Using what I can find about Kathleen Dunphy's toned canvas, which is not a lot, I have attempted to approximate her toned linen canvas. The palette photo below is the best one I can find with what color she tones her canvas with: Below is what I came up with for my first Dunphy study. I used Liquitex Heavy Body Cadmium-Free Yellow Light (30% mixture) and Liquitex Basics Titanium White (70% mixture). You can see the tubes on the right. I did notice at first that I started with a higher mixture of yellow than is required so don't over do it with the yellow! Her image has a little bit of a bluer tone to the canvas than mine does. I am not sure if it is the Internet photo that is doing this or not. I cannot find any where on the Internet what color(s) she is using for her standard "day-light" toned canvases. If anyone who reads this who has taken her workshop and wants to comment on this then please do! I plan on making a post on her blog asking what color she is using to tone her canvas. Here is my quick take on the color: Tomorrow, I plan on finding a nice mountain stream to paint via an image I get from Pixabay or Pexels. I will use the Permanent Red Medium that she uses to sketch in the painting (like she has done above). Then on Tuesday, when my paints come in that match hers, I will start my studies. I ordered two different Titanium whites (Rembrandt Linseed and Safflower) but I am not so sure I will use those. I may instead use my T-White W & N Griffin Alkyd paint instead. It dries so much faster than the Rembrandt paints I am sure. I will try and find the time tomorrow to post an image of my "sketch" before I start the actual oil painting. Wish me luck!
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I plan on updating this one and only post with "my" tricks that seem to work for me. This may not work for you since everyone is different. Totally: and I mean totally, subject to change! 1. Current paints that I am using (Thank you Kathleen Dunphy):
Sizes: 8, 10, 12 - Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Color Brush, Long Handle Bright Sizes: 00, 0, 1 - Winsor & Newton® Artists' Oil Color Brush, Long Handle Round 3. Fredrix Canvas Pads in different sizes. Someday, when I am more confident in my work, I will start painting on pre-stretched Linen canvas or Gatorboard panels. 6x8 or 12x16. 4. I prefer mounting my paintings to a 1/4 inch piece of MDF, 2 x 2 foot board with "tan" masking tape holding the canvas to it (you can see an image of it in the post above). This allows me to move the piece around to work on different paintings at any given time. The board is held in place on any easel. 5. Gamsol or Chelsea Classic Studio Lavender Spike Oil, for slight thinning of the paint on the palette. I use the Spike oil during the winter months since I cannot open up the windows to let fresh air in. Original Post Date: 12/08/2018 Consider reviewing this post by Kathleen Dunphy and what she wants her students to use in her workshops: http://artaspens.com/artaspens/zp/index.php?p=pages&title=kathleen-dunphy-materials-list |
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