Artists & Illustrators

The colours of summer

OLLIE’S MATERIALS

Michael Harding Oil Paint

Titanium White no. 2

Lamp Black

Raw Umber

Ultramarine Blue

Cadmium Red Light

Cadmium Yellow

Cadmium Yellow Golden

Yellow Ochre

Yellow Lake

Kings Blue

Mediums

Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits, Zest It Clear Painting Medium

Brushes

Winsor & Newton

Professional Oil Synthetic

Hog Round Brushes; size, 4, 3, 2

Surface

Gesso primed MDF panels, Winsor & Newton Galleria

Gesso

Other

Rags; I prefer to recycle old clothes and sheets to use as rags to wipe my brushes

THERE IS POSSIBLY no colour combination that speaks of summer more than blue, white and yellow. A warm yellow sun in a bright blue sky is what we wish for through the dark

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