Beginner's oil palette
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Einion
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Hi Kurt, welcome to the forums.
What brands were you thinking of, if any? Because oil paint can last in the tube nearly indefinitely you don't really have to worry about an expensive purchase going off before you finish it but on the other hand oil paints can be really expensive if you're not familiar with their prices.
Personally I would suggest you get the absolute best paint you can afford since it will never stop paying dividends; one good brand you might like to consider is Michael Harding.
In terms of palette, there's a huge range of opinions on this and quite frankly a great deal depends on how much mixing you're willing to do. But as a bare-bones palette:
Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red Light
Quinacridone Rose or Magenta
French Ultramarine
Chromium Oxide Green
Yellow Ochre or similar (e.g. Mars Yellow, Gold Ochre; just pick something opaque)
English Red, Venetian Red or similar (again, go for opacity)
Burnt Umber
Mars Black
Although hobby acrylic/vinyl paints don't cost much so you could theoretically lay in a huge range of bottles you can always mix something closer anyway. If this appeals to you I'd suggest Jo Sonja 'acrylic gouache', which use the same basic pigments you'll have in your oils so it's easy as pie to mix basecoats to match.
Einion
What brands were you thinking of, if any? Because oil paint can last in the tube nearly indefinitely you don't really have to worry about an expensive purchase going off before you finish it but on the other hand oil paints can be really expensive if you're not familiar with their prices.
Personally I would suggest you get the absolute best paint you can afford since it will never stop paying dividends; one good brand you might like to consider is Michael Harding.
In terms of palette, there's a huge range of opinions on this and quite frankly a great deal depends on how much mixing you're willing to do. But as a bare-bones palette:
Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red Light
Quinacridone Rose or Magenta
French Ultramarine
Chromium Oxide Green
Yellow Ochre or similar (e.g. Mars Yellow, Gold Ochre; just pick something opaque)
English Red, Venetian Red or similar (again, go for opacity)
Burnt Umber
Mars Black
That's largely a matter of personal taste - it's possible to work over white primer, although something about the same as the basic colour you're aiming for has definite advantages. I wouldn't sweat getting that close - roughly the same colour is good enough - and if your oil paints are of the right type and quality they'll cover well, even applied really thinly as we use for our purposes. Also, for certain effects you might deliberately use a different colour for the basecoat (e.g. worn leather, where you brush off parts of the oil topcoat to reveal the acrylics).
Although hobby acrylic/vinyl paints don't cost much so you could theoretically lay in a huge range of bottles you can always mix something closer anyway. If this appeals to you I'd suggest Jo Sonja 'acrylic gouache', which use the same basic pigments you'll have in your oils so it's easy as pie to mix basecoats to match.
Einion
Einion
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Winsor & Newton's artists' oils aren't bad but you can do better.
I'd definitely shy away from Liquitex, you can do a lot better in terms of covering power. Plus they don't dry reliably matt; they're not intended to, so this isn't a failing, but it's really necessary for our purposes.
Einion
I'd definitely shy away from Liquitex, you can do a lot better in terms of covering power. Plus they don't dry reliably matt; they're not intended to, so this isn't a failing, but it's really necessary for our purposes.
Einion
KeithP
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Can't argue with Einions pallet.
If he won't plug his article Shading with Complimentary Colors, then I will
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php...ns&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=36&page=4
There is alot if very useful info here on simplifying pallets.
I do like Liquitex Permanent Pink as a base for flesh. The shine there is helpful and they do go on smooth. Stick with Andrea or Vallejo otherwise...
If he won't plug his article Shading with Complimentary Colors, then I will
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php...ns&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=36&page=4
There is alot if very useful info here on simplifying pallets.
I do like Liquitex Permanent Pink as a base for flesh. The shine there is helpful and they do go on smooth. Stick with Andrea or Vallejo otherwise...
