Artist Materials
Liquitex acrylics in tubes:
Artist Ben saber uses Liquitex heavy body professional acrylics. The tubes are available individually or as a set.
Artist Ben saber uses Liquitex heavy body professional acrylics. The tubes are available individually or as a set.
The main colors used are shown below
Liquitex paint colors:
Ultramarine blue:
Cobalt blue:
Phthalocyanine blue:
Dioxazine purple:
Mars black:
Burnt sienna:
Deep magenta:
Cadmium red:
Cadmium orange:
Cadmium yellow:
Titanium white:
Ivory black:
Ultramarine blue:
Cobalt blue:
Phthalocyanine blue:
Dioxazine purple:
Mars black:
Burnt sienna:
Deep magenta:
Cadmium red:
Cadmium orange:
Cadmium yellow:
Titanium white:
Ivory black:
Apple Barrel acrylics in bottles:
Some of the paintings were done using Apple barrel acrylics in bottles.
20403 White:
20471 Bright yellow
20764 Apricot
20748 Pumpkin orange
K2602 Bright magenta
20474 Petunia Purple
20433 Royal Violet
20411 Cobalt Blue
K2616 True Navy
20404 Black
20407 Hunter Green
20472 Leaf Green
2608 Country tan
20432 Nutmeg Brown
20401 Bright Red
20471 Bright yellow
20764 Apricot
20748 Pumpkin orange
K2602 Bright magenta
20474 Petunia Purple
20433 Royal Violet
20411 Cobalt Blue
K2616 True Navy
20404 Black
20407 Hunter Green
20472 Leaf Green
2608 Country tan
20432 Nutmeg Brown
20401 Bright Red
Brushes
Flat synthetic brush 41 mm wide x 38 mm long is used for painting the sky when using large canvases
Flat synthetic brush 20 mm wide x 33 mm long is used for painting the sky on medium canvases
Flat synthetic brush of about a 1/4 inch, 4 mm wide x 10 mm long is used for multiple purposes (first from the left)
Fine Liner Brush 1.6 mm wide by 16 mm long is used for painting long lines specially trees (first from the left)
Synthetic round brush 1.2 mm wide x 7.1 mm long is shorter than the liner brush and is used to paint fine detail
Fan Brush
Palette
Artist Ben Saber uses a disposable paper palette 12 x 16 inches (30 x 40 cm) in his video demonstrations but he recommends using aluminum foil on a piece of plywood or a reusable glass.
Canvas:
Artist Ben Saber uses stretched cotton canvas, depth 3/4 inch thick in 11x14, 10x20, 16x20, 20x24 and 24x36 inches
Easels
Artist Ben Saber uses mostly the French easel. It is usable both in the studio and the field.