Medium format SLR vs. TLR - IQ vs. Portability

[Huss]

So, umm, how did Vivian Meyer compose/focus on her subjects. Shirley she didn't hold her Rolleiflex to her face?

 

[Huss]

I'll point out that many painters, including myself, will turn a painting in progress upside down, often, to be able to judge if their work is true to their intent; errors just pop-up for viewing, and its a great aid in that regard..

I have found it helpful to wait for the paint to dry a bit before I do that.

 

[Pieter12]

So, umm, how did Vivian Meyer compose/focus on her subjects. Shirley she didn't hold her Rolleiflex to her face?

WLF

 

[cayenne]

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She OBVIOUSLY has better eyesight than I do.....

 

[eli griggs]

I have found it helpful to wait for the paint to dry a bit before I do that.

I am using oils and acrylics and no 'runny' fluids that take longer than usual to dry, similar to Pollock, who painted on the floor and required, runny, quality paints to meet his needs.

I also tend to do watercolours on a table, drafting or un-angled and after the washes are dried, tend to paint with a semi-dry brush.

Sumi inks/colours are done the same as WC paintings, as are regular inks and thin acrylic fluids.

Alcohol inks must dry first, of course, and are pretty quick to do so on 'Adventure' papers.

Which mediums are you working in?

 

[Pieter12]

I am using oils and acrylics and no 'runny' fluids that take longer than usual to dry, similar to Pollock, who painted on the floor and required, runny, quality paints to meet his needs.

I also tend to do watercolours on a table, drafting or un-angled and after the washes are dried, tend to paint with a semi-dry brush.

Sumi inks/colours are done the same as WC paintings, as are regular inks and thin acrylic fluids.

Alcohol inks must dry first, of course, and are pretty quick to do so on 'Adventure' papers.

Which mediums are you working in?

Although Pollock did use house paint as well as artist tube paint.

 

[eli griggs]

Although Pollock did use house paint as well as artist tube paint.

Perhaps in the beginning but his later works many were done no only with high pigment tube paints, and with high quality, custom Aklides provided in part from commercial companies.

Much is made of his use of 'house' paints, but from what I've seen and read; I find Pollock less the rouge artist and more traditional than many other abstract artists of later years.

Best practices in the basics, with the understanding of the materials and processes, allows for greater range and command of the Artist's mediums and results.

PS; I should have started off and differentiated between off-the-shelf house paints and the later, custom paints, which included 'house' paints.

IMO.

 

[Huss]

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The selfie is very different from the images she made of active subjects who most often did not realize she was taking a photo.