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    Indulgence

    Jun 21, 2017 3 minutes
    By Gilly Huber

    MATERIALS

    • Canvas sheet taped to hard board

    • Vegetable parchment tear-off palette

    • Brushes: a variety of Westart acrylic brushes, Scharff moon scrubbers and blending mop

    • Soft grey pastel pencil to transfer drawing to canvas

    • Winsor & Newton Liquin medium

    • Paper towels

    • Clean up with Art Spectrum Art Clean and Chroma Incredible Brush Cleaner

    • Varnish with Art Spectrum Damar Varnish

    • Art Spectrum oil paints:

    – Raw Umber

    – Pthalo Blue

    – Alizarin Crimson

    – Sap Green

    – Ultramarine Blue

    – Burnt Sienna

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