tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6898834529364124941..comments2024-03-28T03:44:28.896-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Your Casein QuestionsJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-68384424643566365672022-06-17T14:14:36.054-04:002022-06-17T14:14:36.054-04:00Julie: Gouache, maybe, but sorry to say you'll...Julie: Gouache, maybe, but sorry to say you'll probably have to say goodbye to that tube of casein. James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33095387525038367232022-06-17T12:48:53.625-04:002022-06-17T12:48:53.625-04:00Is there anyway to reconstitute a hardened tube of...Is there anyway to reconstitute a hardened tube of casein? I have a full tube that is hard in a set. Hate to throw away. I do have one of those empty tubes that can be filled. Thanks<br />Julie BlochJulie Blochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15160188299404447795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-49875197297589258242020-10-21T23:45:04.027-04:002020-10-21T23:45:04.027-04:00Do you ever use casein for plein air painting in w...Do you ever use casein for plein air painting in warm weather? I tried yesterday ( 80degrees) and it dried on the palette very quickly even though I followed your example of putting the paints on a wet strip of paper towel. Would you recommend only using it in cooler weather or do you use a retardant with it? Thanks.A.K.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327919267470509253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57901108531996402672020-10-03T15:26:28.601-04:002020-10-03T15:26:28.601-04:00James, you are an extraordinary painter, teacheran...James, you are an extraordinary painter, teacherand filmmaker . I've been you're grateful student for years via YouTube and your blog.<br />The moments of seeing<br />the beauty of Jeanette's<br />paintings are a pleasure.<br />I may have a tip to keep Casein "live" longer than it wants to be:a drop or two of glycerin. <br />I use it in gouache to kerp it moistt. So far it's keeping the Casein moist and when painted and dried, it is matte and impermeable.<br />You will certainly improve the idea if ypuike it.<br />Thank you for helping<br />me become a painter.<br />RobertaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948023601818743845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-87627754795606969692020-08-17T01:46:33.285-04:002020-08-17T01:46:33.285-04:00Awesome! No words. You always go one step beyond. ...Awesome! No words. You always go one step beyond. <br /><br />There is so much great, useful information here. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!<br />Read our guide if you wish. <br /><a href="https://besttoolsbrand.com/types-of-paint-for-woodwork/" rel="nofollow"> besttoolsbrand </a><br /><br />Thanks again :)Ash Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519755274603203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-85800998870219327042020-08-10T07:45:15.279-04:002020-08-10T07:45:15.279-04:00David, Yes, casein on watercolor ground should wor...David, Yes, casein on watercolor ground should work. Any water-based matte surface should hold the paint fine. Try it on a scrap first. James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18664152122208083712020-08-09T22:17:12.163-04:002020-08-09T22:17:12.163-04:00Hi James... Can Casein be used on a Watercolour Gr...Hi James... Can Casein be used on a Watercolour Ground??. I have some Shmincke fine and textured Watercolour Primer which is really nice. Obviously it would be more absorbant than Acrylic Gesso.... I think!!. Thanks.. David Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802713715937725049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2947635657745203222020-06-10T23:18:32.459-04:002020-06-10T23:18:32.459-04:00Hello, I have decided to use casein paint when res...Hello, I have decided to use casein paint when restoring religious statues. The velvety matte finish is unsurpassable for the skin. I was wondering though which is the best yellow to use for skin tone. I am currently painting angels which need a beautiful fair complexion. Thanks so much. JoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735268471834093613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-83667294415516696442019-09-04T09:00:15.088-04:002019-09-04T09:00:15.088-04:00Madeline, No, I've never tried cold wax but th...Madeline, No, I've never tried cold wax but thanks for the info.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58809772568439880362019-08-23T16:30:13.067-04:002019-08-23T16:30:13.067-04:00James, Thanks for all your knowledge sharing and h...James, Thanks for all your knowledge sharing and help. I ordered some casein paint and will play around a bit with it and then download your video. Have you ever tried sealing a casein painting with cold wax? I do it for watercolor and sometimes acrylic and it gives an interesting finish. Can be left matte or polished a bit with a clothMadeline Dethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774449153284328391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-10687957350106683702019-01-03T18:25:35.987-05:002019-01-03T18:25:35.987-05:00Hello everyone, I'm new to the blog but I own ...Hello everyone, I'm new to the blog but I own 3 or 4 of your videos James. I'm very interested in casein but I fee like I need more information about it. Is there anyone else out there that produces casein painting videos? Any information would be helpful. gordon.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267120946972814008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-5563298787442320882016-12-28T11:42:35.531-05:002016-12-28T11:42:35.531-05:00I don't think I'll give acrylic gesso anot...I don't think I'll give acrylic gesso another chance in the near future; i tried watercolor paper sized with matte medium (1 to 4 layers) and I like this method as a way to adjust the absorbancy of the support.<br /> I would like to give more of an 'oil feel' to some of my bigger casein works, avoiding watercolor effects, and i love the feel of painting with casein over a dried casein layer, so my next step would be painting on a possibly rigid support sized (matt medium or a sizing glue) then primed and toned with casein paint.<br /> I will also try to use it as one would with egg tempera (on clayboard, RSG gesso etc), which seems to be a farily common practice.Daniele Guadagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298880763609011971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-9881661657653624312016-12-27T11:25:24.599-05:002016-12-27T11:25:24.599-05:00Daniele, No, I don't usually use gesso priming...Daniele, No, I don't usually use gesso priming or prepared panels. I tried one smooth prepared panel once, and had a hard time with it for exactly the same reason you said: it sat on the surface and reactivated easily. I have painted over an acrylic matte medium layer, once or twice though, and that worked out a little better. If you have to work on a gessoed panel, just be sure to keep a light touch, don't scrub it too much, and let it dry thoroughly before overpainting.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-41002312269033092362016-12-21T09:37:44.413-05:002016-12-21T09:37:44.413-05:00Hi James,
