Re: What is an alkyd? Isn't that cheating?

In Reply to: What is an alkyd? Isn't that cheating? posted by Lindsey on 09/15/00 at 5:51 PM:

You're absolutely correct, it is cheating. We have to be careful of that in this, an Olympic year. The rules for the Olympic Painting Event are abundantly clear on the subject of which paintings qualify for a gold, silver or bronze medal. The pigments must be ground in the purest cold-pressed oil with a porphyry muller on a granite slab. The artist must then kill and skin a sable and make his or her own brushes, followed by weaving a canvas with linen they grow themselves.

The above is just the basic part of the purity demanded by the Olympic Painting Committee in their Olympic Painter's Guide. Obviously, those artists who were coached by professionals would be disqualified as would any artist who ever made a cent from their paintings (that too, would be cheating).

Any deviation from the above is cheating. Buying already made paints and brushes is definitely cheating. After all, this must be made as difficult as possible in order to show who has real talent. Re: What is an alkyd? Isn't that cheating? bri   Posted at: 09/16/00 (1)
Re: What is an alkyd? Isn't that cheating? rob howard   Posted at: 09/16/00 (0)
 
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