Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher
A natural yellow earth useful for warm floral passages, muted mixtures, and restrained color harmonies.
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Catherine Bobkoski’s Materials
A floral painting palette built around earth colors, lead colors, iron oxides, carefully chosen oils, and select handling mediums. These materials support observation, subtle color transitions, and refined edges.
Earth Colors
Lead Colors
Iron Oxides
Oil Painting
Floral Painting
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Catherine Bobkoski Materials Set
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Core Palette
Essential color range
- Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher
- French Burnt Umber
- Cyprus Raw Umber Light
- French Umber
- Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Expanded Palette
Additional color options
- Lead White No. 1 or No. 2
- Lead-Tin Yellow
- Naples Yellow
Studio Handling
Oils, gels, tools, supports
Recommended Paints
Palette colors Catherine uses or recommends
French Burnt Umber
A strong structural dark for anchoring values, neutralizing mixtures, and building warm shadow passages.
Cyprus Raw Umber Light
Useful for soft underpainting, leaf mixtures, and low-chroma transitions where control matters more than force.
French Umber
Supports subdued floral color, value design, and subtle warm-to-cool shifts in naturalistic painting.
Transparent Red Iron Oxide
A transparent warm accent for petal interiors, glowing half-tones, and rich color modulation without chalkiness.
Lead Colors and Naples Yellow
Catherine’s list also includes Lead White, Lead-Tin Yellow, and Naples Yellow for painters who want expanded handling and historic color options.
Mediums and Oils
Handling, flow, and surface control
Catherine’s submitted materials include safflower oil, aged refined linseed oil, vacuum-bodied linseed oil, Velázquez Medium, Oleogel, and spike oil. Together, these choices point to a painting approach that values nuanced handling, extended manipulation, and careful control over edge and texture.
- Aged Refined Linseed Oil for body, cohesion, and traditional oil handling
- Safflower Oil where a paler oil is preferred
- Velázquez Medium for modified handling and brush response
- Oleogel (Oil Gel Medium) for body, slip, and controlled mark-making
Tools
Studio aids in Catherine’s list
- Sta-Wet Palette
- Micro-Mesh 1800 grit
These additions suggest a workflow attentive to paint management, surface refinement, and practical studio control.
Supports
Alternative painting surface
- Artefex Copper Panel
Listed as an optional support for painters interested in a smooth, stable, and distinctive painting surface.
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