MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting
Characteristics - Painting Methods & Techniques - Materials and Equipment - Work Space & Storage - Manufacture of Pigments - Protection of the Picture
Oil Mediums and Thinners [Use of]
Binders and Diluents [Materials List]
Brushes - [For oil painting]
Palette - [And palette cups]
Paint Box. Wooden or metal boxes may be purchased that are designed to hold brushes and tools, containers of painting medium, a small palette, and more than a dozen studio-size tubes of paint. Such boxes are useful, particularly if work is to be done away from the studio.[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]
Misc. Many artists use such drawing materials as charcoal, pencils, or chalks to make light indications on the canvas, preliminary to the actual painting. [p. 74] [Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]
Paper towels or cloth rags are necessary at all times. Rags harden when the paint dries [tear up an old sheets for a pile of rags].
Metal trash barrel or other "fire-safe" container for the disposal of used towels or rags, empty paint tubes, and other trash.
Knowlege of a local facility for the disposal of hazardous waste --for those who may accumulate oils or turps that need, after a time, to be disposed.
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