The ABSOLUTE BEST thing I have IN MY Painting STUDIO! (Besides Paint and Brushes)

My studio is full of painting accessories and to be honest, I own a lot of gear that I almost never use. You know, the kind of stuff that’s good to have just in case but when you’re in a situation to use it, you can’t remember where you put it and you end up figuring out a way to do without it… I have a lot of accessories that I almost never use but this one is different : I use it every day and I don’t think I could paint without it, or at least, I’m sure I would find a way - right? As long as I have paint, a brush and a surface, I’m fine - however not having this tool would really make my life miserable and I would dearly miss it.

This accessory is my trusty mahlstick : if it’s the first time you’re hearing this word, you might be wondering, what on earth is a mahlstick, how is it even spelled (actually there are several ways to spell it, I’ve seen a little bit of everything). To explain it simply, because it’s so simple, it’s just a painting stick, it comes from the german malen, which means to paint and I’ll explain the shape later and how you can make one after my design.

Now, don’t go away yet, I’m not going to waste your time showing you a simple stick, I want to go a little bit deeper and help you understand how it can help you improve key passages of your paintings and, overall make your process easier. Basically, this simple painting implement can help you be more precise and sharper overall in your paintings.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:33 What would I do without it?
04:27 Break
04:48 How to make a great mahlstick
08:47 Common problems
09:40 How to use it and when

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I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques, thoughts and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.


The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :

Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
✓ Square charcoals
✓ Natural charcoal box
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
Oil painting
Palette
(Extra-fine paint, recommended brands depending on availability: Lefranc Bourgeois, Winsor and Newton, Royal Talens Rembrandt)
✓ Titanium white PW6
✓ Yellow ochre PY42
✓ Burnt Sienna PR101 or PBr7
✓ Venetian red or English red PR101
✓ Permanent Alizarin crimson (Attention: do not use the traditional pigment, which is not very light-fast) PV19 or PR177 or Quinacridone Rose PV19
✓ Cobalt teal blue PG50
✓ French ultramarine blue PB29
✓ Raw umber PBr7
✓ Burnt umber PBr7
✓ Ivory Black PBk9
Brushes
✓ About ten filbert hog bristle brushes sizes n° 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
✓ Some flat brushes
✓ Round sable brush or round Kolinsky sable n° 4, 8, 10, 12 (from the size of the nail (about one inch) or synthetic imitation
Medium
✓ Linseed stand oil
✓ Odourless mineral spirits
✓ Safflower oil
Surface
✓ Linen canvas, fine grain universal coating
✓ For studies : Canson oil-acrylic oil paper Figueras
Others
✓ Palette
✓ Foam and spalter brushes
✓ Palette knife in the shape of a water drop, no souldering
✓ A few small pots, containers, jars...
✓ Paper towels

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