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Originally Posted by Jane Bradley
This has so much more life than the photograph of him I saw. I can't believe you painted this beautiful piece so quickly.
I would be interested in knowing what your usual palette is - maybe you have mentioned it before, but I don't recall.
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Dear Jane,
I am not sure if I ever shared specific colors on my palette, but why not! There are at least 40 colors I used regularly on this painting. Each painting is different, and I will vary the palette a bit. Having 682 tubes of paint, the palette changes from time to time. I love to hear what colors others are using too.
Going around the palette (from the bottom of the picture, clockwise):
1. Vasari Brown Ochre Lt.
2. M. Graham & Co. Ultramarine Violet (walnut oil)
3. Vasari Raw Umber
4. Old Holland Rauwe Omber #A69
5. Vasari Burnt Umber
6. Vasari Burnt Sienna
7. Vasari Caput Mortuum
8. Vasari Venetian Red
9. Winsor & Newton Light Red #120SL
10. Williamsburg Pompeii Red
11. Senelier Rouge de Venise
12. Old Holland Vleesoker #A343
13. Vasari Alizarin Crimson (the good stuff)
14. Mussini Kadmiumrotton #342 (cadmium red tone)
15. Vasari Cadmium-Vermilion Red Lt. ( yes, real vermillion)
16. Winsor & Newton Cadmium Orange #218SL (it's forty years old)
17. Gamblin Transparent Earth Orange
18. Vasari Rosebud
19. Gamblin Raw Sienna
20. Vasari Yellow Ochre
21. Mussini Neapelgelb Dunkel #232
22. Winsor & Newton Indian Yellow #319
23. Gamblin Transparent Earth Yellow
24. Vasari Flake White
25. Vasari Brilliant Yellow Lt.
26. Vasari Genuine Naples Yellow Lt.
27. Gamblin Cadmium Yellow Medium
28. Blockx Vert de Cadmium Clair ( cadmium green pale)
29. Vasari Cinabar Green Lt.
30. Winsor & Newton Sap Green #166SL
31. Winsor & Newton Veridian #692
32. Blockx Vert Turquoise (a cobalt turquoise)
33. Vasari Cerulean Blue
34. Gamblin Indanthrone Blue
35. Gamblin Dioxanine Violet
36. Williamsburg Courbet Green
37. Blockx Noir de Vigne (vine black)
38. Vasari Ivory Black
39. Old Holland Titaanwit (pure titanium white -no zinc!)
40. Vasari Kings Blue Ex Pale ( a nearly white tint of cobalt blue)
Hope that helps. I am in no way advocating the purchase of so many colors at once.
Garth