Oct 2, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · 14 segments
In this episode, Ben Valentine and I talk about learning old master's techniques on our own, and the value being a 'bathtub gin' artist. We discuss learning traditional techniques, the influence of…
Christian Rex van MinnenHostUm, I wanted to get back to, uh, Dolly though, because, I think that you bring up a good point.
Like those, my first encounters after comic books and scientific illustration, like into actual quote unquote fine art was those, uh, World War II era surrealists.
And, and, uh, I think Dali uniquely leveraged the indirect methods of And I can't think of maybe Yves Tanguy would be another exception, but the rest of them really ended up in a sort of modernist approach to painting, which was all a prima.
But Dali, I think uniquely, you know, use some of those techniques.
Um, from what I've like, even back then, like I didn't have, I didn't have the resources to even study what he was doing.
I didn't even know he wrote a book, you know, like on his materials and things like that.
it's not totally on it, but I think there's, there's sections that have some of the materials he experimented with and things like that.
It's like, what are you talking about lobsters? I just want to know how you're painting these pictures.
Um, I wanted to get back to, uh, Dolly though, because, I think that you bring up a good point.
Like those, my first encounters after comic books and scientific illustration, like into actual quote unquote fine art was those, uh, World War II era surrealists.
And, and, uh, I think Dali uniquely leveraged the indirect methods of And I can't think of maybe Yves Tanguy would be another exception, but the rest of them really ended up in a sort of modernist approach to painting, which was all a prima.
But Dali, I think uniquely, you know, use some of those techniques.
Um, from what I've like, even back then, like I didn't have, I didn't have the resources to even study what he was doing.
I didn't even know he wrote a book, you know, like on his materials and things like that.
it's not totally on it, but I think there's, there's sections that have some of the materials he experimented with and things like that.
It's like, what are you talking about lobsters? I just want to know how you're painting these pictures.
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