Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour: is a genuine oil colour which can be thinned with water and cleaned with soap and water. This enables the artist to thin and clean up with water rather than hazardous solvents such as turpentine or white spirit

Artisan is made from modified linseed oil and modified safflower oil. It has been specifically developed to appear and work just like conventional oil colour, the depth of of colour, buttery consistency, light fastness, opacity/transparency, performance and drying times of Artisan, allow artists` to use this range for all oil colour techniques.

Primed Canvas and Canvas Boards: are the popular supports for oil colour, offering long term stability and the use of a variety of techniques. Paper may also be used when correctly sized and primed. When using thickly applied colour or impasto, hog brushes are most commonly used as well as palette knives. However when blending and glazing techniques are used a soft hair brush is recommended.

I use a limited palette

Colour - Medium - and Techniques I use in my work

Basic Palette: The selection of a palette of colours is largely a matter of personal preference, but often the initial temptation is to buy too many tubes. it is better to begin with a limited range of colours, adding  to these gradually as your needs arise from experience. A broad spectrum of hues can be mixed from the colours shown here. The colours I use in my work starting with the 3 primaries are Cadmium Red - Cadmium Yellow - French Ultramarine - and when needed I add Cerulean Blue - Alizarin Crimson - Burnt Umber: I use Titanium White to lighten the colours:

Artisan Oil Colour

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“I make the background of my canvases with the greatest care, because it is the ground that supports the rest; It is like the foundations of a house,”                                                                                Georges Braque

Sky detail of “Bushveld Sunset”        displayed on Gallery page

Cumulonimbus Over Swansea

“That Landscape Painter who does not make his skies a very material part of his composition, neglects to avail himself of one of his greatest aids.....” John Constable (1776-1837)