Thank you very much for letting us dis...Hi James, <br /> Thank you very much for letting us discover this unjustly overlooked medium, and sharing your experience with us.<br /> I have played around with casein for about 6 months, mailny on my sketchbooks or on watercolour paper, but would like to paint on panels for bigger works. <br /> Do you use acrylic gesso primed surfaces (either panels or canvas-panels)? I tried a gessoed panel and the first layer feels very slick, ad it also reactivates rather easily (compared to works on paper); does the canvas panel have the same behaviour?<br />Thank you in advance.<br /> Daniele Guadagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298880763609011971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-21236660759552744632016-12-21T09:37:07.647-05:002016-12-21T09:37:07.647-05:00Hi James,
Thank you very much for letting us dis...Hi James, <br /> Thank you very much for letting us discover this unjustly overlooked medium, and sharing your experience with us.<br /> I have played around with casein for about 6 months, mailny on my sketchbooks or on watercolour paper, but would like to paint on panels for bigger works. <br /> Do you use acrylic gesso primed surfaces (either panels or canvas-panels)? I tried a gessoed panel and the first layer feels very slick, ad it also reactivates rather easily (compared to works on paper); does the canvas panel have the same behaviour?<br />Thank you in advance.<br /> Daniele Guadagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298880763609011971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88252135193610109372016-12-20T11:13:54.002-05:002016-12-20T11:13:54.002-05:00James, thanks so much for your response and insigh...James, thanks so much for your response and insights. I hadn't thought of adding a gloss medium to affect the value of casein, but that got me thinking about selectively using a thin transparent gloss/matte medium mix over existing areas that need a little punch vs. trying to mix it into the paint and then being stuck with the result.<br /><br />By the way, I'm loving "Casein in the Wild"! I'm just so grateful to you and for your blog for helping me find my way to something I didn't even know existed (casein), not to mention all the other priceless wisdom and inspiration you pass on for free. Hoping to be able to "pay it forward" somehow in the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236262921157039983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48098315096699722722016-12-16T17:54:31.243-05:002016-12-16T17:54:31.243-05:00Randall, good question. I visited John in his stud...Randall, good question. I visited John in his studio, though I didn't actually watch him paint. I recall him saying that that he mixed his own casein, kept is paints in cups, and used paint that was very opaque. <br /><br />Having studied his work and seen some of his unfinished paintings, I would speculate the following:<br />1. He did less preliminary drawing than you might think, except for a basic perspective plan—eye level, vanishing points, etc.. <br />2. He built the big shapes and masses fairly loosely and refined the smaller and smaller shapes with a brush as he went along.<br />3. For linear detail I would guess he used a suspended ruler.<br />4. I don't think he painted around light areas so much as built up the shape light over dark and dark over light.<br />5. I presume that his blacks and darks had a little bit of gloss medium to make them darker.<br />I may be wrong on some of this so please correct me if someone knows more about Berkey's method.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6809184757995637692016-12-16T17:18:59.451-05:002016-12-16T17:18:59.451-05:00First of all thanks for turning me onto casein, wh...First of all thanks for turning me onto casein, which could be a lengthy post all of its own. It basically has helped me to get "unstuck" on my artistic vision and is allowing me, at least temporarily, to part ways with my love/hate relationship with pastels. I won't go into that because this question is really about John Berkey and technique. <br /><br />In your opinion, how do you think Berkey achieved those deep wonderful darks with such high contrasting lights in his imaginative space scenes? Do you think he laid in large areas of darks and then built lights directly on top (as some of us pastelists are known to do) or do you think he painted subtractively and strategically around lights and high mids the way a watercolorist would? His pure lights are so clean and brilliant that they don't look overly painted with the usual amount of layers it would take to cover up such darks (even with the opaqueness of casein), but they also pop off the darks and are so full of nuanced shades that they also don't look like the blahness one sometimes gets from painting light on white. Or maybe he didn't have a formula, maybe he just worked each area either backwards or forwards (or both) as required.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236262921157039983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12979874364564672582016-11-25T09:53:43.561-05:002016-11-25T09:53:43.561-05:00Jared, thanks for helping out Matthieu with the in...Jared, thanks for helping out Matthieu with the international art supplies problem! You're the best!<br />James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-59840751126042822772016-11-22T13:59:30.223-05:002016-11-22T13:59:30.223-05:00That Samuel Colman painting is very good. Lots of ...That Samuel Colman painting is very good. Lots of good advice too, thanks!Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-609826965749807132016-11-22T13:11:12.739-05:002016-11-22T13:11:12.739-05:00Hi Matthieu, I checked on eBay and found a bunch o...Hi Matthieu, I checked on eBay and found a bunch of sets and a few that ship internationally. <br />I also do a regular DickBlick.com order of watercolor and paper for my job. If you are totally out of luck you can shoot me some paypal for tubes and shipping and I can order and handle shipping some to you, brother. <br />My honest opinion, though, is that it's so similar to gouache you might want to stick to that if you have it. Anyhow- my contact is Jared.cullum@gmail if you wantJared Cullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118946650091026386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-32924757740771355112016-11-22T12:52:23.121-05:002016-11-22T12:52:23.121-05:00I just downloaded 'Casein in the Wild' fro...I just downloaded 'Casein in the Wild' from Sellfy. Thank you very much!Matthieu B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10188948607877666891noreply@blogger.com