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, or primed Masonite 

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