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Pencils |
Medium-weight pencil, HB or 2B
I prefer .05mm mechanical pencils. |
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Pen |
Medium point ball point pen with
black ink. |
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Pencil Sharpener |
If you choose to use wooden
pencils, you will need a pencil sharpener. A sharpener
with an attached container for shavings is recommended. |
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Eraser |
Eraser stick and/or kneaded eraser
Sanford Eraser Stick
Design Kneaded Eraser. |
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Drawing Paper |
Size 9" x 12"
Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad |
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Tracing Paper |
Size 9" x 12" (the more transparent
the better)
Bienfang Parchment 100 Fine Tracing Paper
Richeson Tracing Paper |
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Transfer Paper |
Commercially prepared
artist-quality transfer paper. (Office quality carbon
paper cannot be used.)
Loew Cornell or
Saral |
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Hardboard Panel |
Size 9" x 12"
Gessoed Hardboard Panel is used to allow for finer
detail than with canvas or canvas panels. A rigid
surface is required for the painting preparation. |
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Canvas Pad |
Size 9" x 12" canvas pad
Fredrix Canvas Pad |
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Artist Tape |
Artist's tape will be used to label color charts and
fasten layers of preparation layouts together. |
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Palette |
Disposable Palette, butcher tray,
wood or glass
Bienfang Multi-Palette |
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Palette Cups |
Very small container for painting
mediums.
Palette Cups |
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Palette Knife |
I like the 3" trowel style
Palette Knife. Use the style that appeals to you. |
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Mahl Stick |
You can make your own Mahl Stick!
Mahl Sticks are great to give your hand something to
rest on while you paint in detailed areas, especially if
the paint is wet.
Find a 1/2" or 3/4" dowel or old handle that is about
18" or longer. Take some cotton wool or something
similar, and make a small ball. Fit the ball of cotton
over one end of the stick. Cover the cotton with a piece
of material and use a string or piece of yarn, to tie it
tight onto the stick. Or you can cap the stick with a
vinyl tip purchased from a hardware store.
Use the Mahl Stick to help steady your hand while
propping the soft side of the end on the easel or dry
part of the painting without damaging it.
Mahl Stick |
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Fixatif |
Workable fixatif
Krylon Workable Matte Fixatif |
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Medium |
Winsor & Newton Liquin or
Gamblin Neo-Megilp |
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Solvent |
NO
solvents, Turpenoid, or orderless mineral spirits
allowed in class. Brushes will be cleaned at the end of
the day. For changing colors
in our brushes, we will wipe brushes out in the painting
medium. Bring plenty of paper towels; you will need
them. |
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Color Mixing References |
Color mixing reference materials
are invaluable. I have a whole collection of charts and
books. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel, so to
speak. They are well worth the modest cost.
The Oil Painter's
Pocket Palette by Rosalind Cuthbert
Hardcover - 64 pages Spiral edition (September 1993)
North Light Books; ISBN: 0891345434 ; Dimensions (in
inches): 0.42 x 7.57 x 6.21
This book is next to my easel constantly!
The most useful
Color Charts and Wheels reference actual paint tube
colors (e.g. Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue rather than
generic color descriptions (e.g. red, blue, yellow). |
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Oil Paints |
I
use
Winsor & Newton. Other brands are excellent quality:
Grumbacher,
Mussini,
Shiva and others. Scroll down in the Dick Blick
pages to see all the individual tubes.
Purchase the best you can afford. Better brands will
actually cost less in the long run; the pigment is more
pure and concentrated.
Basic Colors:
Titanium White
Burnt Umber
Burnt Sienna
Raw Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Sap Green
Oxide Chromium Green
Paynes Grey
Ivory Black
Other Colors:
Any
other colors that may be helpful
for your particular subject. |
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Brushes |
Synthetic brushes are economic and
good quality. I like
La Corneille,
Raphael Golden Kaerell and
Dick Blick brushes.
Purchase any that intrigue you as well. Just remember,
we will be learning to paint in a "detailed" technique,
so you will definitely want fine small brushes in your
collection.
*Exact dimensions may vary by brand. |
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Brush Holder |
Small empty can or cup (to hold
brushes) or
Loew Cornell Multi Bin |
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Brush Cleaner |
Ivory bar soap, Fels Naptha soap or
the
Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver |
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Cleaning Container |
Sealed jar or container. You can
make your own with a large-mouthed jar and an empty tuna
can with holes punched in the bottom. Your
brush-cleaning container must be sealable so that you
can transport it from home to class.
Silicoil Brush Cleaning Tank |
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Miscellaneous |
Scissors
Ruler
Paper towels (Bounty is excellent)
Flat box or container with lid. It needs to be large
enough to hold your painting panel to carry it to and
from class and home.
Utility or small toolbox for storing drawing and
painting supplies.
Easel or paper to protect tabletop. |
