Painting Supply List

Painting Materials: Decide which material you would like to start with: Acrylics, Oils, Watercolor or Pastels

PAINTS: (Watercolor, Acrylics or Oils)

To start: Choose 'student' grade over 'professional' grade

• Large Titanium White
• Yellow Ochre
• Cadmium Yellow Med
• Terra Verte
• Lemon Yellow Hue
• Cadmium Orange
• Cadmium Red Light
• Permanent Rose
• Alizarin Crimson
• Viridian Green
• Cerulean Blue
• Cobalt Blue
• Burnt Sienna
• Ivory Black

** To avoid high prices on paint –get the “hue” of the color
** Please note: These brands are acceptable: Grumbacher, Rembrandt, Windsor Newton

• PASTELS: If you want to use chalk pastels buy soft pastels in as many colors as you can afford. Half-sticks of pastels are fine, the more colors the better! Brands: Rembrandt, Unison, Schminke, Sennelier.

• SURFACES: for Paint - Stretched Canvas
  for Pastels – Any size pastel paper
  for Watercolor - Paper: Arches block of 140 lb. rough or a single sheet of 22.5x30 to cut.
  for Watercolor or Pastels - Foam Core drawing boards with “Bull Dog” clips or push-pins.

• BRUSHES: Brush hair: (Bristol or Sable brushes are used for oils, synthetic or nylon brushes are used for acrylics and watercolors). Brush Size & Shape (filberts, rounds, flat)

Recommended: Robert Simmons: Filberts Bristol Brushes for Oil #2, 4 & 6 in an assortment of flat, rounds, and brights in all different sizes.

• Painting Palette - Traditional plastic, wood or glass; or disposable paper palette

• Turpenoid for Oil Paints - or other odorless turpentine substitute is preferable and cheaper. Small metal can for turpentine
• Paper Towels

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