Classes will be held on Federal Holidays unless otherwise communicated by your instructor. 

Your instructor has provided a list of materials required to participate fully in this class. 

If you have any questions about specifics or what is needed week-to-week, please reach out to your instructor via the email in your confirmation letter. 

Paint

Please get at least 37 ml tubes. I would recommend Windsor and Newton or Gamblin which make high quality paint. If you are looking for a more economical choice that is still relatively good quality, both of these brands offer student grade paint via Winton and Gamblin 1980 respectively. Make sure you don’t buy water mixable oils!

Required Tubes

• Ultramarine Blue 

• Cerulean Blue Hue

• Dioxazine Purple 

• Viridian

• Sap Green

• Lemon Yellow

• Cad Yellow Medium

• Naples Yellow

• Cad Red Light

• Alizarin Crimson

• Burnt Sienna

• Titanium White

Optional/Recommended

• Zinc White

• Yellow Ochre

• Quinacridone Magenta

• Burnt Umber

Painting Surfaces

We will start by priming watercolor paper with acrylic gesso and working on that. We will also prime Masonite to paint on a firm surface, and stretch and use one canvas to work on.

You will need:

• Watercolor Paper Pad

  • Size – either a larger pad 16x20 and we will cut it down as needed or a little smaller, 11x14 minimum

    •  Often we will work on about 9x12 or 11x14 size and use the scraps for testing paint or sketching

  • Can buy tape-bound paper or watercolor block to keep pages from warping

  • Strathmore has good quality watercolor paper

  • Arches WC paper is great quality paper for painting on. Can be bought in sheets or smaller sizes in a pad but is expensive - they also make an oil paper that does not need to be gessoed

• White Acrylic Gesso

  • I like Utrecht, Liquitex is also good

• 1-2 piece of Masonite/Hardboard

  • 9x12 to 16x20 in size - we can talk first session of class

• 18” and 24” Stretcher Bars (2 of each)

• Cotton Canvas

Palette 

You have the option of working on either a glass palette or using disposable paper palettes. Glass is better as you can scrape it easier because it’s a hard, stable surface, so I encourage choosing glass, but you can decide what works best for you. For a glass palette you can buy the materials below and we can assemble it in class. 

• Glass Palette 

  • Any piece of glass will suffice 16x20 inch is a good size (will fit in locker) (Home Depot)

  • Piece of white foam core to support palette (Michaels) or purple foam (Home Depot)

• Or Palette Paper (I would buy larger in size)

Brushes & Knives

For oil painting it is best to use a firm brush, either with natural or synthetic bristles. It is good to have a variety of brush types and sizes. If selecting brushes individually, below is a good starting set of what to get. Long handle is preferred for oil painting. 

•  #12 Flat

• #2,6 and 8 Filbert

• #8 Bright

• #4,6 Round

• A smaller round brush for detailing if possible

Or you can look for packs that have a variety. Princeton usually has somewhat economical choices that are good quality. Some of their lines that are for oil painting are linked below. In general, I prefer to physically go to the store to purchase brushes so that I can feel how firm they are and see the size in person.

• Princeton Aspen Series 6500 Synthetic Brushes and Sets

• Princeton Dakota Series 6300 Firm Synthetic Hair Brushes and Set

• Princeton Ashley Series 5200 Natural Bristle Brushes

• Princeton Real Value Series 9100 Synthetic White Taklon Brush Set

Also please buy a 3-inch house painting or chip brush for gesso (Home Depot)

Your palette knife will be used to mix paint and at times apply it in a precise way. You need at least one, but I’d encourage you to purchase 2-3 to experiment if possible. I would buy this from Blick (not Amazon) as I’ve found the amazon ones can be inflexible/easily broken.

• Good starting size: Blick Painting Knife - Medium Long Trowel, 13

Medium & Solvent

• Stand Oil for making medium

  • Utrecht makes solid quality and more economical. This bottle is larger than you need, so it could easily be shared with another student or two.

• Gamsol for cleaning brushes and making medium (500 ml)

• Jar to store Gamsol

  • Silicoil Jar is nice because spring allows you to clean brushes against it

  • Or you can use a clean glass jar with a tight lid (like a salsa jar) – it can be helpful to put some rocks in the bottom

• Another jar for the medium (about a 6-8 oz jar is fine)

• Palette Cup for holding medium (or a tiny jar/lid that you already have)

Other Supplies

• Artists Tape – color doesn’t matter but 1” good

• Brush Soap 

  • The Master’s Brush Cleaner is my preferred choice to preserve brushes

  • Dish soap works fine too 

• Pencil/eraser/notebook for drafting ideas

• 1 roll paper towels

• Saran wrap (good for saving paint on the palette, could be shared between students)

• Apron or gloves (optional)