Oil brushes
I have a lot of oil brushes, as can be seen in the accompanying photo. I have another much smaller group for watercolor. I NEVER use my watercolor brushes for oil painting. Watercolor brushes are…
Category: materials
Oil paint brand update: Kremer Pigment added
Kremer Pigment is known for their pigments and their vast selection of rare and hard to find materials. Their only ready-made oil paint is cremnitz white. You can order this white in linseed or walnut oil.…
RGH Paints fail
RGH makes decent paint. Their affordable prices make them a good value. Not only that, you can select the oil type when ordering white (they have a nice variety of whites, including the all-important flake). For someone, like…
Bad craftsmen–a cautionary tale
One of my pet peeves is subpar or crappy material marketed to artists at boutique prices. I will swallow hard and pay premium prices for premium material, but too often I end up paying top-dollar…
Busy drawing day
I spent the past the several days drawing. Yesterday I started drawing on 2 new canvases: Euclid Avenue (48" x 60"), and Sunday (42" x 56"). The day before, I started the 40" x 50"…
Natural Pigments’ French Burnt Sienna
I use burnt sienna as the basis of my flesh tones, so I use a lot of burnt sienna. My favorite brand for this color is Natural Pigments' French Burnt Sienna. Some burnt siennas are…
In the studio 9/21/14
I had several sessions with this painting, Dinner in Trenton, over the past few days. It was the first opportunity to use my new Terkell flats; first-rate brushes--and affordability priced. [caption id="attachment_4124" align="aligncenter" width="500"] On the easel, the…
Winsor Newton supplants RGH as my preferred mid-range paint
Winsor Newton has become my choice for mid-range oil paint, supplanting RGH. While not Old Holland, W & N's quality is consistently high, and I prefer some of their colors over all competing brands, such as…