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continuing ed.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 8:56 am
by Marty
There's a great book by Brad Walker........

And you could take a class with Avery and whatsisname.....

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 1:59 pm
by Simon
[quote="Brock Do you think I could do them in frit? How would you portray the rain on the cobblestones? [/quote]

Sure. Glad to help.

1. Take a graduated handful of short blue grey streamers. Stand at the top of your near-finished masterpiece. Throw them towards the foot of the piece.

2. Carefully adjust with tweezers any that have landed on the glass with their longitudinal axes in a non-vertical (or maybe a slight angle to depict wind-driven rain) orientation.

3. Make out a royalty check for each iteration of this technique, payable to Simon care of Ripoff De Verre.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:06 pm
by Brock
Simon wrote:[quote="Brock Do you think I could do them in frit? How would you portray the rain on the cobblestones?
Sure. Glad to help.

1. Take a graduated handful of short blue grey streamers. Stand at the top of your near-finished masterpiece. Throw them towards the foot of the piece.

2. Carefully adjust with tweezers any that have landed on the glass with their longitudinal axes in a non-vertical (or maybe a slight angle to depict wind-driven rain) orientation.

3. Make out a royalty check for each iteration of this technique, payable to Simon care of Ripoff De Verre.[/quote]

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No, no, I meant the appearance of the rain on the cobblestones. The slickness, the sheen. Maybe I should just wipe them with Martin? Brock

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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:21 pm
by Cindy next door
My 2 cents..

From what I know of the old masters, they studied with the masters of their time and then the skills they learned influenced their work. I don't recall a painter studying sculpting techniques, but if he wanted to paint a body, he studied with someone who was good at that technique in painting or practiced away.

So, I think my point would be to take advantage of the classes we have with our fusing masters and let that influence our style and move us to push boundaries.