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Materials
- Graphic Chemical - Many ingredients for putty here: chalk, calcium carbonate, burnt plate oil.
- RGH Pigments - High quality general selection of pigments at very good prices.
- Kama Pigments - Artist owned company in Montreal making oil paint, oil sticks, and water based dispersions. A large selection of pigments and materials, including a lovely genuine vermilion.
- Allback Swedish Linseed Oil - High quality organic cold pressed linseed oil from Sweden at a reasonable price. The raw oil must be refined.
- Natural Pigments - Well done site featuring Rublev pigments and an extensive selection of painting related materials.
- Alchemist - Manufactures of amber varnish and publishers of the only English translation of the De Mayerne manuscript.
- The Italian Art Store - A small and speedy operation with higher quality commercial materials. Good for East Coast folks.
- Utrecht - Excellent value in basic fine art supplies, fast shipping.
- Groves Mediums and Varnishes - Excellent materials manufactured by painter James C Groves. A generous course in one possible aspect of OM technique.
- Kremer Pigments - This is a link to their American catalog online. Greatly expanded and much easier to deal with now that Kremer has re-taken control of their N.A. operation from Sinopia.
- Blue Ridge Oil Paints - Quality paint by Eric Silver in the Doak tradition.
Techniques
- Danny Van Ryswyk - Very high quality site by a tremendously talented Dutch painter. Lots of quality technical information.
- Robert Roberts - Accomplished West Coast painter Robert Roberts has put together a straightforward and accurate guide to older materials and techniques.
- Northern Light Studios - Lots of Rembrandt information and lots of older painting information, bibliographies and links in the Resources section.
- Jim Groves - Jim has made a great deal of research and new/old thought available for free on his website; its a really generous gift if you're looking to take your understanding of the craft of oil painting deeper.
Paintings
Painters
- Daniel Graves - High quality traditional realism from venerable painter and Florence Academy founder Daniel Graves.
- Julio Reyes - Very high quality work by young California realist Julio Reyes, who's working with the putty/silica gel system. Really unusual for work this realistic to also have this much soul, great to see.
- Laraine Armenti - I really enjoy the process here.
- Eric Alley - Online abode of Montana painter Eric Alley, Old Master realism deftly balanced with an unpredictable modern element.
Vermont
- Made In Vermont - A quixotic labor of love, untold links to the websites of craftspeople and artists who live in Vermont.
Freeware
- Pixia - A great free image creation and editing program from Japan. Intuitive, full of interesting wrinkles.
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The process and the pea.