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  • Artist's Back to Basics

    Nicholson Street Carlton

    Apr 14, 2016 3 minutes
    Darren Meader

    MATERIALS

    • My working surface is a 20 x 41cm marine ply board sealed with acrylic primer and prepared with two coats of white gesso. The brushmarks in the gesso give the final painting some additional interest.
    • Refined Linseed Oil
    • Archival Smooth Gel Medium

    Brushes include:

    • #4, #6 and #10 short flat/bright hog hair
    • #12 long flat hog hair
    • #6 stiff synthetic round
    • #8 Taklon rigger

    Palette of Art Spectrum and Windsor and Newton Artist’s Oil Colours

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