Rosemaling Materials
Brushes
I suggest my beginning student buy three brushes. And, I use just these three brushes for painting almost everything!
Loew-Cornell Golden Taklon
Size 4 Round 7000 series
Size 6 Flat 7300 series for scrolls
Size 1 Script liner 7050 series for outlining
For painting interiors I use:
A one inch wide Flat glaze brush for scrolls
Size 16 Flat for flowers
Size 8 Round 7000 series for outlining
Paint
I suggest that my beginning students use Delta Ceramcoat. In order to keep costs down, our projects only use five colors. I like the Delta colors listed below because they closely resemble the traditional rosemaling colors.
Red Iron Oxide
Antique Gold
Prussian Blue
Antique White
Burnt Umber
I paint with Jo Sonja’s Artists’ Acrylic Colours. (I don’t recommend these for beginners because I find I need to mix in retarder, kleister, or flow medium to produce the correct painting consistency.)
The Jo Sonja colors I use the most often are:
Red Earth
Yellow Oxide
Prussian Blue
Warm White
Burnt Umber
I suggest my beginning student buy three brushes. And, I use just these three brushes for painting almost everything!
Loew-Cornell Golden Taklon
Size 4 Round 7000 series
Size 6 Flat 7300 series for scrolls
Size 1 Script liner 7050 series for outlining
For painting interiors I use:
A one inch wide Flat glaze brush for scrolls
Size 16 Flat for flowers
Size 8 Round 7000 series for outlining
Paint
I suggest that my beginning students use Delta Ceramcoat. In order to keep costs down, our projects only use five colors. I like the Delta colors listed below because they closely resemble the traditional rosemaling colors.
Red Iron Oxide
Antique Gold
Prussian Blue
Antique White
Burnt Umber
I paint with Jo Sonja’s Artists’ Acrylic Colours. (I don’t recommend these for beginners because I find I need to mix in retarder, kleister, or flow medium to produce the correct painting consistency.)
The Jo Sonja colors I use the most often are:
Red Earth
Yellow Oxide
Prussian Blue
Warm White
Burnt Umber
First of all think it is great that you are willing to teach beginners how to start painting. Keep up the good work and your painting of the two items about are great.
Also you are so talented in writing and expressing yourself. Such a flow of the idea you are writing about.
Doris Jensen and myself have been Rosemaling since 1980. It changed our lives and we love it.
At my age now, 77, I don't paint much but I have one very enthusiastic student who comes twice a month for 2 hours. She recently completed 7 Welcome plaques for her 7 grown and married children. The Biological children had Velkommen and the 4 adopted children (various races and colors) had Welcome on their plaques.
Happy Rosemaling,
By the way, Doris Jensen is 15 years younger.
Thank you so much for your help! I am a beginner and your tips have really helped! I am 22 and live in Illinois. I have been introduced to rosemaling through my Swedish boyfriend and his family and absolutely love it! They have many examples all over their summer home in Door County, WI and it has inspired me to try my hand at it! thanks again.