Class Supply List

I will remain flexible on the palette you may choose to work with in this course. For example, some students have chosen to focus on drawing and value in the past, and used only black and white paint. The following list is what I would recommend as a flexible foundation for portraits. If you are unsure what colors to use we will begin with drawing materials and paints can be discussed on the first day.

Drawing materials (bring these on day one)

• Drawing paper 18 by 24
  
• Soft charcoal Willow or Vine
• Graphite drawing pencil (Ebony pencil by prismacolor recommended)
• vinyl and Kneaded erasers
• Compressed charcoal or charcoal pencil

40ml tubes of:

• Cadmium Yellow Light or Cadmium Yellow Medium or Permanent Yellow or equivalent primary yellow (a bright yellow that doesn’t feel orange)
• Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Crimson or equivalent
• Ultramarine Blue
• One large tube of Titanium White
• Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre or Yellow Ochre Deep
• Earth tone red such as Indian Red, Venetian Red, Red Oxide or Red Ochre
• A cold black such as Ivory Black, Blue Black (Winsor Newton), or Cold Black (Williamsburg)
• Raw Umber

Optional expanded primary palette colors (add these for a full chromatic palette) :

• Cadmium Yellow Medium or Deep or equivalent warm yellow (Orange feeling)
• Cadmium Red or Vermillion Red or equivalent warm red (leans toward yellow, Cad Red Light by Gamblin is my favorite)
• Cerulean, Pthalo or Cobalt blue or equivalent yellow leaning blue (I personally love Michael Harding’s ‘Pthalo Blue & Titanium White in this category.)

*Gamblin makes good quality and affordable paint, Winsor Newton, Williamsburg are also good. Michael Harding is a personal favorite, but a bit pricey. Always buy professional grade paint whenever possible. It costs a little more but you will use much less with better results. Stay away from 'hues', student grades, and anything that looks like a sub-brand.

Additional materials:

• 1 wooden or disposable palette( I like the neutral grey you can get at the art store but freezer paper also works well)
• 1 12 by 16 pad of Arches oil paper (or prepared surfaces of a comparable size that you would like to work on.) You will need at least 2 painting surfaces (canvas, panel, or paper are all great) that are no smaller than 11 by 14 and no larger than 16 by 20.
• 1 roll of masking tape and 1 board to attach paper or painting material to
• Paper towels or painting rags (I love the blue shop towels you get at the hardware store)
• 1 small sealable container for painting medium
• Painting medium: this can be either walnut oil or a 50/50 combination of linseed oil and Gamsol
• At least 1 good quality drop-handled palette knife

A variety of brushes:

• At least 2 #8 or larger, and at least 2 smaller than an 8.
• At least 1 of each of the 3 major shapes: the flat, the filbert and the round. This will be covered in detail in class, if these are your first brushes a mixed pack can be great. (I personally like the Aspen brush by Princeton, a nice synthetic bristle that can be found at most art stores.)
• 1 plastic viewfinder called a Viewcatcher

Some of these supplies you may already have, so in keeping with budget, bring the closest proximity to these supplies before deciding to buy everything on the list.

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