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Hello again and thank you for joining me for this Artist’s Studio.

The metal “chasing”- welding, grinding, sanding, etc- has been completed and the piece has been once again sandblasted clean for the next and final step, the “patina”, or finish that both colors and protects the bronze. This actually takes several different steps, so I will be showing it as 2 installments.

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This piece will receive a “French Brown” patina, probably the most universal, and one that holds up well outdoors. The first step is to “black” the bronze by spraying it with a solution of potassium and sulfur sometimes called “liver of sulfur” (gotta love that), which actually reacts with the copper in the bronze to turn it black. It’s interesting to watch it actually go from yellow to black as the reaction takes place.

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The next step is to scrub the blacking back off the higher surfaces, creating a highlighted effect which brings out the shapes and texture of the surface.

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About Bryan Larsen ~

Bryan Larsen

"I was born on February 12, 1975, and have been drawing as long as I can remember. By the time I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn't have a clear idea of how exactly I would use my talents to make a living.

"As I continued studying art, I began to suspect that fine visual art was dead. No one seemed interested in teaching students how to draw well, or paint well. More often than not, my own skills exceeded those of my instructors.

"The only field left that seemed to require good drawing, painting, and compositional skills was illustration, and therefore I began studying illustration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I became even more convinced that I had made the right decision in staying away from fine art as I endured course after course of required "drawing" and "painting" classes in which instructors required me to draw with "less focus", or use ridiculous materials such as shellac, glue, sand, salt, etc.

"My second year at Utah State, I met Damon Denys. In discussing Art with him I realized that there were other people who believed that technique and subject matter were indispensable components of any work of art. I then decided that I would work to develop my own painting skills with the purpose of creating artwork that I considered worthy of being called Fine Art.

"Since that time, I have studied on my own: Drawing from live models to learn the human form, studying proper painting techniques from any source I could find ample reason to trust, and developing a philosophy of Art based on reason, and life on earth.

"My goal is to portray the heroic and romantic in human nature and human achievement in a realistic style and a modern setting. I place particular emphasis on composition, technique, realistic detail, proper craftsmanship and consistency of style."