THE SAND |
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Use
of Sand in Painting.
Some artist experiments by using sand mixed with
oil or acrylic paints to give texture to their paintings. A large portion of modern day pigments used in
oil paints are ground up precious stones, rock or sand. Rembrandt, Michael
Angelo and most of the Masters used these pigments in their paintings.
Natural Colours of Sand.Earthly colours like yellow, brown, grey, etc
are commonly found in nature., and only require some sifting and washing to
clean the sand. For some of the brighter colours, and blue and green, semi
precious stones and coloured rocks are ground. Only Natural colours are used by Aussie and he
uses clear glue with a brush, pallet knife or his fingers to stick the sand
to canvas glass, stone or wood. Sand
Collecting
Aussie
belongs to the International Sand Collectors Society, and collects his sand
from all over the world. |