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              Technique

              Painting Joan of Arc

              4+ hour video available as a

              digital download from Gumroad link below:

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              or

              External link opens in new tab or windowAnd a DVD is available in the Donato Arts Store
              The Mechanic - DVD

              4+ hour video available as a

              digital download from Gumroad link below:

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              or

              Four + Hour DVD available from the Donato Arts Store. 


              Reach - Empathetic Robots

              4 Minute demonstration video



              Mounting Paper to Panel




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              External link opens in new tab or windowPurchase the DVD


              Book Cover Illustration Process


              CALIBRATION - Acrylic Lay-in

              4 minute process video of acrylic wash lay-in

              The Lady & The Warrior

              3 minute development video of book cover image creation for the novella, The Warrior, by Terry Brooks


              SmArt School Mentoring
              External link opens in new tab or windowSmArt School Online Mentoring classes with Donato

               Meeting in the Spring and Fall




              OIL MEDIUMS


              2 oz Damaar Varnish (homemade)
              1 oz Sun-thickened linseed oil
              1 oz Venice turpentine

              then add one of the following on palette while painting:
              cobalt dryer
              alkyd painting medium


              ACRYLIC MEDIUMS


              Matte or Gloss medium
              Retarder (optional)


              COLORS


              Titanium White
              Paynes Gray(
              Raw Umber
              Burnt Sienna
              Yellow Ochre
              Burnt Umber
              Terre Verte (Green Earth)
              Cadmium Red Deep(
              Cadmium Yellow Medium(
              Cadmium Yellow Light(
              Ultramarine Blue(*
              Permanent Green(
              Manganese/Dioxazine Purple(*
              Greenish Umber
              Sap Green*
              Alizarin Crimson(*
              Pthalocyanine Blue(*
              Pthalocyanine Green(*
              Cobalt Blue
              Turquoise Blue(
              Cadmium Red Scarlet(
              Cadmium Yellow Pale(
              Raw Sienna
              Sepia(*

              Lamp Black
              Cadmium Red Light(
              Magenta*
              Naples Yellow
              Brilliant Yellow(
              Indian Yellow*
              Mars Violet
              Brown Pink*
              Chinese Red Vermilioned
              Emerald Green(
              Manganese Blue*
              Davey's Gray

              ( Longer drying colors in Oil paint. Recommend dryer with these.

              * Transparent colors excellent for glazing in oil paint.


              BRUSHES


              Soft hair brushes are best for glazing : they allow a smooth and even layering of the color.

              Some of the best brushes for this application are ox hair flats, sable and squirrel hair (mix).

              All are available in sizes ranging from 1/4" to 3".


              Sable watercolor brushes have the best tips for rendering fine details, sizes range from 000 and up.

              Rekab produces a fine and inexpensive sable brush of this type.




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