EASEL: EasyL, Open Box M brands are good ones. artworkessentials.com openboxm.com
BRUSHES: Good quality hog bristle #1 ,#2, #4, #6, #8 Flats, Filberts and Brights and #2 rounds and rigger. Winsor & Newton, Isabey, Utrecht are good brands
PALETTE KNIFE: Various sizes and shapes 1 1/4″ – 4 ” long
CANVAS BOARDS: 6″x8″ AND 8″x10″ linen or cotton canvas mounted on 1/8″ boards, Fredrix and Utrecht carries. Recommend using small canvasses to do these studies in the field, unless you are advanced you should not be painting any larger than 8″x 10″.
DRY BOX: to carry and store wet paintings. RayMar and EasyL makes them.
SKETCHBOOK: 6″ x 8″ one is sufficient. 6B Pencil (soft) and kneaded eraser
VIEW FINDER: Order from EasyL or Art Supply Warehouse
BRUSH WASHER: 8 ounce size
THINNER: Odorless or Gamsol
PAINTS: Limited Palette
- Titanium White
- Mars Black
- Cadmium Yellow light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Cadmium Red Light
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cobalt Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Yellow ochre (bring for an exercise)
UMBRELLA: EasyL has a good one, bring small stretch cords to fasten.
MISCELLANEOUS: Viva paper towels, plastic bags for trash, an empty 16 oz. jar to put dirty turpentine in. sun screen, hat, dark shirt or apron to work in, water, snack.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson
- Composition of Outdoor Painting by Edgar Payne
- Art Spirit by Robert Henri
- Hawthorne on Painting by Charles Hawthorne
- Fill your Oil Paintings with Light and Color by Kevin Macpherson
