When I typically think of oil painting supplies, I think of various brands of oil paint, mediums, brushes, and surfaces. But there are a lot of peripheral items that can make oil painting easier and more enjoyable. Below are my favorite items that make my painting experience all that much better. Derwent Pastel Pencils –…
Category: Reviews
Utrecht Artists’ Oil Paints Review
*Not a sponsored post. I’ve always heard good things about Utrecht products but hadn’t ever used them myself aside from a few brushes I got years ago. Since I recently sold a few paintings, I wanted to finally replace all of my remaining student grade paints with artist grade paints and decided to give these…
AlumaComp Metal Panels Review
Back in April, I bought a whole bunch of AlumaComp aluminum composite panels during the Jerry’s Artarama 50th anniversary sale. They were relatively affordable to begin with and with the sale even more affordable. Regular price for a 6″x6″ panel is $2.69/ea and I only paid $1.35/ea which is a comparable price to Ampersand GessoBoards of the…
Glass Palette Review
I love glass palettes. They are simply awesome for oil painting. I recently bought a new glass palette with my birthday money and I love it even more than my last one. There wasn’t really anything wrong with my last one except its shape. It was in perfectly useable condition despite numerous scratches and I…
Master’s Touch Oil Paints Review & Gun Still Life
I promise I will get to the review, but first, a new painting and the reason for the review. This painting is a birthday present for my husband. I’ve never painted anything specifically for him before so I asked him if he was interested. He jumped at the idea and we came up…
Fourth Yellow Onion & Why I Decided to Stop Using Alizarin Crimson
There isn’t much to say about this painting. It’s the 4th of 9 yellow onion paintings I’m working on. It didn’t give me much trouble, but most of my paintings lately haven’t. I think I’ve officially reached a point where I can quickly and easily knock out a small still life painting. That can…