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A compendium of daily image making by Craig Stephens
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- craigstephens
- I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach high school art in Placer County California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. I took a break from that strict schedule for a couple of years but since the beginning of 2014 I have been completing one small painting on a daily basis. The practice of completing a painting a day suits my disposition and aesthetic. I have also found that modeling this sort of daily practice for my students is important. I am making these paintings available on ebay. Thanks for stopping by and check back often if you like what you see.
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These paintings are really fun to look at, and the paint is so lovely. What do you paint these on? And is it just straightforward oil paint, no thinners? Or acrylic?
Thanks for the question!
I paint most of my still-lifes on gesso primed baltic birch plywood. Regular birch ply would probably due just fine but baltic doesn't have any gaps and doesn't warp as easily.
All my paintings are done in oils. I sometimes will mix a little Liquin with the paint for the underpainting. It dries pretty fast and I can speed that up with a blow dryer if I feel the need. The Liquin also dries with a pretty sturdy paint film so my subsequent layers don't lift the underpainting. Other than that, I don't typically use any mediums.
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