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Gordon's Paint Colours 

Gordon uses Winton Oil colours by Winsor & Newton

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When mixing colours, try to mix at least three variations of each colour.

• Soft Mixing White

Reds:

• Perm. Rose (slightly transparent)

• Cadmium red

• Bright Red (can darken with Magenta or can make fire engine red with orange)

Greens:

• Sap green (very transparent, add white for soft greens)

• Viridian (Blue green, good for evergreens. Add yellow + white for bright greens. Add a bit of red to tone down limey greens)

• Olive green (good for darks)

• Permanent Green #48

Yellows/Oranges:

• Cadmium yellow deep hue

• Cadmium yellow deep #46, #8, 

• Cad yellow orange #4

• This year he had a Pale Yellow (don’t know the number)

• Indian Yellow ( a transparent sunkist colour good to add to greens)

Blues:

• French Ultramarine

• Phathlo Blue (turquoise, strong and opaque)

• Cobalt (lighter version of ultramarine)

Purples:

• Dioxine purple (add white for purples, add ultramarine for pretty blue violets)

Browns:

• Burnt Sienna (add yellows and white)

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• Indian ink

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• Pencils HB

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• Palette knife

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• Plein-air palette box

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• Portable easel with a folding chair

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• Canvas boards

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• Rags

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• Brushes

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• Camera or iPhone