Don & Stan / Monhegan Ireland Painting of the Week
Don & Stan / Monhegan Ireland Painting of the Week
From time to time I get asked questions about the painting materials I use.
This will be an updated list of my favorite supplies.
Paintpaint, Stan
Materials:
7/16/2010
Below is my current colors on my palette... it is also the order I put them on my palette (from right to left).
This is my FULL palette. Sometimes I go with a limited palette, especially when painting outside.
White - Utrecht White (Titanium/ Zinc mix)
Naples Yellow (Williamsburg)
Indian Yellow (Gamblin)
Cadmium Orange (Utrecht)
Cadmium Red Medium (Utrecht)
Perylene Red (Gamblin)
Transparent Red Oxide (Rembrandt/ Gamblin)
Venetian Red (Gamblin)
Yellow Ocher Native (Williamsburg)
Viridian (Gamblin/Williamsburg)
Phthalo Green Yellow Shade (Gamblin/ Williamsburg)
Scheveningen Violet (Old Holland)
Cerulean Blue Genuine (Williamsburg)
Ultramarine Blue (Gamblin)
Prussian Blue (Williamsburg/ Gamblin/ Rembrandt)
Portland Grey (Gamblin)
*Sometimes: Vine Black (Old Holland)
I use Prussian and Perylene to make my blacks.
* New medium: I am experimenting with a mixing medium to make my paints flow. My current mix is: equal parts, Stand Oil, Poppy Seed Oil, OMS (Gamsol) and a little Galkyd Lite.
My favorite dryer/medium (in the studio), is Gamblin's Galkyd Lite. Outside it dries a little too fast, so I usually go with WN Liquin.
only on the first thin underpainting layers.
I don't do a lot of glazing, preferring the wet into wet style, but when I do, Gamblin's Neo Megilp is great. (http://www.gamblincolors.com/mediums/index.html)
Brushes:
*daVinci Chungking Maestro (5023), Utrecht, Robert Simons /Signet bristle brushes, Silver Brush Limited /Grand Prix bristle brushes …
I also like the larger sizes (18-24), of the daVinci and Utrecht bristle brushes
*Raphael Kevrin Mongoose brushes
I use flats, brights, and filberts.
*While looking through a little art store in Nice, France, I purchased some Raphael Kevrin Mongoose brushes. I was back within a few days, and a few of us in the workshop just about cleaned out the store of these brushes. Back in the states, Mary Graham (Thanks Mary), found an outlet for these at the best price (and almost any brushes), at: http://www.dakotabrushes.com/
The Mongoose brushes are not as soft as a sable but softer than a bristle ...I love them.
I also like the Isabey Mongoose brushes and Mongoose brushes by Rosemary & Co., out of England. very nice brushes and are a good price.
Painting Surfaces:
*I use is Raphael linen, made in Italy.
Raphael linen is very smooth, with-5 coats of ground.
*I also use: Claessens Canvas Single Primed Linen #29
(rough texture).
I have smooth panels made for me by Dale Vigent, at Vigent Custom Finishes. Three coats of hyper ground Italian acrylic finish.
603-817-6337.For my panels, I mount the linen on 1/8-1/4 inch birch plywood, Foamboard or Gatorboard, using Miracle Muck from. Canvaspanels.com
You can buy the boards pre-made in most online stores like ASW, Jerry's, Dick Blick, and by three companies listed below:
Linen or/ canvas on 1/8th or 1/4 birch panels:
Judsons Art Outfitters You buy the glue for mounting panels at this site.
http://www.raymarart.com/ linen or/ canvas on Masonite®:
http://www.newtraditionsartpanels.com./
(This site not only offers panels ...but it's a great source for linen information).
When stretching canvas, I use Upper Canada Stretchers : http://www.ucsart.com/
I use a Gloucester style easel, by Take It Easel, http://takeiteasel.com/ and a custom built paint box by my friend Allan Breed <http://www.allanbreed.com.> (Pictures of the paint box coming soon).
When I travel, especially overseas, I use the Open Box M...designed by Mike Maier
In my studio I use a Hughe's Easel 3000
I use GAMSOL (Gamblin)- Odorless Mineral Spirits:
http://www.gamblincolors.com/materials/pmvs.html
I varnish my paintings with Gamvar (Gamblin): http://www.gamblincolors.com/howtp.html#gav
http://www.openboxm.com/