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preferred art supplies list
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items These are the products I like and prefer as my first choice when I make oil paintings, that I offer for sale on my website and at art shows
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My go to art supplies to make high quality art works
My go to art supplies to make high quality art works
I use a healthy portion on fresh canvases to prepare them for paint. I prefer how the paint goes a little further when the canvas is primed as well as how the paint moves around and mixes a little nicer and more forgiving instead of soaking up into t...
Liquitex® White Gesso
12x24 is my jam lately. I choose artist loft because the price and value. This product is pretty consistent and I like that it is stretched on wooden back frame and securely fastened
2 Pack Value Pack Canvas by Artist's Loft® Necessities
This is my favourite blue, when enough is applied it looks black which is perfect for night skies
Colour story: Prussian blue
A healthy base layer allows colors pop when used with this then white is added. I get some nice effects
Liquitex® Black Gesso
Superior quality in a small canvas the tension is perfect and the thread count is nice too. These little canvas are a great size for office desk or fire place mantels when finished.
Artist Loft Canvas
This is a very potent yellow and shows very bright and makes for very nice sunsets and sunrise paintings. I also use it for Forrest and tree highlights
Spotlight on Cadmium Yellow - Winsor & Newton
I like to dilute this colour with mineral spirits and make a rough draft on canvas before I paint the real thing to break up white back ground and get rough estimate of how the piece will work out. The added bonus is the white portions of my painting...
Burnt Sienna Oil Paint
The effects I achieve with this brand and colour on a black primed canvas give me results I'm proud of for northern lights and are easily replicated consistently. This brand mixes well with other brands and colours nicely. Never too wet and never too...
Oil Paint - Phthalo Green, 200 ml | Van Gogh - Cheap Joe's
Hands down this colour is a bavery test every time, a little goes along way and the effects are amazing when used on a black primed canvas and white is added for clouds or northern lights
Oil Colour - Dioxazine Purple, 37ml
I use this colour for trees and vegetation as the second layer to aid the illusion of leaves or foliage not directly in sun light when I make paintings of day time nature
Colour Story: Sap Green | Winsor & Newton
I put this down first when I make trees and bushes as the dark bits that will end up in shadow or to give a bit of depth as the back ground for for green not in direct sunlight i add Prussian bule to make it even darker or in shade feel
Oil Paint - Winsor & Newton
This is the third / top colour I use for trees and foliage in sunlight, it layers nice on other greens and gives a nice effect of direct sunlight and mixes nice with other colours to change value and hue of would be plants in sunlight
Oil Paint - Permanent Green Light, 37 ml | Winsor & Newton
I like to full send this raw as snow on my mountain scenes, I also mix this with midnight black to make a variety of gray for rocks and mountain base, this white goes great into the whole colour spectrum when your trying to lighten the hue and make c...
Titanium White, 37ml - Artisan Water Mixable Oil - Winsor & Newton
This is a very spicy and powerful colour a little can change other colours a lot. When mixed with white this turns into a nice base for skin tones as well makes for nice red skies when painting a sun set if you mix it correct to get the right values ...
Oil Paint - Permanent Alizarin Crimson, 37 ml | Winsor & Newton
As of late I recently have started to make larger works of art. This is the largest size I've done to date with plans to go even larger in the future. The quality of the canvas is pretty comparable to other brands for more. It comes pre stretched and...
24" x 36" Level 3 Heavy Duty Canvas
This specific version is my go to knife. I use it for carving and scratching shore lines in as well as making mountain shapes and adding snow to my mountains. I like that it is small enough to make fine details and small marks yet large enough to mix...
Painting Knife by Artist's Loft™ | Michaels
I personally use the two on the ends and the smaller one more often to make little mountains on my 5x7 inch paintings and the larger one opposite end for tree trunks and shore lines
Liquitex Professional Painting Knives
Great for beginners and novice painters. This model I'm using has weathered the test of time with me beating on it for a couple times a week for a considerable amount years and has out preformed my expectations for the price point. I am happy to say ...
Martin Universal Torino Aluminum Easel, Black
Some habits form easy and I have found that using a plate was easy to get used to, use to the available space and ease of clean up. The hard non porous surface is added feature that allows me to scrap all colours right off the plate. Ideal trait for ...
Corning Ware Oval Platter French White 11.5"x8.25"
High quality cleaning power that gets the paint outta my brushes quickly and effeciently with minimal scents or odour doing the job right the first time saving time every time
Mona Lisa 32-Ounce Odorless Paint Thinner
When my painting is dry I add a uniform layer. This finish adds the extra to extraordinary taking quality pictures is easier when the camera picks up uniform sheen. It makes a real difference to the finished quality
Gamvar Varnish - Gamblin Artists Colors
The quality stands on its own with superior paint pick up and uniform dispersion. These brushes deliver consistant performance results every time I use them, earning them the title of my flagship brushes in my collection They are durable and affordable
Select Artiste - Series 3750 - Princeton Brush Company
Do not let the price point fool you this bag of brushes has more value than bulk sets at a similar price point. This set is perfect for the artist just beggining all the way up to the professional seasoned artist. These brushes can last a long time i...
Michaels 50 Piece Brush Set by Artist's Loft