A collection of artist mulled and tubed paints, and paints prepared by Robert Doak.
Student Art Materials List
Drawing Materials
- 3.5 foot plumb line (tie a fishing weight or small key to a 3' long string)
- ruler or level.
- black mirror (available through the studio)
- small rectangular mirror (information provided at studio)
- 24" by 36" drawing board, 3/4" thick (not masonite, no handles).
- Canson charcoal paper
- Carta Roma charcoal paper
- Nitram Charcoal sticks, six packets of each grade
- kneadable eraser
- masking tape
- tortillons (blending stubs)
- sandpaper block
The following materials can be purchased through:
Continental Art Supply
7041 Reseda Blvd.
Reseda, 91335. CA 91335
Phone: 818-345-1044
Brushes
Escoda Artists Brushes
All bristle brushes should be the Escoda 4729 line - filberts:
- Purchase at least two of each of the following sizes: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. This is purely a skeleton crew sized collection, but it will get you started.
- Also get a few 1 and 2 sized rounds.
- Escoda provides a list of additional US suppliers at: US Retailer List
Painting Supplies
The Arm Palette
Excellent artist designed arm palettes are sold by:
Zecchi Fine Arts Materials
Via dello Studio 19r
50122 Florence (Fl), Italy
Tel: 011-39-055-211470
Fax: 011-39-055-210690
For further information contact Massimo Zecchi: zecchifi@tin.it
Download Microsoft Word document order form here.
- Zecchi's balanced wooden arm palette:
Material: Natural wood, first oiling applied.
- Size: 55 X 40 cm. (21.6" x 15.7" )
When ordering, please specify left or right hand palette.
- Current Price List: Euro 44.00/USD $51.52.
- Cost to ship to USA via Standard Air Mail: USD $29.29
- Cost to ship to USA via Express Mail : USD $38.68
Balanced Palettes are also available from:
Green and Stone of Chelsea
Suppliers of specialist Art Materials
259 Kings Road
Chelsea, London SW3 5EL
Phone: 011 442 07 352-0837
FAX: 011 442 07 351-1098
- Mahogany veneer 'Diaz' palette, lead balanced. Available in 3 sizes.
No.1 Size: 53x38cm.
(No.2 Size: 62x43cm is the only one available in a left handed model)
Note: Currency conversions are subject to change. Check: The Universal Currency Converter.
Additional Artists' Tools
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attachable palette cups with screw-on lids (not the tiny variety)
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palette knife for mixing colors. I use a 2.25" long blade, rounded at the tip.
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mahl stick
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silicon coil brush cleaner (can be found at most any art store)
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odorless mineral spirits (you can purchase a gallon from a harware store, Home Depot or Lowes)
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paper towels (blue shop towels) can be purchased from Home Depot or Lowes -- look like paper towels but are more absorbant).
Paints, Mediums and Supplies
The following materials should be purchased through:
Robert Doak & Associates Inc.
Specialized Artist's Materials
89 Bridge St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone/Fax: (718) 237-1210
Phone: (718) 237-0146
Email: rdoakociatesinc@msn.com.
Convenient order form is available at the studio or you can download it here as a Microsoft Word document on-line.
- Lead White #1 (large)
- Yellow ochre (large)
- Vermilion
- Ultramarine blue deep
- pyrol ruby red
- Ivory black (large)
- Raw umber (large)
- Lead drier
- Copal retouch varnish
- Canadian balsam/sun thickened walnut oil medium
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Turpentine
Pre-Primed Canvas
You can purchase a decent quality lead white pre-primed linen canvas.
Recommended brand: Yarka Oil Primed Linen It can be ordered through most art suppliers and also on-line at www.utrechtart.com.
Intermediate through Advanced Painters
Please add to the list above:
Additional Pigments, Paints & Materials
Purchase through:
Robert Doak & Associates Inc.
Specialized Artists' Materials
89 Bridge St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone/Fax: (718) 237-1210
Phone: (718) 237-0146
Email: rdoakociatesinc@msn.com
Convenient order form is available at the studio or you can download it here in a Microsoft Word document on-line.
- Titanium White dry pigment
- Transparent Sepia
- Pyrol Ruby Red
- Cobalt Blue
- Chrome Green Oxide
- Sinopia
- Genuine Rose Madder
- Rabbit Skin Glue
- chalk
- sun thickened walnut oil
- Canadian balsam
- raw Belgian Linen
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very large palette knife
Class assignments will include copying select Bargue studies
Charles Bargue and J. L. Gérôme, Drawing Course.
Edited by noted art historian and author, Dr. Gerald M. Ackerman, and Graydon Parrish.
Highly Recommended. "A complete reprint of the 'Cours de Dessin' originally published by Goupil & Cie, Paris in the 1860's and 1870's. For fifty years, this set of nearly 200 masterful lithographs was copied by art students worldwide before they attempted to draw from a live model." 324 pages, 336 illustratons in color and bi-chrome. Available in hardback (Gelitex) $75.00, and softcover $45.00.
The English edition of the Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course is available in America from:
The Dahesh Museum of Art
http://www.daheshmuseum.org/shop/popup/barguecat_des.html
601 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
10017
For additional information, call 212.759.0606, ext 235 or email museumshop@daheshmuseum.org
Note: Used copies are not usually available; however, students might check Amazon.com and their affiliates or other book stores such as StrandBooks.com..
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