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    • Home
    • About
      • Biography
      • Curriculum Vitae
      • Interviews and Articles
      • Mary and Jen's Story
      • What People Are Saying
      • Definitions and An Essay
    • Portfolio
      • Fresh Off The Easel
      • Studio Paintings
      • Plein Air/Alla Prima
      • In Private Collections
      • Custom/Commissioned Works
    • Workshops/Events
      • Workshops
      • Mary's Materials List
      • Prior Solo Exhibitions
      • Prior Group Exhibitions
    • Visit Us
      • Gallery 366
    • Store
    • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • Biography
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Interviews and Articles
    • Mary and Jen's Story
    • What People Are Saying
    • Definitions and An Essay
  • Portfolio
    • Fresh Off The Easel
    • Studio Paintings
    • Plein Air/Alla Prima
    • In Private Collections
    • Custom/Commissioned Works
  • Workshops/Events
    • Workshops
    • Mary's Materials List
    • Prior Solo Exhibitions
    • Prior Group Exhibitions
  • Visit Us
    • Gallery 366
  • Store
  • Contact

Mary's Typical Material List

Paints:*

Gamblin Fast Dry Titanium White (Formerly Quick Dry White)
Cadmium Yellow Light (OH)
Cad Orange Deep (G)
Cad Red Light (G)
Alizarin Crimson (G)
Transparent Oxide Red (R)
Viridian or Prussian Blue (R)
Ultramarine (Blue Violet) (OH)
Ivory Black (G)


(OH = Old Holland, G = Gamblin, R = Rembrandt)


*I am constantly changing my palette so this is not hard and fast


Brushes:
Bristle Flats, #4 - #12 (assortment depends on the size of your canvas)

Sable Mops, one or two for blending or smoothing textures
Sable Rounds, #4 or #6 for details and signing

Robert Simmons Signet, Grey Matters by Richeson, and anything Rosemary

Large and Medium Palette Knife by Holbein


Medium:
Gamsol & Walnut Oil

Sometimes Liquin Original or Galkyd


Easels & Accessories:

Hughes Easels model #3000 (studio)

Soltek Ultra II and pochade boxes (plein air)

Palm Palette (Outie) and/or Paint-Saver Palette by Camille Przewodek

OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits) Canister

Black Nitrile Gloves

EasyL umbrella by artworkessentials.com 

Panelpak.com wet paint carrier


Panels:
Double oil primed Claessen's linen from Lakeside Studio Artist Panels


Painting Photography:

Mitch Rossow Artwork Photographer

Mary Pettis plein air painting in Lake Tahoe, easel set up along the walking path

Oil Painters of America's "Lunch & Learn" - Material List

Paints:

Gamblin Fast Dry Titanium White (Formerly Quick Dry White)
Cadmium Yellow Light (OH)
Cad Orange Deep (G)
Transparent Oxide Red (R)
Pthalo or schevenings blue deep (OH)
Ultra Marine (Blue Violet) (OH)
Bright Violet (OH)

Ivory Black (G)


Medium:

Gamsol

 

Easel:

Soltek


Panels:
Double oil primed Claessen's linen from Lakeside Studio Artist Panels

Mary Pettis materials list for OPA's Lunch & Learn

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Plein air and studio photography by Mitch Rossow Artwork Photography. Panels and framing by Lakeside Studio. 


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