Developing Your Own Style, Oil and Acrylic Painting

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  Rob Gratiot

Paint colors:
Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson
Titanium white (large tube)
Burnt sienna, Burnt umber (large tube), Yellow ochre
Ultramarine blue (large tube), Cerulean blue
Permanent green
Cadmium Yellow Medium

Canvas boards or pre-stretched canvas at least 12” x 18”
For those who want to create their own stretched canvasses, bring:
Stretcher bars (min. 12” x 18”)
10-oz raw canvas fabric
Craftsman 1/4 Light Duty Staples *974424 and staple gun
Gesso and gesso brush (something like a cheap house-painting-style brush)
1 or 2 round, series 4235 R #2 or smaller (Grumbacher-Bristlette)
1 or 2 flat 1/2” - 3/4” (Professional Bristle)
Silicoil – a metal coil you put inside a can use to clean your brushes

Paper palette
Mid-size palette knife
Odorless paint thinner, container, rags
Pencil & notebook

 Other materials and tools may be discussed in class