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Paint

25/01/04 - reworking my desk so that the right side is usable for painting. organizing a bunch of old ( as in some are 28 years old ) watercolor and oil paints. It's been so long I've forgotten names and the qualities of each so I'm starting a new reference card here.

Notes

The importance of a good palette can't be understated. I'm a big fan of simple and consistent. I'd rather obscure the actual color and capture the light to retain the feel. Ruined a number of paintings halfway into em by experimenting with a new color.

References

• Artists Handbook Of Materials And Techniques - Ralph Mayer - https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70073
• https://www.paintlist.com
• https://charlescecilstudios.com
• https://www.artiscreation.com/Color_index_names.html
• https://www.artiscreation.com/books.html

Binders

Brands

Sometimes different colors for different brands but these are my favorites in order:

• M. Graham
• Sennelier
• Old Holland
• Micheal Harding
• Gamblin
• Lefranc & Bourgeois ( but the tubes keep busting on me - every busted tube in my box is this brand ... also evidently bought out by W&N and can't get em in the US anymore )
• Windsor & Newton

https://blueridgeoilpaint.com/about-us/
https://gamblinstore.com/big-imperfect-tubes-series-1/

Colors

• Blues
  • Cadmium
  • Cobalt
  • Ultramarine
  • Phthalo
• Greens
  • Veridian
• Yellows
  • Ochre
  • Cadmium
• Oranges
  • Cadmium
• Reds
  • Oxide
  • Cadmium
  • Alizarin
• Purples
  • dioxazine
  • quinacridone
• Umbers
• Whites
• Blacks

Mediums

Fat Over Lean

keep cracks from appearing because lower layers dry before top layers. thin lower layers and upper layers should use more oil - hence more fat.

Glazing

Inventory

Acrylic

Gouache

Oil

Watercolor

• Oxide of Chromium / Veridian

Reference Cards

M. Graham Oils

Sennelier

Old Holland Oils

M. Graham Watercolor

Toxic

☠️ https://davidawindham.com/black-oil-stand-oil/

Gamblin safety for schools - https://gamblincolors.com/studio-safety/guideforschools/

Toxicity: lead, cadmium, mercury, cobalt, barium, chromium, arsenic

Binus University - SAFETY OF ARTISTIC PIGMENTS.

Toxic

• antimony white (antimony trioxide)
• barium yellow (barium chromate)
• burnt or raw umber (iron oxides, manganese silicates or dioxide)
• cadmium red, orange or yellow (cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide)
• chrome green (Prussian blue, lead chromate)
• chrome orange (lead carbonate)
• chrome yellow (lead chromate)
• cobalt violet (cobalt arsenate or cobalt phosphate)
• cobalt yellow (potassium cobalt nitrate)
• lead or flake white (lead carbonate)
• lithol red (sodium, barium and calcium salts of azo pigments)
• manganese violet (manganese ammonium pyrophosphate)
• molybdate orange (lead chromate, lead molybdate, lead sulfate)
• naples yellow (lead antimonate)
• strontium yellow (strontium chromate)
• vermilion (mercuric sulfide)
• zinc sulfide
• zinc yellow (zinc chromate)

Moderate

• alizarin crimson
• carbon black
• cerulean blue (cobalt stannate)
• cobalt blue (cobalt stannate)
• cobalt green (calcined cobalt, zinc and aluminum oxides)
• chromium oxide green (chromic oxide)
• Phthalo blue and greens (copper phthalocyanine)
• manganese blue (barium manganate, barium sulfate)
• Prussian blue (ferric ferrocyanide)
• toluidine red and yellow (insoluble azo pigment)
• viridian (hydrated chromic oxide)
• zinc white (zinc oxide)