PAINTING SUPPLIES
Paint colors (oils)
- burnt umber
- burnt sienna
- cadmium yellow light
- cadmium orange
- cadmium red light
- permanent rose
- alizarin crimson
- manganese violet
- dioxazine violet (optional)
- ultramarine blue
- cerulean blue
- phthalocyanine blue (optional)
- viridian, phthalocyanine green (optional)
- titanium white or lead (flake white) white or lead white replacement
Brushes:
- Hog bristle filbert shaped bristle brushes: #2, #4, #6, and #8 (Any brand of hog bristle is fine, but Rob likes Silver Brush “Grand Prix” type).
- Filbert Series 1003
- Filbert shaped sable brushes: #2 and #4 (Rob likes both Silver “Renaissance” Cat’s Tongue sable brushes)
Palette knife
Easel
- We have a dozen easels to share, but not enough for the entire class. Please let me know if you can bring a portable easel, or if you need to reserve one from us.
Medium: stand or linseed oil (or medium of choice), odorless solvent such as turpenoid or Gamsol.
Rags (or good paper towels)
Canvas or Panels
- You will need about three or four 11″x14″ or 16″x20″ toned mid-gray with acrylic paint. Centurion linen canvas or Ampersand gesso panels are good. You can tone them with white plus a little ivory black and a hint of burnt umber or use “Golden Heavy Bodied Neutral Gray N6” premixed acrylic. Canvas should look
similar to the box below
DRAWING SUPPLIES
Paper
- Single sheets of fine quality drawing paper: 18×24″ Any good quality drawing paper that you like—you will need about 5 sheets.
Pencils
- Terra cotta pastel pencils
- Generals White Charcoal Pencil and/or white Conte stick
Additional materials
- Drawing board, 18″ x 24″ (We have 12 to loan if you are flying into town)
- Roll of masking tape
- Kneaded eraser
- Eraser pencil such as http://www.usartsupply.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=FAB+185800&gclid=CLWP5IqZiLwCFct9OgodBHcARw
- Chamois cloth
- Pencil Sharpener
- #6 Bristle brush any brand