Mike Hernandez Painting Supply List
Mike will cover the essential fundamentals of composition, color relationships, lighting, atmospheric perspective, simplification, and shape design through the use of gouache and oil paints. This is a great workshop for anyone interested in painting plein air and who would like to learn how to capture a sense of natural and or stylized lighting/color in their works.
Supply list if using gouache (or Acryla gouache)
Paints
Winsor Newton Brand
- Permanent White
- Linden Green
- Brilliant Yellow
- Permanent Yellow Deep
- Marigold Yellow or cad orange
- Cad Red Medium
- Magenta
- Primary Red
- Alizarine Crimson
- Brilliant Violet
- Naples yellow
- Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Spectrum Violet
- Cobalt Blue
- Olive Green
- Brilliant Green
- Cobalt Turquoise Light
- Cypress Green
Holbein Brand
- Aqua Blue
- Katsura Blue
• A simplified (minimum) palette that would also work would be
- Permanent White
- Brilliant Yellow
- Marigold Yellow or Cad Orange
- Cad Red Medium
- Alizarine Crimson
- Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Spectrum Violet
- Cobalt Blue
- Olive Green
Brushes
I like the Jack Richeson set from JerrysArtarama.com HERE
- Half-inch Flat
- One-inch Flat
- Round acrylic brushes (#8)
Boards
- Crescent cold-press illustration board (Preferred)
- 140 lb cold press watercolor block will work as well.
Additional Supplies
- Some kind of standing painter’s easel. I like the Strada Mini
- If needed, you may use a chair to lap-paint from.
- A hat for shade
- Sunscreen
- Long sleeves to avoid getting sunburned.
- Cup or container for water
- Spray bottle.
- Paint saver palette box from Amazon HERE
Supply list if using oils
Paints
- Titanium white
- transparent yellow
- transparent orange
- yellow ochre
- cad red med
- alizarine crimson
- dioxazine purple
- ultramarine blue
- cerulean blue hue
- chromium oxide green
- burnt umber.
Please no lead-based paints such as flake white.
other supplies for oil painting
- Gamsol or turpenoid — Plus a container for cleaning brushes
- Hand cleaner
- Paper towels
- Brushes: #6, 8, 12, 16
- Palette—I like to use double-strength glass for my oil palette and a razor for cleaning. You can mount it into a painter’s companion box.
- EASEL: Your best bet is to paint with an easel. plein air french easel or pochade box. My favorite is the Strada Mini but any portable easel will work.
- Chair and Umbrella are optional
