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Firecolour Portrait & Landscape on Copper

colinalexander777 - Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:04pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-9v2-Gfes

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Firecolour Video Demo 2

colinalexander777 - Monday, February 23, 2009 - 11:40pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pSjaMjq-A

In response to my sketch video of Beethoven , I received a commission to fire-paint on copper , the composer Mauro Giuliani .
This video outlines the process I used to do the study, for this portrait .

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Beethoven Firecolour Sketch demo video

colinalexander777 - Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:09pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThM9s6Mccg
In this video I anneal a small scrap of copper to a dark grey , and use ink to lay in a few initial marks , for the sake of this demo . Usually I would go much larger / more detailed , and use solely brush and water ; there is an example of this technique too , near the end of the video .

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Flame Patina Techniques video for Copper

colinalexander777 - Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 8:17pm

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Some basic torchstrokes behind the portraits , figures and landscapes . Wish I could embed video on this site somehow... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQwAF7mX30

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Video on oven top copper priming

colinalexander777 - Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:42pm

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quick 2 min video showing the heat patinas on copper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWfqnVzuPZM

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Artmetalist information exchange

colinalexander777 - Friday, January 30, 2009 - 11:30am

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Heating copper
Between You and Joseph Owens

Joseph Owens
January 29 at 4:02am
Hi Collin,

I was wondering why the heating process for the copper is so important. I tried flame painting on a small piece in the shape of a butterfly which I still haven't completed, but all I did was heat my piece not to a red but just heat the piece, let it cool some then begin flame painting.

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A breif introduction to Firecolour

colinalexander777 - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 5:35pm

copper + heat = colour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuWKR9ZYyQ&feature=channel_page

A look into some of the most basic techniques behind the art .

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Prism of Copper

colinalexander777 - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 2:33pm

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Copper colours bloom in a predictable manner . Using just a propane torch on a clean sheet , this is the order ; 1." copper colour " 2. Red 3. Purple 4. Blue 5. White 6. Yellow 7. Pink 8. Green 9.

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