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Oil Primers and Gesso

	Sennelier Plein Air Landscape Artist Oil Set
	New! Gamblin Oil Paint Sets and Kits
	Oil Paints
	"The Kensington"Oil Painting Set by Winsor Newton
	Art Advantage 12 Color Beginner Oil Paint Set
	Art Advantage Set of Six 4oz Oil Colors
	Art Advantage Set of Six OilsPLUS Mini Canvases, Brushes, and a Wood Palette!
	Art Essentials Oil Painting Set with Table Easel and Portfolio
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	Large White Oil Tubes
	M.Graham Professional Oil Color Set
	Odorless Mineral Spirits
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	Oil Primers and Gesso
	Rabbit Skin Glue
	Spray Varnishes
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Sizes and Grounds The following are excerpts from Gamblin Artists Colors. The ground is the foundation of an oil painting. Should a builder put up a house without considering the foundation...Should an artist make an oil painting without considering the foundation... It depends on the intention of the artist/builder. Artists for whom building permanent paintings is important should consider carefully the quality of all layers of their paintings. They should be as concerned about the layers they do not see (size and ground) as the layers they do see (oil layers, painting mediums, and varnish). A basement made from poor quality concrete will bring a house down and an inferior ground will cause the painting--no matter how beautiful--to fall apart. Sizes for Oil Grounds - A size seals the porous fabric and isolates it from the ground and/or oil paints. Linen and cotton will prematurely rot without a size layer. Only fabric supports need sizing. Panels only need to have a ground. Acrylic gesso does not require a size.

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