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Thanks all, again!
I have spent far too much time today watching you tube videos and studying shops! Im supposed to be studying for a theology / ministry course...now I am behind!
I had a look at a few stroes and this little lot SEEMS to be a decent deal: well reviewed, nicely priced and taking into account advice hereon. What do people think, should I go ahead and click "buy"?
Cotman Field box...heavily discounted! https://www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-cotman-field-box.htm This seems to be a good buy any way (60% off) but suitable for going out and about if I decide to go that way, yet functional in the studio (my workshop) for use at home. Thats how I see it, I stand correction!
Pro Arte brush wallet W10 https://www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-pro-arte-brush-wallet-polar-w10.htm It contains synthetic bristled round brushes of 2,4,6,8, and 3/8" .
And the mixed paper pack, which has been recommended anyway.
Derek, I'd love to get up onto Pepperbox at some armer time assuming I am able to make something not TOO embarrassing.
Syd, thanks for the head sup on Liz Deakin palette. Would you go for one of those and add paint instead of the field box? Or more to the point, would you recommend that's what I do?
David
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Looks like a very good deal, David - click on it and buy while it's still available! Jacksons, Ken Bromley's art discount site, and Grantham's are in my opinion the best three sites out there in terms of quality of goods, speed of service, reliability, and range of products - these three have all of those qualities, others have only some of them, and one or two struggle to meet any of them very consistently. Some will recommend the SAA - Society of All Artists - too, it would be fair to add.
And you will find that time management is a problem once you dive into painting - it's easy for me to say that painting should come first and it relegates so many apparently important issues to the place they rightfully deserve, because I've retired - if I'd said that while trying to run a political party or later a housing association, there would have been pointed remarks about the future security of my employment. But while I don't believe particularly in painting for relaxation as your primary motive - that relegates the painting to second place - it does have the ability to put things in perspective: in other words, you come to realize what matters and what doesn't. Very useful when you feel your attention wandering towards Twitter or Facebook.
Why not go for the field box AND the Liz Deakin palette? (He said, spending your money for you....) Both have their uses, ringing the changes can be fun, the cost isn't prohibitive, and I bet you'll end up doing it anyway as you get more into all this. Don't worry about being embarrassed, by the way - you've got to start somewhere after all; even those of us who have been painting for decades sometimes produce a picture that's a sin in the eyes of the righteous - I'm not at all sure I just haven't: take a look at the Work in Progress section at my Trumpton-like effort..... You're bound to make a mess of things at the start - but you learn a lot from that. Certainly not something to get embarrassed about.
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Okay, from my lonely cell in the Canary islands where it is cold and rainin I have ordered my first painting supplies from Ken Bromley.
In the end I went for...
8ml tubes of Cotman colours in Perm Rose, Cob Blue, Yellow Ochre, Hookers Green and burnt umber. A pack of synth brushes, Liz Deakin palette and a pack of 50 sheets of paper. I pondered long and hard over paper but concluded that until I can at least put something onto paper, the niceties of which paper for what etc will be like pearls before swine... So when I have rendered something nice onto one of my 50 sheets (100 if I cut them), then I'll buy the paper taster pack.
I'll let you know how I get on. Interestingly, and unbeknown to me until now, my daughter who is studying in Madrid has just attended her first life drawing class and produced a most passable rendering! Small world.
David
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If you want to try some varied brushes without a huge ££ layout...
I have bought these packs, below, they are goo, 24 brushes for £5.00 - sounds too good... but they are a RANDOM selections.
I one batch i had a 1 1/2 inch looks-like-sable wash, a gorgeous 3/4" mop, about 6 rigger-types, long thin brushes.
Also there were some useless, to me, bristle brushes and stencilling brushes. Possibly half were not useful to me (expect maybe for mask fluid and stippling)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00189ZK2A?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Disclaimer - They, the company, are nothing to do with me and, within the boundaries of it being a random selection, I do recommend the multi-pack.
Realistically - you could say that you need three brushes - a large flat for washes and "big brush painting", a rounded #6 or #8 brush for the main painting, and a rigger-ish (long thin brush) for lines and detail, fences, windows and doors...
My pack had all of those and more. GREAT for inking... the rigger brushes gave me some lovely fine ink lines.
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