Elizabeth Tolley Materials

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Elizabeth Tolley Materials

When working on location, I try to use a warm and cool of each primary and a green, orange and Violet. Depending on the season I will choose a few earth colors. I also carry a rapid dry white and a black for value checking my colors. Examples are in my book, Oil Painter's Solution Book--Landscapes: Over 100 Answers and Landscape Painting Tips. Available on Amazon and Ebay.

In the studio I choose a palette for the painting depending on the color harmonies I will working with.

My basic palette:

Cad Yellow Light or Medium

Cad Yellow Deep--M. Graham

Cad Orange
Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna
Cad Red Medium

Alizarin Crimson or Quinacridone Red ( PV19)

Ultramarine Blue 

Cobalt Blue

Cerulean Blue 
Viridian

Sap Green 
Transparent Earth Red or Burnt Sienna depending on the painting

 Chromatic Black

Titanium and Or Titanium Zinc White

*on location I use a quick dry white and fewer colors depending on what I need

My canvas of choice is generally Claessens #13 single primed linen for small paintings. For paintings larger than 10 x 12 I generally use the Claessens #66 or 15 DP oil primed linen. 
I have used the Claessens #66 acrylic primed linen and found it very pleasant to work on. 

I endorse Source Tek. They have been amazing to work with. No matter where I am teaching or painting, the panels have reached me on time and in good shape. In the studio I generally use the 1⁄2” gatorboard for large paintings. They are light like a stretched canvas but much easier to handle without any of the worries of a stretched canvas loosing its tightness.