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  • Technically I handled this with white nylon flat brushes after a bristle block-in.

    Archive 2009-09-01 James Gurney 2009

  • I guess, when I think about it he's talking about a single overall tone and not a full blown transparent block-in like the Chandara example.

    Utopiales Poster, Part 6: Washin James Gurney 2009

  • It might interest art students to see the painting on exhibit to see how Rockwell handled a color block-in.

    “Soda Jerk” Not the Post Cover James Gurney 2009

  • Then you can get sophisticated in the way you do that, and you go beyond Betty to do sight-size, or you block-in carefully a la Ryder, and that is the same approach, only more sophisticated: you draw what you see.

    Drawing Made Easy James Gurney 2008

  • The first time I saw the use of the block-in using straight lines was in Anthony Ryder's book on drawing.

    Drawing Made Easy James Gurney 2008

  • At the top of the building at right you can see his transparent block-in, with the lower half of the wall mostly covered with a semi-opaque second layer.

    Archive 2008-02-01 James Gurney 2008

  • Your right about this way of painting being quicker, I'd rather work shape to shape on blank canvas than have to paint over a block-in that's "almost right".

    Area-By-Area Painting James Gurney 2008

  • And then block-in, yes, that will be a 2010 drilling and block-in.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • In fact, industry has long used carbon dioxide as a chemical building block-in the manufacture of the painkiller aspirin, for example-but its use is limited by the difficulty of breaking open its strong carbon-oxygen double bonds.

    innovations-report 2008

  • In fact, industry has long used carbon dioxide as a chemical building block-in the manufacture of the painkiller aspirin, for example-but its use is limited by the difficulty of breaking open its strong carbon-oxygen double bonds.

    innovations-report 2008

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