SUGGESTED SUPPLY LIST

·      Paint (my palette listed below)

·      Multiple canvases – up to 16x20 (sometimes going bigger is easier!) A pad of canvas paper convenient to paint quick studies and feel freer to experiment.

·      Palette

·      Additional items: apron or smock, gloves, paper towels, tape, chip brush, scraping tools, palette knife

Colors:

My Palette*

Red: Napthol Red – or Cadmium Red Light (or hue)

Dark Red: Alizirin Crimson Permanent

Yellow: Hansa Yellow – or Cad Yellow Light (or hue)

Orange: Permanent Orange – or Cad Orange (or hue)

Blue: Ultramarine Blue

            Kings Blue

Purple: Manganese Violet – or Cobalt Violet (or hue)

Green: Pthalo or Viridian

and

Titanium Zinc White

Sometimes: Meadow Green (Cad Green), Radiant Turquoise, Indian Yellow

Brushes:

Variety of long handled

#4 #6 #8 and #10 filbert bristle brushes (maybe a long filbert too)

#4 #6 round bristle

A medium filbert Sable or soft synthetic
Cheap chip brush
Small to medium size spatula palette knife (metal and wood handle)
Scraping tools (old credit cards, bowl scraper, etc.)

Mediums:

Gamblin Solvent Free Gel

Mineral spirits (Gamsol)

Linseed or walnut oil

Canvas:

Canvas or paper pads or gesso panels work well. Smaller sizes like 9x12 to 12x16

* I use paints that do not have toxic heavy metals. Students can use whichever they like. Sometimes the pigments may differ slightly – like the permanent orange is more vibrant and semitransparent compared to cadmium orange. Manganese violet is semitransparent and a little redder than cobalt violet. The brands I recommend are Gamblin, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt, and Charvin. I find these have a loose, buttery quality that spreads well and is smooth.