Students may choose to work with either oil or acrylic painting media. Below are supply lists specific to oil-based or acrylic-based painting.
OIL-BASED PAINTING – SUPPLY LIST
OIL COLORS
• Cadmium Red Light
• Alizarin Crimson
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cerulean Blue or Manganese Blue
• Cadmium Yellow Medium or Light
• Yellow Ochre / Yellow Ochre Pale (Winsor Newton)
• Titanium / Flake White (large tube)
• Raw Umber
• Ivory Black
(Optional Oil Colors: Cadmium Orange, Titanium Nickel Yellow, Burnt Sienna,
Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Green, Dioxazine Purple, Old Holland English Red)
SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
• (2) Pre-stretched canvas or gesso-primed wood panel (11” X 14” – 18” X 24”)
MEDIUMS /ADDITIVES
• Refined Linseed Oil or Gamblin Solvent Free Liquid
BRUSHES
• Bristle or Synthetic: 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat, filbert, or round)
• Raphael Kolinsky Sable: sizes 0, 2 (pointed round)
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
• Palette (glass, wood, or paper sheets – Neutral color is BEST)
• Palette Knife – (medium diamond head recommended)
• Brush Cleaning Jar with Lid – Gamsol solvent only*
• Paper towels / Cotton rags
• Vine / Willow Charcoal Sticks (for preparatory drawing on canvas)
• Kneaded Eraser
ACRYLIC BASED PAINTING—SUPPLY LIST
ACRYLIC COLORS (Heavy Body – Golden or Liquitex paint recommended)
• Black - Ivory/Mars/Bone
• Raw Umber
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cerulean Blue
• Alizarin Crimson
• Yellow Ochre
• Cadmium Red Light / Pyrrole Red Light
• Cadmium Yellow Medium / Hansa Yellow Med.
• Titanium White (large tube)
(*optional - Cadmium Orange / Vat Orange, Titanate Yellow, Burnt Sienna,
Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Green, Dioxazine Purple)
MEDIUM
• Golden Glazing Liquid (satin or gloss)
SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
• (2) stretched canvases or gesso primed wood panels (11” X 14” – 18” x 24”)
ACRYLIC BRUSHES:
• Princeton/Winsor Newton Galleria Synthetic Nylon: Sizes 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat or
round)
• Raphael Kolinsky Sable: sizes 0, 2 (pointed round)
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
• Palette: paper, glass, or wood (neutral color is BEST)
• Palette Knife: medium sized diamond shape
• Vine / Willow Charcoal Sticks (for preparatory drawing on canvas)
• Cheap Spray Bottle (for water)
• Cheap Plastic Cup (for water)