PAINT

Choose ONE of these mediums to work with.

1. Heavy Body Acrylic Paint (Liquitex brand works nicely)

OR

2. Water-Mixable Oil Paint (participant should have some experience using this type of paint if choosing to work with it). Recommended student grade brand: Windsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oils, available is sets and individual tubes. Or artist quality Cobra Water-Mixable Oils, which are more pigment heavy and buttery in texture.

If ordering individual tubes of paint, please bring the following primaries:

Cadmium red, Cadmium yellow, Cobalt blue, Titanium white, Payne’s Grey (optional), and Black. You may decide to buy any additional colours if you like, however these are the basics and can be mixed to create other colours.

BRUSHES

RealValue Princeton Brush Set, in synthetic is recommended

If buying individual brushes, here is a good starter list showing some brush sizes and types for the size of canvas we are using:

• Filbert #4
• Flat #6
• Round #2
• Round #4
• Bright #4

CANVAS BOARD

• Two, 9×14 inch pre-primed canvas on board.
• Pencils and kneadable erasers and/or white Staedtler erasers.
• Painter’s Palette (or a wood or plastic panel of any sort that you can mix paint on).

MEDIUMS (OPTIONAL)

• If using Heavy Body Acrylic Paint: Liquitex® Gloss Heavy Gel Medium. Recommended to achieve an oil-paint like texture with acrylic paint.
• If using Water-Mixable Oil Paints: Windsor and Newton Water soluble brand linseed or safflower oil for fast drying and extending the flow of paint. Windsor and Newton Medium for enhancing workability of paint.