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  • Australian How To Paint

    Nicholson Carlton Street,

    Jan 11, 2018 3 minutes
    By 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

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