Students please bring:
- Outdoor easel (optional table easel if needed indoors)
- Sketch pad (Approx. 9 x 12)
- Pencils/willow charcoal/sharpener
- Paper towels or rags
- Palette (Disposable or reusable surface) Recommended- Sta-Wet Masterson Palette
- OPTIONAL *FOR ACRYLIC Painters Plastic container with lid and small compartments
(Sample shown Approx. Size – 4.5 X 6.5 inches) .Can be purchased at Dollar store or Home Hardware
Paint can be put into wells with a drop of medium so paint doesn’t dry out so quickly
- Canvas or masonite or canvas panels or something close (sizes8 X 10, 9x12, 11 X 14 12x16, 12x12 (no larger than 16x20)
- Panoramic shape such as 8 X 16 or 10 X 20 can also useful for landscape
- Brushes- (Recommended) Filberts 3, 4, 8, 10 (Even Larger if budget allows) Flats - 6, 8 Rounds - 2, 4
- Have some flat and round soft hair synthetic brushes also
- Palette Knife (Shape of blade should be medium length that goes to an arrow shape) Metal recommended
- Silicone Shapers- Angled heads are very useful. Strongly Suggested*Princeton Catalyst Mini No. 4
- Hand Held Shaper No. 1 or No. 6
- Brayer(soft rubber) 2” or 4” Speedball is a brand I use
- Bug repellant
- Rain gear (just in case)
Oil or Acrylic Paints (RECOMMENDED)
Titanium White (large tube) Ultramarine blue, Phthalo blue Cad. Yellow light or pale, Yellow Ochre, Cad. Red light, Cad Orang, Cad. Red Deep or Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green Phthalo Green, Raw Umber Deep Violet or Dioxazine Purple, Paynes Gray or Ivory Black, Medium Magenta
OPTIONAL (Useful): Quinacridone Magenta or Permanent Rose, Manganese Blue or (Brilliant Blue in Acrylics), Perm. Green Light
*For acrylic artists- you can use acrylic gesso as white
FOR OIL PAINTERS-
Painting medium- Solvent free Gel Alkyd Medium (Gamblin) *RECOMMENDED
- Odourless mineral spirits and container
- Acrylic Gesso
- 2-3” house painting brush
- Apron
- Surgical gloves - optional
- Tins or sealable jars for used mineral spirit and medium
- Soap (Or Baby Oil) for cleaning brushes
- Storage box for wet paintings
FOR ACRYLIC PAINTERS-
- Acrylic Painting Medium
- Matte Medium
- Painting Gel (Matte or Gloss)
- water container
PREPARING SURFACES for OIL or ACRYLIC PAINTING
- **Please prepare several various sized panels or canvas with a tone using acrylic gesso and burnt umber acrylic to achieve a midtone. Also prepare a few surfaces using a gesso and cool grey and 2 or 3 for example- pale yellow and yellow ochre, Burnt Umber and White. For experienced artists, feel free to use a colour if you have a preference for tinting.
- Acrylic is recommended for drying time convenience.
- If oil paint is desired to tint the surfaces just make sure the surface will be dry when ready to paint.
Please note: you cannot mix Acrylic Gesso with oil paint.