Comments for CapallGlas http://www.capallglas.com Fine Art and Photography Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:07:19 -0700 hourly 1 Comment on A walk on Bray Head; Some Photos by adomnán http://www.capallglas.com/2011/06/22/a-walk-on-bray-head-some-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 adomnán Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:07:19 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=673#comment-1207 Beautiful pics. I've never been right to the top, but I have seen the cross from below. The cliff walk is very good Beautiful pics. I’ve never been right to the top, but I have seen the cross from below. The cliff walk is very good

]]> Comment on Gelatin Prints by admin http://www.capallglas.com/2011/06/17/gelatin-prints/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 admin Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:53:28 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=655#comment-1189 Hello! I have also used glass plates. There is definitely a difference with gelatin, as the surface is soft. Inks move more on the plate as you print, so lines are softer. I use watercolors on gelatin and as you use a brayer the paint mixes with some gelatin and can make a 3D effect. I found that the watercolors and inks do not work as well on glass, so I use acrylics or block printing inks on glass, which are opaque. Therefore, in general, Gelatin Monoprinting gives a softer line, and for me it means more use of transparent watercolors rather than opaque printing inks. Hello! I have also used glass plates. There is definitely a difference with gelatin, as the surface is soft. Inks move more on the plate as you print, so lines are softer. I use watercolors on gelatin and as you use a brayer the paint mixes with some gelatin and can make a 3D effect. I found that the watercolors and inks do not work as well on glass, so I use acrylics or block printing inks on glass, which are opaque. Therefore, in general, Gelatin Monoprinting gives a softer line, and for me it means more use of transparent watercolors rather than opaque printing inks.

]]> Comment on A walk on Bray Head; Some Photos by admin http://www.capallglas.com/2011/06/22/a-walk-on-bray-head-some-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 admin Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:40:11 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=673#comment-1188 Not sure why it did not come up. Might be your browser, as I have not had any other complaints. The photos are large files and may take a few moments to load. Not sure why it did not come up. Might be your browser, as I have not had any other complaints. The photos are large files and may take a few moments to load.

]]> Comment on Gelatin Prints by Thomas A. Marino http://www.capallglas.com/2011/06/17/gelatin-prints/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Thomas A. Marino Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:55:52 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=655#comment-1186 why use gelatin instead of glass or plexi plate??? why use gelatin instead of glass or plexi plate???

]]> Comment on Gelatin Prints by Thomas A. Marino http://www.capallglas.com/2011/06/17/gelatin-prints/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Thomas A. Marino Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:54:47 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=655#comment-1185 i have made glass plate monoprints and made a few gelatin plate but I would like to know why use a gelatin plate at all???? i have made glass plate monoprints and made a few gelatin plate but I would like to know why use a gelatin plate at all????

]]> Comment on Another interim view (BtS) by meaghan newhouse http://www.capallglas.com/2009/06/02/another-interim-view-bts/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 meaghan newhouse Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:20:14 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=329#comment-1014 omigosh, i know you already showed me this at grandma's house when you came for christmas but i still LOVE the colors, they are so bright. omigosh, i know you already showed me this at grandma’s house when you came for christmas but i still LOVE the colors, they are so bright.

]]> Comment on A means of support by admin http://www.capallglas.com/2009/01/16/a-means-of-support/comment-page-1/#comment-12 admin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:24:41 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=33#comment-12 I've found that they still look cool unframed, but my fave framers out here have developed a framing method for the panels that is awesome. They bolt the panel into a shadow box frame, letting you see the sides, and letting you add another layer to the piece. Very cool. Ive worked for a while with icon-writing and the techniques are different than the ones I read for Da Vinci. Can't see keeping the urine around m'self. Sinopia pigments has some great info on gesso recipes. And they sell all of the non-urine related ingredients. I"ve also bought ready mixed dry ingredients for chalk gesso from Utrecht, even though I have the dry ingredients at home. I thought I would give it a try, and see if I need to keep my bins full of whiting and dust. (sneeze factory) The complicated part has always been mixing in the glue solution without lumps. I shall be glad to discuss at the forum. I'm not terribly experienced in it, but I've experimented with various things. I’ve found that they still look cool unframed, but my fave framers out here have developed a framing method for the panels that is awesome. They bolt the panel into a shadow box frame, letting you see the sides, and letting you add another layer to the piece. Very cool.

