Painting Surfaces

• 6 painting surfaces—stretched canvases, wood boards or watercolor paper, all prepared with primer and gesso or just gesso—each 9" x 12" or larger 

Palette 

• One flat palette 11”x14” or larger in size. Students may use a wood, paper, or glass palette. (Do not buy a plastic palette or a palette segmented into multiple smaller palettes.) 

Brushes 

• Students may use a range of hog-hair and/or nylon brushes, but should at minimum have the following brushes:

 • 1 bright brush, size #8, #10 or #12 

• 1 flat brush, size #8, #10 or #12 

• 1 round brush, size #8 or #10 

• 1 filbert brush, size #8 or #10 

Paint 

Students should have at least one tube (37ml or larger) of each of the following colors, but may bring additional colors as they wish: 

Whites 

• Titanium White

• Zinc White

Yellows 

• 1 “warm” yellow (e.g., Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Yellow Deep) 

• 1 “cool” yellow (e.g., Cadmium Lemon, Hansa Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, or Bismuth Yellow Light)

Reds

• 1 “warm” Red (e.g., Cadmium Red Light, Naphthol Red, Perylene Red, Pyrrole Red or Winsor Red) 

• 1 “cool” Red (e.g., Alizarin Crimson, Quinacridone Red, or Cadmium Red Deep) 

Blues 

• French Ultramarine Blue

• Thalo Blue Green Shade (also sold as “phthalo blue” and “Winsor Blue” green shade.) 

Other 

• Viridian 

• Sap Green 

• Yellow Ochre 

Solvent 

• Gamblin's Gamsol Oderless Mineral Spirits (no turpentine or other mineral spirits allowed due to hazardous fumes) 

• Two shatter-proof jars (16oz or larger) with a secure lid for the Gamsol. 

Other Necessary Supplies 

• 1 palette knife (trowel shape, 2.5” or longer) 

• Bar soap or dish detergent for washing brushes

• A bag or other container for transporting supplies

•  1 roll of paper towels

•  1 pencil (HB or #2) 

Optional Supplies

• Apron or smock

•  Nitrile, latex or vinyl gloves 

• Notebook (any size)

• Gojo hand cleaner (great for removing oil paint)