unfinished Archives - RChrystal https://rchrystal.com/tag/unfinished/ Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 211711421 Blocking In https://rchrystal.com/blocking-in/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:25:00 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=111 The first stage of an oil painting is called blocking in, using thinner (turpentine for me) to paint basic shapes and colors in thin washes (“Thin to thick!” my painting professor frequently reminded up). It’s quick, loose, and slightly unsettling when you stop to look at it. It’s the phase that makes me rethink every […]

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