TSoFA is launching its Heads, Faces, and Features MasterClasses — instructed by Michael Mentler. He will do a demo and lecture at the beginning of each class for approximately one hour. After that, we will work from a live costumed model for the next three hours. It will be one pose for the entire class. […]
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In this on-going series of Masterclasses, Michael will demonstrate procedures and methods used by the world’s greatest Masters for over six centuries. These procedures take you through the art of the start by capturing the figures’ contrapposto gestural rhythms. We will cover the proportions and landmarks that one needs to successfully draw the human form. […]
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PROSPECTUS:_Rublev uses natural and historical pigments like those used by the old masters. Another is we make them as they did before modern oil colors—without additives. Rublev Colours Artists Oils are formulated to maintain the unique characteristics of each pigment in oil. What you find in each tube is unique due to the pigment inside, […]
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This is a professional line of oil paint formulated to the highest standards. These oils feature high pigment load and excellent mixing power. Color intensities replicate those of handcrafted, limited edition oils produced prior to the invention of the collapsible tube in the 1840s. The consistency is silky, not oily. This enables the artist to […]
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PROSPECTUS:_M. Graham Artists’ Oil Colors are made with a walnut oil binder, an alternative to traditional linseed oil that’s been preferred by artists for centuries. In fact, today it’s known that Renaissance masters such as Da Vinci and Durer generally favored walnut oil over linseed oil. Walnut oil provides rich, vibrant color that is naturally […]
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The Real Nitty Gritty behind the Heritage Lore of Leading Paint Manufacturers. FACT OR FICTION? OLD HOLLAND 1664:_ In 1664 the members of the Guild of Saint Luke in The Hague set up the ‘Painters’ confraternity Pictura and the Academy of Fine Arts’ in The Hague. They start making their own paint. The beginnings of Old Holland._Owned […]
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PROSPECTUS:_Holbein ranks as one of the world’s finest lines of professional oil colors. The formulation of each color is modified individually to compensate for the inherent differences in the working characteristics of pigments. The result is an even consistency across the entire palette of color. Holbein maintains its quality standards by test inspection of pigment […]
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Gamblin Artist’s Oils have luscious working properties, and each color possesses unique characteristics in terms of texture, undertone, and tinting strength. The range of colors includes both historically accurate paints and modern, synthetically derived hues. Most are made with alkali-refined linseed oil as a binder, which creates a strong, flexible paint film and yellows significantly […]
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PROSPECTUS:_In the Blockx tradition, paint is still hand-ground using a slowly rotating three roll stone mill. Only pure pigment is used. All colors have a minimum lightfastness rating of 7 out of 8 on the blue wool scale, so the entire line can be considered perfectly lightfast.Iron oxides, earth pigments, and blacks are ground with […]
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BLICK ARTIST OILS_PROSPECTUS_Every rich, vivid color is formulated using the finest genuine hand-ground pigments, combined with pure, first-press, non-yellowing safflower oil.* Thirty of the 60 colors in the line are made from a single pigment. Qualities of these extremely responsive oil paints include a high pigment load, a dense, buttery feel, and a luminous satin […]
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