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Adding first layers of oil paint over the acrylic tonal sketch. When working larger you can really feel the difference between the paint types. The background in oil goes on like butter. #oilpainting #caravaggio #paintingprocess #richardstreitmattertran #
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Ok. Made last corrections to underpainting. I think thus us far as I should go and start color next. Finally. #oilpainting #selfportrait #paintingprocess #richardstreitmattertran #rstreitmattertran
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Current mood. #formless #terracotta #inmybathroom
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Studio experiment: Thai traditional motif. Wood stain on wood panel with gold leaf. #goldleaf #thaitraditional #paintingonwood #rstreitmatter #richardstreitmattertran #paintingprocess
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Grisailles (tonal under painting) for my self portrait is done. Will let the oil paint dry completely before the next color glazing steps. #selfportrait #oilpainting #paintingprocess #richardstreitmattertran #rstreitmatter
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Sunday in the studio with works in progress from painting to sculpture. Love the afternoon light. #rstreitmatter #richardstreitmattertran #artstudio
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Day 4: added shadows with acrylic Van Dyke Brown, applied a thin layer of yellow ochre to warm and let dry. Next began work in oil. Raw umber/alizarin crimson for background tone, mix that with lamp black for shadows. Applied mixed with Liquin and white s
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Continuing to block in some general shadows with Van Dyke Brown acrylic. Will hopefully move on to oil under painting in oil tomorrow. Above the painting are a color postcard and a grayscale print out to help me paint the under painting. So far I want to
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Today I had a wonderful afternoon spending time at the Phap Võ temple orphanage making sculptures. The children were so adorable and enthusiastic! Will post an album soon! Thanks to @cac_lam for organizing and ilovehandmade.vn for their materials and time
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With a rag, taking out the highlights while the paint is still wet...rubbing hardest where the brightest points are to allow the white to come through in later layers. It's not white paint.. that comes later.. #caravaggio #underpainting #oilpainting
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While my self portrait is drying.. I decided to try my hand at a larger sized master copy to improve my skills. I shot for the best - Caravaggio. Here will be the process of my attempt at The Crucifixion of St. Peter (1601). Start with a loose drawing on
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Self portrait after 3 days. Day 1 the drawing and laying in tone with raw umber, Day 2 adding shadow with Van Dyke brown, Day 3 the dead layer of flake white and a lamp black/alizarin crimson mix. #oilpainting #paintingprocess #selfportrait #richardstreit
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Back in the sound studio again. Voice actor gig this afternoon. Gots to make money somehow. #voiceactor #soundstudio #brokeassartist
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Concurrently working on two self portraits, the smaller building under painting with raw umber then gray scale grisailles and ultimately to color glazing. The larger more loose like drawing. #painting #practice #oilpainting #richardstreitmattertran #rstre
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Today I begin intensive self study holed up in my studio. Just finished pre-mixing an acrylic toned ground and I promise myself within one year I will achieve significant improvement in oil and acrylic painting and portraiture. And figurative sculpture. T
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Portrait in charcoal on paper by artist at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
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Wow. In a cafe near the university where the Asiatopia performance art symposium is happening and I open a magazine to find myself being quoted on performance in Vietnam from seven years ago! #asiatopia #asiatopia2016 #silpakornuniversity #performanceart
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Reading in between performances in the air conditioned art studios at the university. Interesting read, I've been on both sides. Artist and artist's model. Not the girl side haha. #artistmodel #figurativeart #drawing #sculpture
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Hopefully an amazing collaborative project in the making. Prasert is an artist I admire and wanted to work with for years. If you seen the skeleton painting in my studio before, he is the artist. Crossing fingers our work will be accepted.. with @wan_isan
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Playing with my food #rambutan
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At Silpakorn University doing research for upcoming exhibition proposal with @prasert9898. #installation #collaboration #installationart
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Chance face dries and greets me on my portable watercolor palette this morning, perfectly describing my mood right now. Good morning Bangkok!! #palettespirits
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Kerberos was the mythological three headed dog. This is not Kerberos. It's a dog that doesn't sleep still. #rstreitmattertran #rstreitmatter #graphite #graphite #watercolor
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Lazy dog on campus #currentmood #watercolor #drawing #graphite #rstreitmatter #rstreitmattertran
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In Bangkok with artists Jason Lim and Heri Dono. #asiatopia
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Enjoying a special wayang (shadow puppets) performance at Asiatopia with the cast of Trump, Hillary, Kim Jang Un and Jesus. #politicalpuppets
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Working until the last remaining hours of my residency. Bought the support visor and hijab at the market in Bandung and the clay slip was waiting for me in the studio this afternoon upon returning from Bali. #claysculpture #ceramics #clayslip #sculpture #
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Last day in Bali. Returning to Bandung tomorrow and back home to Saigon the morning after. A wonderful month with the best group of monkey artists in Indonesia. #bali #bandung #jccb4
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Totally inspired by the variety of masks #masks #indonesia #seni #bali
