Sunday, August 6, 2017

Basic Painting Supplies

Here is my list of favorite basic painting supplies, suitable for painting from life. 

Canvas Panels







New Traditions Art Panels Inc.
Oil Primed Belgian Linen Fine weave
L600 - 1/8 inch Birch

Paint Thinner:  


Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
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Medium:


Gamblin refined linseed oil
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Canvas Panels: Oil Primed Belgian Linen Fine weave

Or, wood board (birch) primed with Gamblin Oil Ground



L600 - 1/8 inch Birch
New Traditions Art Panels Inc.
3006 South Scott Lane #101
West Haven, UT 84401
801-732-0208
Easel:


Jack Richeson 694051 Italian Field Easel, Steel, Black
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SoHo Grey Toned Disposable Paper Palettes
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Brush washer
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Palette knife (Diamond shaped, steel)
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VIVA paper towels
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Brush soap
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Oil Paints


My basic palette includes 13 tubes:
  • One warm / opaque and one cool / transparent version of each primary color (Red, Yellow, Blue).  
  • One of each secondary color (orange, green, violet).  
  • Two earth umbers (opaque and transparent).  
  • One warm white and one cool white.  

Lead White: Thomas Harding Lead Stack White




Warm, velvety, lustrous white great for flesh painting.
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Titanium White: Gamblin
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Burnt Umber: Old Holland


Beautiful flesh shadows when mixed with cadmium orange or ultramarine.
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Raw Umber: Old Holland


Transparent with cool green undertones perfect for underpainting, block-ins, grisaille and wipe-outs
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Permanent Alizarin Crimson: Gamblin


Transparent cool red perfect for flesh tones, makes a rich black with Sap Green + Ultramarine
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Cadmium Red Light: Old Holland
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Cadmium Orange: Old Holland


Mix with Cerulean Blue to make a rich grey
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Lemon Ochre: Williamsburg Paint


Superior yellow ochre without heavy green undertones
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Cadmium Yellow Light:  Old Holland
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Sap Green: Williamsburg Paints


Transparent, cool and rich, great for flesh painting and landscapes.
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Cerulean Blue: Old Holland


Versatile warm blue for landscapes, makes a rich gray with Old Holland cadmium orange.
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Cobalt Blue: Old Holland
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Ultramarine Blue: Old Holland


Transparent with green overtones, great for under-paintings and transparent shadows, mixes with Sap Green + Alizarin to make a rich black.
Manganese Violet Reddish: Old Holland
Black:  


Mix Sap Green + Permanent Alizarin Crimson + Ultramarine Blue for a rich transparent black.


Mix Burnt Umber + Ultramarine Blue for a rich opaque black.

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