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Niall

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Mar 27, 2003, 4:25:08 AM3/27/03
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Hi all

Was watching a programme on oils last night
and the guy used "liquid clear" over a black gesso base

What is this stuff?
(maybe it just has a more common name!?)

Regards


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Niall


NightMist

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Mar 27, 2003, 5:33:41 PM3/27/03
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:25:08 -0000, "Niall"
<aTAKEcaTHIS...@iol.ie> wrote:

>Hi all
>
>Was watching a programme on oils last night
>and the guy used "liquid clear" over a black gesso base
>
>What is this stuff?
>(maybe it just has a more common name!?)
>

Welcome to the wonderful world of Bob Ross, where all the trees are
"happy little trees" :)

You will find "liquid clear" sold along with all of the other "Magic
of Oil Painting" supplies in most of the larger art supply stores.
Ol' Bob often has a whole section of the store or a couple pages of
the catalog devoted just to him.

I imagine that you could achieve much the same effect just by wetting
your dry surface with linseed oil or liquin. Somebody who is more
aquainted with wet on wet techniques for oil may pop in here and give
you better advice.

Barbara

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everybody is somebodys chew toy

Marc Sabatella

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Mar 28, 2003, 1:15:40 PM3/28/03
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"NightMist" <nigh...@uir.zzn.com> wrote:

> You will find "liquid clear" sold along with all of the other "Magic
> of Oil Painting" supplies in most of the larger art supply stores.

Actually, I seldom see his products in the major art supply stores, but
they are pretty ubiquitous in the art supply section of hobby / craft
stores - Hobby Lobby, Michael's, etc.

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NightMist

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Mar 28, 2003, 4:19:41 PM3/28/03
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:15:40 -0700, "Marc Sabatella"
<ma...@outsideshore.com> wrote:

>"NightMist" <nigh...@uir.zzn.com> wrote:
>
>> You will find "liquid clear" sold along with all of the other "Magic
>> of Oil Painting" supplies in most of the larger art supply stores.
>
>Actually, I seldom see his products in the major art supply stores, but
>they are pretty ubiquitous in the art supply section of hobby / craft
>stores - Hobby Lobby, Michael's, etc.
>

S'pose it depends on the region or something.
Seems every shop I bumble into these days either has a section
genericly devoted to "Television Artists" or an aisle devoted to Bob
in specific.
Though I have to agree, you see Bob products _very_ consistantly and
in quantity in the hobby shops. Heck, even some of the department
store chains carry the stuff and do the classes.
I popped into a chain department store looking for rotary cutter
blades and read the workshop schedule up in the craft department. The
Magic of Oil Painting workshop was sandwiched between the Wilton guy
and a Kay Woods strip piecing (quilting) workshop (which was what I
was looking for).
The mind boggles.

Newt Gray

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Mar 29, 2003, 9:02:39 AM3/29/03
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In article <ce178vccah5bpntmv...@4ax.com>, koola...@1850.com
says...


>Bob Ross is strange.

Not nearly as strange as RtheS!

NightMist

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Mar 29, 2003, 7:57:47 PM3/29/03
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:44:19 -0800, Richard <koola...@1850.com>
wrote:

>Bob Ross is strange.

Wrong tense, Bob Ross _was_ strange.
He's like, dead and some stuff.
Unless you buy into that "people stay alive forever on film" thing a
little to seriously.

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