The various stages of building up the Monet painting using an acrylic base and using oils for the other stages. I still have to repaint the left side of his face, his beard, hat and clothing. I will tone down his mouth and beard with a warm glaze using blue with violet.
Materials.
For my brushes I used Lawrence art supplies (online) down in Hove they are very good and post off an order the same day. They do an artists quality value brush for oil/acrylic painting, these are super brushes with a nice spring yet solid enough to do large areas such as the background. I used a variety of brush sizes, the smallest being 0 and 1 for the eye detail. I painted the eyes in the second stage using acrylic which speeds up the drying time, finishing off later with oils.
I used a few colours for the portrait, these are my personal choice. Naples yellow, raw umber, titanium white, Italian Brown-pink Lake by Old Holland, French ultramarine blue, Transparent oxide red, by Michael Harding, rose madder lake extra by old holland, manganese violet reddish by old holland, hansa yellow deep by Gamblin, Cromatic black (transparent) by gamblin. sap green optional.
The artist quality oil paints can be bought at Lawrence art supplies, I have had the paints for a long time, the pigment is very powerful so you only need a small bit for a painting. You can also use a fast drying white oil paint to speed up your overall painting time. Some paints take longer to dry and white is one of the longest to dry. You can mix the fast drying white in with your ordinary paints to increase the drying time. Gamblin do a beautiful fast drying oil paint in a few colours but they are expensive.
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