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:

• Warm Red: Cadmium Red Medium
• Cool Yellow: Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon Yellow
• Warm Yellow: Cadmium Yellow Medium or Deep
• Cool Blue: Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
• Titanium White
• Mars Black

If you’d like to bring extras, the following would be helpful! However, they are not essential to participate in the workshop.

*Optional Neutrals: Payne’s Grey, Raw Umber, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna

*Optional Colours: Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson or Quinacridone Magenta, Sap Green

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 a glossy oil-paint like texture with greater colour depth and vibrancy than acrylic paint alone.
• 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.