Michael Parkes -- Painting techniques 1

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Michael Parkes talks about painting techniques. Filmed at his studio in Southern Spain, May 2008.

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  • oh, the chance to pick your brain! thank you! i'm learning glazing now and wow, it is a PAIN. i am too impatient, which is my biggest fault, but the result with all those layers is so luminous and gorgeous. i want to achieve that. someday... sigh. Thanks again, for putting this up. Yay!

  • @ofthefey I don't know how old you are but in my 20's there was no way I had the patience to do what I am doing now. So maybe time will solve all the problems. If you work on two or three paintings at the same time, you don't have to wait for the drying periods. You are painting on one painting while another is drying.

    Good luck!

  • Dear Norbert,

    Thank you for your very kind comments on my work. I appreciate your taking the time to write me. By the way, I now have a facebook site where I will answer questions (when I am not painting!)written by some of the people that follow me. Maybe you would like to take a look! Michael Parkes

  • Thank you for your insights, do you paint from models, or from memory?

  • I paint from memory. Occasionally I use a photograph but that can be very dangerous as photographs do not portray what I want to say. Mostly I use photos for just the gesture of the body.

  • I use turpentine as a medium.

    Michael Parkes

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  • I then truly appologize, it's just there are too many pretenders out there, and I do sometimes feel like they rob great art blind.

  • @MateWiggy Sorry to disappoint. My paintings are not traced...just put on with long hours of work.

  • @chiyo007 I paint on canvas unstretched, taped on a wooden board. After it is finished, I ship it to where it is going and then have it stretched at the destination. It is much easier for shipping that way. Sorry this comment is so tardy! Michael

  • They look a lot like trace overs

  • I bet he is doing well financially, his house looks nice

  • I love your artwork and greatly appreciate how you share your process through these videos. I have looked through your facebook posts, as well, to find some hint of how you transfer your vellum drawings to canvas. At one point I thought you painted directly onto vellum. I draw on tracing paper then use a light board to transfer the final on Bristol/paper for watercolor. I am now studying oils and want to retain the detail/fine lines from my drawings for oil painting. Many thanks, Anne

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