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Oil Painting Starter Kit

Oil Painting Basics

Materials:

• easel                            
• palette paper
• apron                          
• glass jar with a lid
• brushes                       
• oil paints

• rags                              
• solvent/turpenoid
• canvas                       
• mirror
• lamp/clamp light      
• vinyl tablecloth

Old Master's Palette:

• titanium white 
• yellow ochre
• cadmium red light
• cadmium yellow light
• ivory black
• ultramarine blue

Brushes:

• filbert (round tip)
• flat, stroke or bright (squared tip)

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