[MD] Everything/Nothing, or should I get a life?

[MarshaV]

At 06:43 PM 6/3/2007, you wrote:
>      [Marsha]
> > I don't paint landscapes.  I paint people, or
> > animals, or things that
> > are of people.  That's what seems to interest me.  I
> > don't want to
> > know the name of trees, but I do know that I have a
> > few Hemlocks on
> > this property.  I think they are diseased, though.
> > I was disappointed to learn they are not the type of
> > hemlock that Socrates drank.
> > To paint flesh, I use a base of English Red and
> > titanium white.
>
>       Does that provide a very, very light tan skin
>tone or light tan or just not a pure white skin tone?
>just curious

Skin is purple, blue, green, red, etc.  It's light and dark, bright 
or dull depending on the light.  Or pure green depending on the 
temperament of the painter.  I once met an Irish woman who had pure 
white skin.  She was photographed for many magazines & calenders 
because of the purity of the colors in her tattoos.

It's interesting, this 'the temperment of the painter'.  I don't 
paint to create something, I paint to experience something.  Sure, 
it's all technical challenge, but with me, it's mainly about the 
painting experience.  This holyman that I'm now working with, it's 
hard to keep my feet on the ground.  He's a shape shifter, a wolf or 
a fox.  It's like riding a bull.  He doesn't trust me, and was angry 
that I took the photo.  The music helps and it gets good.

Marsha