Hey there, just starting with my blog, hope to post paintings as they happen, or complete, or even in progress. I work in oils, sketch, teach, and learn all the time. My interests range from abstract to plein air to figural to portraits. Different ways of working, all good.
Most recently I've been experimenting with making my own frames, starting with lumber, making linen covered liners, and distessed frames. Nice to have color input in frames. I find framing can be a giant headache, so I'm getting into the idea of making my own. Like a distressed look with multiple layers of colors, dark turquoise over burnt red, things I can't find in a frame shop, or couldn't afford. I like the idea of creating an environment for a painting. Just read an interesting book about the history of frames. There was a fantastic frame made by Picasso for one of his cubist painting. The frame was fairly flat and wide, he had added a zig-zag down each side, with a 3-d effect. it went perfectly with the painting. I'm guessing he took plaster and formed his zig zag into the plaster and then painted the whole thing when dry. Fast setting sheet rock mud might be a good compound for fooling around with textures. Anybody out there tried this?