paranirajan

"we need to keep shoelace over paper then need to trace a? its my understanding.... or need to write directly like the way how the ribbon or shoe lace gave letters a? confusion in the process...:-S"

"Thanks George....checked that link. awesome work! thnks..! //All is Vanity" by C. Allan Gilbert. Life, death, and meaning of existence are intertwined// this one fantastic....!"

" Thanks Prosenjit...Really that link and ur suggestions will be very helpful to me...first of all i need to learn abt the head unit proportions... soon will upload my sketches....
George told that we will conduct one more workshop for figure…"

Oh that's wonderful, it would be great to meet you. Well Camel is what I've been mostly using, although there are other costlier foreign brands like Liquitex, Daler Rowney (love their Cadmium Red). Local company Pidilite has brought out an acrylic range, and I like their Burnt Umber a lot. But I think the minimum quantity is 100 ml which may be considered expensive by some, compared to Camel's 40 ml tubes. So for now, you may go for Camel although they don't have all the colors I like.

But before you buy anything else, do buy a 100ml pot of Acrylic Gloss medium. This is essential. For the mixing palette, you may bring one of those microwave-able sealed containers, round or box-like - sounds ridiculous, but the inside of their flexible plastic lids can be used as palette. Since acrylic dries very fast, you can invert the bowl/container part on the lid and seal it, which will keep the paint workable while not in use.

Colors - you may buy a few of the basic colors, in 40ml artist variety tubes. At the very least, go for each of the following colors -

1. Titanium white
2. Scarlet lake
3. Prussian blue
4. Lemon Yellow or Permanent yellow medium

This is a severely limited palette. Mixing of the above will give you some although not all the colors needed for figure painting. So, in addition I'd suggest you also buy

5. Yellow ocher
6. Burnt umber (especially this)
7. Burnt Sienna

The colors in the first list can't be mixed to produce violet-ish, or 'cool' hues. So if you need that, you may also buy the following, although its not absolutely essential for the workshop.

8. Ultramarine blue (hard to get, probably out of supply)
9. Permanent Rose
10. Olive green (makes nice blacks with prussian blue and/or burnt umber)

I hope this will be helpful. If you want you may also share it with others. Thank you for attending the workshop.

Kind regards,
Prosenjit

Comments

akbar mohammad December 19, 2013 at 12:19am

thank u sir
Mohan Krishna Buragohain March 6, 2013 at 9:02am

thank you very much...
Rumnita Mazumder April 27, 2012 at 2:59pm

Thankyou, Paranirajan.
Rumnita Mazumder April 16, 2012 at 11:50pm

Thankyou! your work is also good. Have its own flavour!
J L Anil Kumar October 23, 2011 at 7:54am

Thanks Parani! :)
Shreyas Deshpande September 26, 2011 at 10:09am

Thank you parni..

Dancing SHREYA!! How did you discover my secret job!

There is a certain charm in simplicity which I have always admired.
Manu Mathew August 16, 2011 at 1:12pm

Hi Palani, Thank you for ur opinion on my sketch. That really helps....I request you to look into all my sketches and comment :)
Surbhi Yadav August 11, 2011 at 8:01pm

thankyou so much sir......
Prosenjit Roy July 15, 2011 at 6:20pm

Please enquire if Pidilite is also available in smaller tubes, I'm not sure maybe they are. The shop I had bought them from only had 100 ml pots. So do buy what is most cost-effective for you. What I've written below is not an endorsement for any brand, just a practical account on what I'm familiar with.
Prosenjit Roy July 15, 2011 at 6:14pm

Oh that's wonderful, it would be great to meet you. Well Camel is what I've been mostly using, although there are other costlier foreign brands like Liquitex, Daler Rowney (love their Cadmium Red). Local company Pidilite has brought out an acrylic range, and I like their Burnt Umber a lot. But I think the minimum quantity is 100 ml which may be considered expensive by some, compared to Camel's 40 ml tubes. So for now, you may go for Camel although they don't have all the colors I like.

But before you buy anything else, do buy a 100ml pot of Acrylic Gloss medium. This is essential. For the mixing palette, you may bring one of those microwave-able sealed containers, round or box-like - sounds ridiculous, but the inside of their flexible plastic lids can be used as palette. Since acrylic dries very fast, you can invert the bowl/container part on the lid and seal it, which will keep the paint workable while not in use.

Colors - you may buy a few of the basic colors, in 40ml artist variety tubes. At the very least, go for each of the following colors -

1. Titanium white
2. Scarlet lake
3. Prussian blue
4. Lemon Yellow or Permanent yellow medium

This is a severely limited palette. Mixing of the above will give you some although not all the colors needed for figure painting. So, in addition I'd suggest you also buy

5. Yellow ocher
6. Burnt umber (especially this)
7. Burnt Sienna

The colors in the first list can't be mixed to produce violet-ish, or 'cool' hues. So if you need that, you may also buy the following, although its not absolutely essential for the workshop.

8. Ultramarine blue (hard to get, probably out of supply)
9. Permanent Rose
10. Olive green (makes nice blacks with prussian blue and/or burnt umber)

I hope this will be helpful. If you want you may also share it with others. Thank you for attending the workshop.

Kind regards,
Prosenjit

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