Gayle Tudisco |
Gayle has shown her work at Amagansett Applied Arts, Hampton Photo Arts, Guild Hall, the Water Mill Museum and the Rose Show at the Rogers Memorial Library of Southampton. Her paintings are now on display at the Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton.Gayle has studied at Amagansett Applied Arts and the Golden Eagle and has also studied and painted with Mike Viera, Kimberly Munson, Howard Rose and other artists. Gayle is a member of Guild Hall, the East End Arts Council, the Artists Alliance of the East End, the Southampton Artists Association and the Water Mill Museum. |
Encaustic Art |
Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which resins and colored pigments are added. This results in a paste like meduim which is applied to a surface such as prepared wood or canvas. | |
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Introduction to Color Theory |
Color is a very broad topic. Entire books have been written on color and it would be quite difficult to cover every aspect of it within the confines of this article. My hopes with this introduction to color theory is to peek your interest and hopefully cause you to study this topic further on your own. Understanding color theory is perhaps one of the most important aspects of becoming a good painter. When you understand the elements of color and how colors interact with one another, you have unlocked one of the biggest puzzles of painting | |
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How to make your own oil paints |
Oil paints are made basically by mixing cold-pressed Linsed oil with pigment or color until a smooth buttery paint is produced. When the oil paint is used and applied to a surface the oil oxidizes or absorbs air and then forms a solid film that binds the pigment to the surface of the painting. | |
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