Class Supply List
AHPW- Portrait Intensive Workshop - Amanda Hill
Oil or Acrylic Painting
*If there is a preference for a certain brand, brush, or other accessory, please use that instead. Don’t buy new items unless needed.
*Use your own preferred way of buying—ex. purchasing sets of brushes/paint or the like for experimentation or cost saving.
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COLORS (Tubes 37ml)
● Titanium White
● Yellow Ochre
● Ultramarine Blue
● Cadmium Red
● Raw Umber
● Burnt Sienna
● Cadmium Lemon Yellow
● Cyan or Cobalt Blue
● Phthalo Blue
● Quinacridone Magenta (Optional)
● Alizarin Crimson
● Ivory Black (37ml-Optional/Discouraged at this Time)
PAINTS
● Oil Student Grade Brands: Gamblin 1980, Graumbaucher, Utrecht, Winsor & Newton Winton, Blick
● Acrylic Student Grade Brands: Liquitex Basics, Winsor & Newton Galeria, and Blickrylic
BRUSHES & ACCESSORIES
● Gesso and a medium to large gesso brush (1.5”+) are needed if surfaces are unprimed.
● Assortment of Oil Brushes (Synthetic):
- Filbert Oil Paint Brushes: 2 - 6
- Round Oil Paint Brushes: 2 - 8
- Bright Oil Paint Brushes: 4 - 8
● Palettes
- Disposable Palette Paper
- (ACRYLIC/GOUACHE ONLY) “Wet Disposable Palette Paper”
- (OIL ONLY, optional) Glass Palette (avoid transparent glass, white/gray palettes can be helpful) and a Hand-Held Razor Blade (for glass palettes only)
● Palette Knife/Knives for mixing and scraping
● (OIL ONLY) Galkyd Medium - Used to speed drying time
● (OIL ONLY) Gamsol - Used for brush cleaner and thinner
● Glass Jars w/ Lids - Used for brush cleaner/mediums (Feel free to use recycled jars)
● Rags: Cloth and/or Shop Paper Towels (Recycled old shirts etc... work well)
● Soap and/or Brush Cleaner
● Disposable Nitrile Gloves (Optional) If purchased, be sure they are nitrile gloves, not latex—nitrile is resistant to chemicals. Basic Drawing Materials
● Paper/Newsprint/Sketchbook for Sketching
● Soft-Medium Vine Charcoal
● Assorted Pencils
● Eraser
SURFACES
● Oil or Acrylic Paper/Pad — corresponding to whatever paint you are using.
Feel free to also experiment with:
Stretched Canvas
- Hardboard or MDF
- Wood Panels
*Highly Discourage Canvas Board