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Colors: Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, and Cadmium Lemon, and Titanium White 

Medium: None 

Surface: Oil primed linen canvas (11x14 inches)

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Sunrise Rocks

Colors: Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, and Cadmium Lemon, and Titanium White Medium: None Surface: Oil primed linen canvas (11x14 inches)

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Georgia Wyatt

This was excellent, thank you! I'm brand new to oils -- this is my third one -- and your videos have already taught me enough that I'm comfortable with the idea of experimenting with my own reference photos. I'm not sure it would have happened this quickly had I used a book or tried to teach myself, especially coming from watercolors. Quick question about drying: I've been taping canvas sheets onto a lap desk (no easel yet) and then peeling them off, tape and all, and sticking them on the wall to dry. Is there a better way? Do I have to leave them up for 6+ months, or can i take them down once they're "touch dry" and stick them in a drawer?

Wendy Cunningham

I find that most oils are touch dry in a couple weeks. I run a finger over the lightest parts to see if any comes up. If not, I just stack them up until I decide if I want to keep and varnish or just use to look back at progress. I found that my paintings have been touch dry even more quickly if I use Gamblin's Fast Drying White. It's the fastest drying linseed based white I have used. The cadmium colors also are slow drying, so you'll want to check several areas to make sure they are touch dry.