Acrylic or Oil Colors
Paints: Black, white, red, yellow, purple and blue pigments that work together
OR:
Titanium White – Blue [Phthalocyanine Blue or Phthalo Blue or
Winsor Blue] - Red [Alizarine Crimson, Quinacridone Red or
Naphthol Red or Pyrrole Red] - Yellow [Lemon Yellow, Zinc Yellow,
Arylide Yellow or Hansa Yellow] – Ivory Black
Painting supports: canvas board, stretched canvas, gessoed [primed] Masonite
and/or gessoed [primed] mounted birch plywood
Size: your choice
Brushes: Use bristle brushes for oil paints.
Use polyester brushes for acrylic paints.
If you only use one brush shape, use a round pointed brush
Next, you may wish to buy a filbert shaped brush
Unless you have a large painting [36” or larger], a medium and small
brush works. .
Supplies: Liquid soap, soft paper towels, plastic sheet to cover your table,
palette such as white foam plates, two wide mouth plastic containers
such as a Cool Whip container], optional sketch book
Supplies for oil paints: kneaded eraser, charcoal pencil, odorless mineral spirits,
an additional with a screw top lid
Supplies for acrylic paints: vinyl eraser or kneaded eraser, #2 pencil
Watercolor or Gouache
Watercolors: A set of watercolors in a pan OR tubes of
Chinese White (zinc white) – Blue [Phthalocyanine Blue or Phthalo
Blue or Winsor Blue] - Red [Quinacridone Red or Alizarin Crimson
or Pyrrole Red] - Yellow [Lemon Yellow, Zinc Yellow or Arylide
Yellow or Hansa Yellow] – Ivory Black
Paper 140lb or heavier watercolor paper
Supplies: two water containers, #2 pencil, kneaded eraser, vinyl eraser,
soft paper towels, plastic sheet to cover your table, round
yellow sponge, natural sponge, Mr. Clean eraser [found in
cleaning supplies in a grocery store or Walmart]
Brushes: small round pointed watercolor brush, medium round pointed
watercolor brush, optional medium or large filbert watercolor
brush, optional mop brush
Ink and Watercolor
Everything listed in the Watercolor materials and supplies plus a thin line or very
thin line black permanent waterproof pen
Pastel
Sticks: The largest set of soft pastels you wish to buy.
Eraser : Kneaded eraser
Paper: 18”x24” or larger acid-free pastel paper or 300 to 600 grit
sandpaper or fine or extra fine sandpaper
Supplies: Soft paper towels, foam brush found in stores that sell house
paint, optional odorless mineral spirits, optional rubber gloves
Colored Pencils
Pencils Set of colored pencil – such as Prismacolor brand
Paper cardstock and/or mixed media paper– your choice of size
Blending tool or solvent
: Derwent Burnisher Pencil OR
Stump OR
Caran d’Ache Full Blender Pencil OR
Baby oil and cotton ball OR
Orderless mineral spirits and cotton ball