Drawing Material;
Drawing tools: Graphite and or charcoal pencil (HB or 2B),
basic ball point pen (basic permanent ink Bic disposable pen)
Tombow “Dual brush” Pen N 65 grey ink pen (For ink wash drawing)
eraser
Optional; One 18 x 24” sheet of drawing paper supplied. bring own drawing pad if you wish
Optional: Drawing Board. you could bring drawing board with clips,
or use 18” x 24” gessoed panel (listed below) with tape as your drawing board.
Painting Materials:
PAINTING MEDIUMS AND SOLVENT;
Alkyd resin medium (I use M Graham Walnut Alkyd, or Gamblin Galkyd)
Important as Alkyd usually allows for layering within hours (vs days)
OMS (odorless mineral spirits. I use Gamsol )
and Gage may have a set policy for solvent so please check) (NO TERPENTINE )
Minimum of 4 BRUSHES FOR OIL;
Flat or Filbert are recommended.
1. #6 or #8 approx. 1 inch wide
2. #4 approx. ½ inch wide
3. #2 approx. 1/8 inch wide
4. (Round “watercolor” brush Size 0 for detail )
Optional; I often use a ½” or 1” cheap hardware store (hog bristle) is for blending.
Optional; I sometimes use a # 8 round watercolor brush when I do a ink wash under drawing for my painting. Some
brushes for this activity will be supplied or a well maintained clean oil brush can also service this activity
TWO GESSOED PAINTING PANELS ( I USE AMPERSAND BRAND GESSOED PANELS )
1. 18 x 24 ( 16 x 20 can work)
2. At least one one other small panel for alla-prima study approx. 8 x 10
• Ampersand brand recommended other brands fine if gessoed
OTHER TOOLS/ EQUIPMENT
Flat Palette ( approx 9”x 12” to 11” x 14” plastic or varnished wood.) For Oils
2 palette cups or small jars with lids for mixing / recycling OMS and medium.
Trowel shaped palette knife. (called a painting knife)
Apron and/or paint clothes
Ivory soap
PAINTS
• 50ml (large) tube of Alkyd Titanium White
• Gamblin has FastMatte Brand and Windsor and Newton Has Griffin brand. May need to be ordered
online from Blick or Jerry’s Artarama sites. Other “quick dry” white could possibly work.
• Alkyd White is important for guaranteeing quick drying of layers.
• Other paints do not have to be alkyd based.
Brand of oil paints not important, but I believe Gamblin and Winsor and Newton have all the colors listed
• Appox 40ml tubes
1. Iron oxide red (burn sienna or other “warm” red colors can work)
2. Payne’s grey (a semi-transparent cool black)
OR
3. Ivory Black
4. Utramarine blue
• A cold semi transparent black can be created by mixing black with ultramarine blue for a similar cool
black like Payne’s grey and another option would be to buy a cold black.
• As less time will be spent at working from a full palette, so based on this fact other paints that create
a full color palette is your choice.
Minimum suggested to create a triadic palette (red yellow and blue)
• Cadmium Yellow Light or Hansa yellow lightt. ,
• Cadmium red lightt or Naphthol Red,
• Ultramarine blue
Theses listed colors below also exist on my palette to address secondary colors
40ml tubes, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Cerulean Blue, Thalo Green.
I often have these colors on my Palette as well
Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green