Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, The reason you bought what they had at the art store is that around a University, they had what the art teachers asked them to stock. Maybe not but a couple canvas choices, but after all, a kind teacher would make you work on Masonite until you deserved canvas. I never got past Masonite, but then neither did Clementine Hunter, and her stuff brings big bux. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I studded painting with Eisner a name guy at Washington university in St. > Louis in the mid 1970's. No one knew who made the canvas they were using or > the name of their paint brush or knife. We just went to the art store and > got what they had. I don't think there was a choice on the canvas. One big > roll. > You had a choice of natural bristle or polyester bristle. > Oil or acrylic. I painted on cut in half sheets of masonite as did many in > the class. 4x4 ft square. Hard to hitchhike home with on Big Bend > Boulevard. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:59:15 -0400 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh yeah, someone really knows how to handle new > equipment > > announcements and reviews... > > > > They didn't talk to YOU about it. Doesn't mean they didn't talk to each > > other. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > On 8/26/12 7:56 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > >> My artist friends never talked about comparative canvases or brushes. > >> Never. They went to the art store and bought what was being sold. > >> > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photography > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >> > >> > >>> From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:42:14 -0400 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh yeah, someone really knows how to handle new > >>> equipment > >>> announcements and reviews... > >>> > >>> That silly meme has been done before, and it is false. Woodworkers do > >>> have > >>> forums where people are just as passionate about hammers and bandsaws > as > >>> photographers are about our equipment. I'm a professional artist; I > >>> spend > >>> a lot of time with painters and printmakers and they care deeply about > >>> quality of brushes, paints, different types of canvas, arguments about > >>> copper vs zinc for etching plates, etc. > >>> > >>> The plain fact is that artists and craftsmen of all types do care about > >>> their tools of the trade. I don't understand why that bothers so many > >>> photographers. Its dumb, and they just need to get over it. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Chris Crawford > >>> Fine Art Photography > >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>> 260-437-8990 > >>> > >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >>> > >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > >>> > >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > >>> Become a fan on Facebook > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 8/26/12 7:35 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com > >>>> > >>>> Perfect. > >>>> > >>>> Adam > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA