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:

1/27/2012

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.

Whites - Utrecht White (Titanium/ Zinc mix)

Zinc - Utrecht

Flemish - Utrecht

Foundation - Winsor & Newton

Naples Yellow - Williamsburg/Winsor & Newton

Cadmium Lemon - Winsor & Newton

Indian Yellow - Winsor & Newton

Cadmium Orange - Winsor & Newton

Cadmium Red Deep - Winsor & Newton                            

Perylene Red -Gamblin

Transparent Red Oxide -Rembrandt/ Gamblin

Venetian Red - Gamblin

Pompeii Red- Italian, Williamsburg

Yellow Ocher - Native, Williamsburg

Viridian - Winsor & Newton

Phthalo Green Yellow Shade Gamblin/ Williamsburg

Scheveningen Violet - Old Holland

Cerulean Blue Genuine - Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton

Ultramarine Blue - Winsor & Newton

Prussian Blue - Winsor & Newton

Portland Grey Gamblin

I use Prussian and Perylene to make my blacks.

In the early stages I use triple rectified turpentine, by VASARI Classic Artists' Oil Colors,

or Studio Products. 

Medium: I am experimenting with a mixing medium to make my paints flow. My current mix is:

Equal parts Triple rectified turpentine and stand oil

My favorite dryer/medium in the studio, is 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, I use Gamblin's Neo Megilp.

(http://www.gamblincolors.com/mediums/index.html)

Brushes:

Robert Simons /Signet bristle brushes, Silver Brush Limited /Grand Prix bristle brushes, Utrecht series 219

Chungking Soft Bristle Brushes , daVinci ChungkingMaestro (5023) …

I also like the larger sizes of the daVinci and Utrecht bristle brushes- extra wide flat spalters.

Mongoose brushes

I use: flats, brights, rounds and filberts.

I like the Mongoose brushes, and all the brushes, by Rosemary & Co., out of England. very nice brushes and are a good price

http://www.rosemaryandco.com/

Good brush web site:

http://www.dakotabrushes.com/ 

I clean my brushes with Richard's Linseed Oil Soap

 

Painting Surfaces:

Claessens #15 DP linen.

I also use: Claessens Single Primed Linen #29

(rough texture), #15 double primed, and #15 double primed.

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:

http://www.canvaspanels.com/

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

When I travel, especially overseas, I use the Yellowstone Lite, by Alla Prima Pochade http://www.allaprimapochade.com/yellowstone_lite/yellowstone_lite.html

or My Open Box M, designed by Mike Maier

http://www.openboxm.com/

 

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

 

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