Monday, December 16, 2013

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Online Supply Retailers

Here are some of the best online supply retailers and the products I think they feature.

Daniel Smith - printmaking supplies especially inks
Utrecht - good overall retailer, good prices for brand oil paint, excellent brushes
Dick Blick - also good overall, printmaking tools and papers
Art Supply Wholesaler - excellent prices for canvas and stretchers
Jerry's Artarama - great sale prices overall stuff
Pearl Paint - NYC Based overall store

High Quality Paint
Vasari Oil Colors - expensive but great colors (Capuccine Red!, Scarlet Sienna)
Williamsburg Oil Paints - great paints very sticky and opaque (Pale Yellow Extra)
Robert Doak Paint - excellent prices on rare colors (Sinopia, Blue Oxide)

New to me stores
Italian Art Store - good variety of paint
Charvin Art - French oil paint 
Cheap Joe's - overall stuff
Da Vinci Artist Supply - ??? good brush brand 
Fine Art Store - overall

Small stores
New York Central Art Supply - best staff and knowledgeable good papers
The Complete Sculptor - sculpture supply and great staff in NYC 
Sculpture House - also great stuff

Specialty
Anatomy Tools - great reference anatomy sculpture
Giust Gallery - best casts in the biz
Orlandi Statuary - also good



Thursday, July 18, 2013

Proko TV Figure Series



Proko TV has a great new series of helpful figure drawing concepts that can be practiced to improve your drawing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yFZ7Y

Monday, July 15, 2013