Ive worked for a while with icon-writing and the techniques are different than the ones I read for Da Vinci. Can’t see keeping the urine around m’self. Sinopia pigments has some great info on gesso recipes. And they sell all of the non-urine related ingredients.

I”ve also bought ready mixed dry ingredients for chalk gesso from Utrecht, even though I have the dry ingredients at home. I thought I would give it a try, and see if I need to keep my bins full of whiting and dust. (sneeze factory) The complicated part has always been mixing in the glue solution without lumps.

I shall be glad to discuss at the forum. I’m not terribly experienced in it, but I’ve experimented with various things.

]]> Comment on A means of support by Bran Mydwynter http://www.capallglas.com/2009/01/16/a-means-of-support/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bran Mydwynter Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:51:53 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=33#comment-10 That compromise is great! Thanks. :) I was researching gesso back when I was working at the editorial company; we did museum exhibit catalogs, and we had been doing one for DaVinci, so during the day I read about the different ways he made his own and became curious about others' recipes. I'm not sure I could keep urine around in a bucket, at least in this housing complex. ;) Anyway, I think that working with panels would be a classy way for me to get around the facts that we can't afford framing at the moment and I hate the way unframed things (like posters) look on a wall. That compromise is great! Thanks. :)

I was researching gesso back when I was working at the editorial company; we did museum exhibit catalogs, and we had been doing one for DaVinci, so during the day I read about the different ways he made his own and became curious about others’ recipes.

I’m not sure I could keep urine around in a bucket, at least in this housing complex. ;)

Anyway, I think that working with panels would be a classy way for me to get around the facts that we can’t afford framing at the moment and I hate the way unframed things (like posters) look on a wall.

]]> Comment on A means of support by admin http://www.capallglas.com/2009/01/16/a-means-of-support/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:02:46 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=33#comment-8 Thank you for the input. Changed the link, "Mydwynter Studios Art Forum" was too long, but I think the compromise is better than the original, it's your forum, tell me what you think.. Preparing wood surfaces-very cool. I've been working with acrylic panel gesso from Art-Boards, as well as researching making white and colored traditional gesso. The icon supports were done with some very elaborate instructions from a book I can't find in my studio. I may have to reorder it. Thank you for the input. Changed the link, “Mydwynter Studios Art Forum” was too long, but I think the compromise is better than the original, it’s your forum, tell me what you think.. Preparing wood surfaces-very cool. I’ve been working with acrylic panel gesso from Art-Boards, as well as researching making white and colored traditional gesso. The icon supports were done with some very elaborate instructions from a book I can’t find in my studio. I may have to reorder it.

]]> Comment on A means of support by Bran Mydwynter http://www.capallglas.com/2009/01/16/a-means-of-support/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Bran Mydwynter Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:49:41 +0000 http://www.capallglas.com/?p=33#comment-7 Looking forward to seeing what comes of this. :) BTW- in the text of the second entry you refer to it as the "Mydwynter Studios Art Forum", which is right, but in the sidebar of links you've left out the "Studios". It might get confusing to...somebody. :) Someday, may I have a "preparing wooden surfaces" lesson? I'd like to start messing around with egg tempera eventually. :) Looking forward to seeing what comes of this. :)

BTW- in the text of the second entry you refer to it as the “Mydwynter Studios Art Forum”, which is right, but in the sidebar of links you’ve left out the “Studios”. It might get confusing to…somebody. :)

Someday, may I have a “preparing wooden surfaces” lesson? I’d like to start messing around with egg tempera eventually. :)

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