<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979346361840826119.post1750552480560297777..comments</id><updated>2009-07-13T01:09:01.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Twirling Dragon: Fear and Trepidation with Oils</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thetwirlingdragon.blogspot.com/feeds/1750552480560297777/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7979346361840826119/1750552480560297777/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thetwirlingdragon.blogspot.com/2009/07/fear-and-trepidation-with-oils.html'/><author><name>The Art of Kim Kincaid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11725289404334038843</uri><email>thetwirlingdragon@hotmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979346361840826119.post-583464766393528251</id><published>2009-07-13T01:09:01.593-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T01:09:01.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My 'fear' with oils stems from their opacity and m...</title><content type='html'>My &amp;#39;fear&amp;#39; with oils stems from their opacity and my huge dependence on line in my work. (I do *love* line, but I also work small enough that the details kind of go away if the line is covered...) I don&amp;#39;t seem to fear them at all if I work fairly thinly and build up gradually. Attempting the same sort of control one has with transparent and dry media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday, if I ever get more experienced with them, maybe I&amp;#39;ll be braver and more &amp;#39;direct&amp;#39; and opaque, but thus far, applying thinly is the only way I can manage...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7979346361840826119/1750552480560297777/comments/default/583464766393528251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7979346361840826119/1750552480560297777/comments/default/583464766393528251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thetwirlingdragon.blogspot.com/2009/07/fear-and-trepidation-with-oils.html?showComment=1247472541593#c583464766393528251' title=''/><author><name>tlc illustration</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12052060216777136692'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thetwirlingdragon.blogspot.com/2009/07/fear-and-trepidation-with-oils.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979346361840826119.post-1750552480560297777' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7979346361840826119/posts/default/1750552480560297777' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>