Colors:
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Red Light
Venetian Red
Alizarin Crimson
Cerulean Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ochre
Raw Umber
Burnt Siena
Mars Black (warm)
Titanium White (cool)
Optional Colors
Transparent Pyrrole Orange
Quinacridone Red
Sap Green Hue
Dioxane Purple
Flake White (warm)
Phthalo Blue
Phthalo Green
Cobalt Blue
Permanent Green
Prussian Blue Hue
*Good Brands for oil paint include: Grumbacher, Utrecht, Rembrandt, Daniel Smith, Holbein, Old Holland, Gamblin and Winsor & Newton.
Medium:
One part Linseed Oil or Stand Oil
One part Gamsol or Turpenoid
No TURPENTINE can be used in our classroom
*only odorless solvents will be used in this class!
Canvas or supports:
Two packs of canvas boards 11”x14”
Canvas stretching supplies (will discuss further in the semester)
Other:
Lots of Rags
Plastic containers
At least 3 glass jars with lids
Palette knifes
Glass or plexyglass palette (hardware store)
Soap to clean brushes
Drawing supplies: pencils & vine charcoal
2 ½ “ brush to apply gesso (hardware store)
Sketchbook
Artist Black Ink (Higgins makes a decent one)
1 single blade window scrapper (hardware store)
1 gallon of odorless mineral spirits
1 quart refined linseed oil or stand oil
Optional:
Smock or apron
Gloves (dishwashing plastic gloves)
Any watercolors or acrylic paint you might have for doing small studies in sketchbook
Brushes:
Hog Bristles for oil and synthetic fibers for Acrylic: Flats, Rounds, Brights, Filberts in various sizes (will discuss further)
Good brush size ranges:
#12, # 8, #4, #2
