It hadda happen
Eliska
This morning I was working on a watercolor portrait, still half
asleep. Some times that's the best way to do it, thank goodness,
because I don't know how I'll be able to finish this one otherwise.
Anyway, I was furiously at work - laying down washes, adding color,
rinsing my brushes -swish brush in rinse water, drink coffee,
dip brush in clean water, apply pigment, wipe an area away for
softness, dip brush in rinse water, clean water, apply pigment, dip
brush in coffee . . . . .
Did someone say COFFEE?
Well, at least it's not as bad as when I used oil paints.
Y'all have a good day, too.
Liska
Don May
wrote:
Look on the bright side... coffe is a water color.
Don (with cream it becomes a milk paint)
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Dick Harper
> Did someone say COFFEE?
I always wondered how my mom gets that nice sepia tint in her
portraits...
--Dick
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Coulda been worse, you coulda swigged down the rinse water.
Carol Schmidt (I've dipped acrylics brushes into iced tea a lot)
Gary Allen
igl...@att.net wrote:
> apply pigment, dip
> brush in coffee . . . . .
>
> Did someone say COFFEE?
Liska,
A friend who travels all over the world (on the cheap) keeps a journal
filled with watercolors of people and things he sees along the way. He
tends to do these little paintings in cafes where he can hang with the
locals and other bohemian travelers. He always incorporates the coffee,
or regional wine, or other beverage, that happen to be handy (and
representative of the locale) in his paintings. He sometimes mixes a bit
of the local soil as well.
Someplace, at home, there's a catalog from an exhibit of
"watercolors"--by a different artist--in which the only "paint" used was
coffee. So you could say you've just been experimenting with a fresh
new--or freshly brewed--medium.
Gary
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Paul Hartman
Eliska wrote:
Not to worry. More times than I care to admit, I have used the coffee
cup for an ashtray. Messes up the flavor some.....
Wendy Chatley Green
wrote:
:Eliska wrote:
:
:> This morning I was working on a watercolor portrait, still half
:> asleep. Some times that's the best way to do it, thank goodness,
:> because I don't know how I'll be able to finish this one otherwise.
:>
:> Anyway, I was furiously at work - laying down washes, adding color,
:> rinsing my brushes -swish brush in rinse water, drink coffee,
:>
:> dip brush in clean water, apply pigment, wipe an area away for
:> softness, dip brush in rinse water, clean water, apply pigment, dip
:> brush in coffee . . . . .
:>
:> Did someone say COFFEE?
:>
:> Well, at least it's not as bad as when I used oil paints.
:>
:> Y'all have a good day, too.
: Not to worry. More times than I care to admit, I have used the coffee
:cup for an ashtray. Messes up the flavor some.....
Try grapefruit juice in your coffee (at least I was awake
enough to pour into the mug and not onto the counter).
--
Wendy Chatley Green
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Eliska
The watercolors barely made a dent - and I was using burnt sienna so
it didn't affect the color a bit : )
Liska
Ed
> Eliska wrote:
> > dip brush in rinse water, clean water, apply pigment, dip
> > Well, at least it's not as bad as when I used oil paints.
> > Y'all have a good day, too.
> > Liska
> Not to worry. More times than I care to admit, I have used the coffee
> cup for an ashtray. Messes up the flavor some.....
Heh. Call it 'roughage', then there's no need to waste coffee.
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Bill Funke
>
>This morning I was working on a watercolor portrait, still half
>asleep. Some times that's the best way to do it, thank goodness,
>because I don't know how I'll be able to finish this one otherwise.
>
>Anyway, I was furiously at work - laying down washes, adding color,
>rinsing my brushes -swish brush in rinse water, drink coffee,
>
> dip brush in clean water, apply pigment, wipe an area away for
>softness, dip brush in rinse water, clean water, apply pigment, dip
>brush in coffee . . . . .
>
>Did someone say COFFEE?
Well, tea's been used as a dye for centuries, so why not paint with
coffee?
I have been known to been concentrating on other things and pick up
the soldering iron instead of the cigarette.
Also some very embarrasing things with wood stains and glue.
At least you didn't drink the coffee later...
Bill
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Eliska
wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:39:38 GMT, Eliska <igl...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>This morning I was working on a watercolor portrait, still half
>>asleep. Some times that's the best way to do it, thank goodness,
>>because I don't know how I'll be able to finish this one otherwise.
>>
>>Anyway, I was furiously at work - laying down washes, adding color,
>>rinsing my brushes -swish brush in rinse water, drink coffee,
>>
>> dip brush in clean water, apply pigment, wipe an area away for
>>softness, dip brush in rinse water, clean water, apply pigment, dip
>>brush in coffee . . . . .
>>
>>Did someone say COFFEE?
>
>Well, tea's been used as a dye for centuries, so why not paint with
>coffee?
>
Hey, you were watching.. Actually, I've used both in my paintings
>I have been known to been concentrating on other things and pick up
>the soldering iron instead of the cigarette.
>
Ouch!!!
>Also some very embarrasing things with wood stains and glue.
>
>At least you didn't drink the coffee later...
>
>
I didn't . . .? Oh, I mean - of course not
Liska
Faith L. McCammon
I'm so pleased to now know that I'm not the only one who does that!
Faith (still smiling)
"Eliska" <igl...@att.net> wrote in message
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>
doyle
Try pouring fabric softener in your coffee instead of putting it in the
rinse dispenser.
--
Donna
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Fiona Webster
I skipped ahead. My eyes stopped on these two contributions with
parallel construction:
>> Try grapefruit juice in your coffee
> Try pouring fabric softener in your coffee
Imagine my dismay, however fleeting, while I tried to parse these
as *suggestions*.
--Fiona
doyle
If a suggestion, then I would have strongly recommended the
spring-fresh scent fabric softener over the fresh baby-bottom one.
<sigh> THEN there was the morning I dumped grounds in the filter in
the coffee maker's baske and hit the ON button, before heading for the
shower. Later I came out of the bathroom expecting coffee, and
discovered I'd neglected to put the ^*)&^ pot under the spout.
cOffEE everwhere, and not a drop to drink.
--
Donna (NOT a "morning person")
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Wendy Chatley Green
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:As I usually do when reading overlong multiply-authored postings,
:
They *are* suggestions for the latest holiday diet. Mix
your food with stuff no one can east and watch the pounds
drop away. . . .
Frank Raymond Michaels
I did oil and acrylic painting for years, canvas, mixed media, and
reverse-glass painting. It only took one dip of cadmium yellow (which,
by the way, is highly toxic) to convince me:
Get yourself one of those covered-lid thermos coffee thingies and use
that while painting (they have the added advantages of keeping the
coffee hot and not spilling). For cold drinks, use a sports
water-bottle.
Then again, you might end up liking the taste...
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