ArtistDrawingandInspiration 53
DEMONSTRATION
MATERIALS
- A stretched,primedcanvas
- Charcoal– WillowCharcoalis
goodforfluid,flowinglines - Variousbrush sizes with silky
brushhairssuitableforoil
painting.Makesureyouget
reallyhighqualitybrushes.They
areexpensivebutarewellworth
it inthelongrunasthehigher
the quality– the less you have
ofbristlescomingoffontoyour
painting!I highlyrecommend
usingIsacrylbrushes. - Oil paints:I have used Spectrum
Red,SpectrumRedDeep,
TitaniumWhite,Lamp Black
andSpectrumYellow.Art
Spectrumis myfavouritebrand
butRembrandtis goodtoo - NumberOne Medium
foroilpainting - A jar of Disolvfor cleaning
up.Thisis betterthanusing
methylatedspiritsasit does
notharmyourbrushesandis a
moreefficientwayofcleaning
andcaringforyourbrushes.
Methylatedspiritscancause
damagetoyourbrushes.
an“undercoat”ofa colourotherthan
white(thisis afterit’sbeenprimedof
course).It couldbeanything:yellow,
red, blue or a mixtureof colours– it
doesn’tmatter.Themostimportant
thingis tomakesureyouhavethose
layersbuiltup.It willensureyouhave
a moresolidcomposition.Afterthe
oilpaintundercoathasdried,I then
drawtheoutlineofmyimageswithin
thecompositionincharcoal.I don’t
alwaysdothisbutI haveinthiscase.
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I havecarefullyaddedthebackground
andthenightsky.Thisis a painting
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