it under water. Some add substances to their paints. Some companies offer products with clove oil. Some artist cover the palette with a plastic foil. Etc, etc, etc. Some artists stop bothering and keep losing expensive paint drying out on the palette. The latter type has been me! Some methods work insofar that the paint stays wet... They are just too much of a hassle. Cooling has been my prefered option but over time my palettes have grown and do not fit into the fridge anymore! No my palettes are not special, i just have several. Therfore i started to experiment a bit ... and proudly present... ;-)

I keep my palette fresh by putting it into a large vaccum bag (often reusable, available in different sizes, i bought a package of three for 8€ in a bed shop, size up to 100 cm x 70cm. They are intended for the storage of clothes and pillows) and fill it with CO2 gas from the bottle. Nitrogen/Argon has the same effect. A refill of my 10kg gas bottle costs 20€ and will fill the vacuum back hundreds of times...

The video shows the fastest drying paint on my palette... Burnt umber. After 48 hours a dry film on the pile has developed when kept under air. After 48 hours under CO2 burnt umber is like fresh from the tube.
Interested? Just contact me..... I sell "Ruckstuhl's palette conserving bag" for just 200€.... Get the three bags for the price of two!   ;-D

Fotos of my tuscany stay at Barry Raybould's studio

Again, thank you Barry!

Rainy Fantasy - Software Study

Under the Bridge - Software study

Master Palette and Mine

Left: Barry Raybould's palette during a painting   Right: Mine

I have spent the last three weeks in the tuscany with Barry Raybould. What an amazing experience!!! I started painting four years ago and I had never seen a master at work before. Just one of the highlights was a sunset we painted side by side at his studio in the mountains overlooking the landscape... He painted three studies within an hour up to a size of 30 cm x 40 cm, all just breathtaking. I scratched off my small approach...
He spent a lot of time explaining what it takes... It all starts in your head of course.... but also on the palette mixing the paint... Much more paint than i was used to..... The mixes need to flow into the other resulting into a gradual value change of the mixed piles of paint.
Barry said that usually it just takes a look onto the palette to evaluate the painter. The color harmony must be found right there on the palette"
Thank you Barry!!!