The following list is a partial list of suppliers and recommended reading. Articles to come will cover:
Panels –how to construct panels to paint on and save money.
Methods of Framing
Suppliers and materials including framing sources that will save you a ton of money!!
Taking your field studies and making larger paintings from them
Working from photographs how to do it properly
What to watch for in Plein Air paintings – general mistakes
Marketing yourself
Name Recognition
How to approach galleries
The use of web pages
How to photograph your works
Transparencies and what to watch for from the lab you use.
Equipment:
Paints – what are the differences – are there differences – You Bet!!
Easels – how to select some and why not others
Brushes
Canvass and panels how to make them and save big bucks!!
Books and where to find them

SUPPLIES:
PAINTS/BRUSHES/CANVASS - LINEN:
Art Supply Warehouse
1-800-995-6778

Utrecht Art Supply
1-800-223-9132

New York Central
1-800-950-6111
Belgium Linen 400 SP primed – 222.95 per roll Rough texture but lovely to work on great for landscapes some use it for portrait work as well.

Jerry’s Art Supply
1-800-827-8478
Old Holland Paints
Gamblin Paints
Classens Belgium Linen
# 66 for landscapes 225.00
# 12 for portraits 189.00 dp (double primed)
Jerry's also is the cheapest source for the original French Easel – 2 sizes

Easel Pal is a palette that opens up and can rest/be attached to the French Easel
Makes for a great palette and working top – kind of like a portable studio set up
Easel pal can be contacted at (505) 892-7752 They offer two (2) sizes 12 X 16 & 16 X 20

The Artisan/Santa Fe Inc. Art supply source for the southwest. Good prices
1-800-331-6375 It is also an art school. I don’t know much about that. The large Studio Easel – The Artisan Easel is a great bargain ½ price of Same easel elsewhere -- $700.00

Daniel Smith
1-800 426 6740

GR Enterprises – ODERLESS PAINT THINNER
Cheap. $12.00 a gallon. Bring Your own container. It’s $1.00 or $2.00 cheaper
2316 Vineyard Ave.
Escondido CA 92029
(760) 480 4484

EASELS:
Open Box M Pochade and Wet Boxes call for catalog 1-800-473-8098
You want at least a middle to large box/easel and a paint brush tray, and a tripod with a quick release head.
A Thinner container that clamps shut.

VIDEO:
Video Learning Library
(541)- 479-7140
Lots of various videos on drawing, watercolor, oil, landscape portraits etc. some good some not, but a reasonable way to learn. The ones that I found the best were: -Daniel Green Portrait Drawing and some of his portrait painting ones, but you don’t need to mix his color chart and palette like he does that’s a waste of time.He has three videos rent them all. Oil, Pastel, Drawing.
- Glenn Vilppu Various life drawing session.
- John Michael Carter Portrait # 1 and #2

BOOKS:
Portrait/Figure
Miscellaneous Works by:
John Singer Sargent
Burton Silverman
Richard Diebenkorn
Anders Zorn – etchings and paintings
J. Sorrolla

Landscape:
These books are a MUST and all you need to learn to properly paint landscapes.
But-really- they are a must!
Paul Strisik
"Capturing Light in Oils"
"The Art of Landscape Painting"
Hard to find he is deceased, but his wife has copies at $50 +/- call/look on Web page PaulStrisik (or web page for Rockport, Maine)
Albert Thomas DeRome
John Carlson
"Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting"
Borders $9.00 Best $9.00 you’ll ever spend as an artist
Edgar Payne
"Composition and Outdoor Painting"
K.Nathan Gallery in La Jolla $35.00 See web pages
Absolutely required reading and study
Emile Gruppe
"Gruppe on Colors"
and some other titles (Library)
Richard Schmid
"Alla Prima – Everything I Know About Painting"
Stove Praire Press $95.00 Good information worth the money look at Schmid Web page

MAGAZINES:
Art of the West
International Artist
Pastel Journal (800) 711-5544
Southwest Art
American Artists
Art in America
Watercolor Artist

WEB PAGE DESIGN:
Leanne Neuman (858) 578-7937
Tell her I sent you. She's very good and reasonably priced.
Email: leanne@cssusa.com

TRANSPARENCIES:
Campos Photography
San Diego, CA
(858) 715-8150
Talk with Peggy or Mike for transparencies and digital files and even giclee prints of your works.

Chrome Photo Lab on Kettner Blvd. Downtown location – Great for developing your slides.

Modern Postcards
Oceanside, CA
1-800-959-8365
500 postcards from slide or transparency (best) with 50 words on the back for approx. $100.00.

CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
California Art Club (CAC)
Located in Pasadena is great club. Although you can only really become a painting patron member (means you can’t join in competitions etc.) but you get the newletter and lots of information there.

American Society of Portrait Artist
They have a meeting once a year and a competition.

Plein Air Painters of American (PAPA)
They have great painters and sometime offer special educational opportunities with their members. Worth looking them up.

Oil Painters of America
Twice a year competition