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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Masterpiece Ventura Linen Panel – Oil Primed
PALETTE
MICHAEL HARDING OILS
Cadmium Lemon Cadmium Yellow Green Gold
Ivory Black
Raw Umber
Titanium White Transparent Oxide Red Ultramarine Blue Yellow Ochre
WINSOR & NEWTON OILS
Winsor Green Yellow Shade
BRUSHES
ROYAL & LANGNICKEL
Series R7500T Vienna Filberts – Nos. 2 & 4
ROSEMARY & CO.
Eclipse Angulars – 1/4" & 3/8"
WINSOR & NEWTON
Sceptre Gold II Sable Synthetic Series 606 – 6mm & 13mm
BLICK MASTERSTROKE
Red Sable Bright No. 4
Red Sable Round No. 1
Gamvar Varnish Brush 2"/50mm
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies page 96
Blu-Tack
Cold pressed linseed oil
Grey glass palette or large grey waxed palette Kemper wipe out tool
Palette knife
Neil’s Best Dammar Varnish
SOURCES
• Royal & Langnickel Brushes available at RoyalBrush.com
• Rosemary Eclipse Angulars available at WindRiverArts.com
• Winsor & Newton, Blick brushes and art materials available at DickBlick.com
• Neil’s Best Dammar Varnish available at NaturalPigments.com
• Posh Glass Tabletop Palette 12" x 16" Grey available at JerrysArtarama.com
• Blue-Tack by Bostik available at Amazon.com
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Tip: Use an easel to avoid getting your fingers into linseed oil and paint while working on the panel. Blu-Tack (a reusable adhesive material) can be used to adhere the panel to a larger backing board.
I like to use a grid system to divide the design with three vertical and three horizontal lines on both the line drawing and the panel (see Preparation for more information).
PREPARATION
Transfer the design with gray graphite paper.
Apply a very thin layer of cold pressed linseed oil using an old brush. Wipe off most of it with a paper towel, being careful not to remove the graphite lines.
Load a #4 angular with Value 7 Background Mix, thinned with linseed oil and cover the graphite lines.
Alternate method with grids: Apply a very thin layer of linseed oil with an old brush. Wipe off most of it with a paper towel.
Load a #4 angular brush with Value 7 Background Mix, thinned with a bit of linseed oil, and draw the division lines onto the panel.
Mark points for the height and width of each element using the same mix and brush.
Finally, draw out the design freehand using the thinned Value 7 Background Mix.
LET’S PAINT
BACKGROUND
Value 2: Raw Umber + Ivory Black + Yellow Ochre + Titanium White + touch Transparent Oxide Red
Value 3: Raw Umber + Yellow Ochre + Ivory Black + Titanium White + touch Transparent Oxide Red
Value 4: Raw Umber + Titanium White + Ivory Black + touch Yellow Ochre
Value 6: Titanium White + Raw Umber + Ivory Black + touch Yellow Ochre
Value 7: Value 6 Background Mix + Titanium White + touch Yellow Ochre
Value 8: Value 7 Background Mix + Titanium White