[Regia-NA] Hellp

[Douglas Sunlin]

>From what I understand, milk paints can only be dated back a few centuries, 
while we know that gesso and tempura were in use in the 10th-11th centuries. 
That said, I've been using acrylic. ;)

-Osweald
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>From: danemitchell at comcast.net
>Reply-To: list-Regia-NA <list-regia-na at lig.net>
>To: list-Regia-NA <list-regia-na at lig.net>
>Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Hellp
>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:26:23 +0000
>
>Hazel, if you get a moment, could you discuss not just paint colors, but 
>perhaps more importantly to me, what kinds of paints might be correct? My 
>understanding is there is very little understanding about paints used by 
>the Anglo Saxons, the Norse, etc. Milk paint doesn't seem to my mind 
>correct, but what is? What kinds of paints would the Norse have used to 
>docorate and protect exposed woodwork, such as shields, longships, etc.? 
>What could have taken that kind of abuse?
>
>One thing I took away from my college art history course was that the 
>ancient world was very, very colorful, and those lovely white statues we 
>see in museums were in fact polychromatic, maybe garishly so.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dane
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: "Hazel Uzzell" <gythe at snrd.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> > Hello Peter,
> > If you send me your snail mail address off group, I will send you 
>samples
> > of paint colours acceptable to Regia. I could scan them to you, but I 
>don't
> > trust them to be recreated accurately.
> > Hazel Uzzell
> >
> >
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