Two painting surfaces, such as canvas paper 8 x 10 or 9 x 12. (As the class progresses, you will need more of these.
A VERY SIMPLE image to paint from, or even a partial image or an abstract image. You will be painting it many times. It can be someone else's painting, or a simple still life set-up, but don't include any fruit or food.
Color wheel
Paints: Unless noted as “optional” this palette of colors is specific and necessary for success in this class.
Titanium White - No lead based paint. (optional for watercolor)
A cool yellow – oils: Cadmium Lemon
acrylic: in Liquitex, Cadmium Yellow Light, in Golden brand: Cadmium Yellow Primrose (preferred)
A warm yellow - Cadmium Yellow Deep (called Dark in some acrylic brands)
(Hansa Yellows are not great substitutes because they are not as opaque as the Cadmium colors.)
An orange – (optional) Cadmium Orange
A warm red - Cadmium Red Light, Scarlet Lake
A cool red - Quinacridone Magenta (Alizarin Crimson isn’t cool enough)
(Some acrylic brands have white added to this, which you DO NOT want, so look on the back of the tube for the list of pigments and if white has been added, look for this in another brand such as Golden.)
A violet – (optional) Dioxazine Violet (Purple) or Winsor Violet in Winsor & Newton (Cobalt Violet is very weak and quite expensive)
A cool blue - Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine Blue (not the green shade), (the Thalo blues are not cool enough)
A warm blue - Phthalo Turquoise, Cobalt Turquoise, or Cobalt Teal
Black – Ivory Black, Mars Black, or Lamp Black
palette for mixing:
-Oil painters: 12 x 16 inch paper palette, or glass if you prefer, and a
12 x 16 inch Palette Seal will be very helpful, Blue lid
- Acrylic painters: 12 x 16 inch Sta-Wet Palette and Seal will be very useful, be sure to get the one with the Red lid as it has all that you will need
-Watercolor artists: bring a palette that has large spaces for mixing such a
palette knife (watercolorists won’t need this)
brushes
paper towels
and other painting supplies
One of the classes will require some construction or other colored paper, scissors and a glue stick.
