Last Saturday the painting year at the Academie de la Ville de Bruxelles, started for me with fresh "cooking lessons".
Thus, I am now learning about making:
- colours based on pigments and eggs (the animal lover in me is not happy but the artist accepts it for the time being, and is sure veggie alternatives do exist and will be explored);
- watercolours; and
- coatings based on glue-like materials and chalk.
As well as tips as to where to find materials. In Brussels, "Droguerie le Lion" is the place to go!
This week we "made" watercolours, based on a mixture of honey, arabic gum and glycerine, with pigments, I tried my hand at drawing the skull of a moose, brought by the teacher.