Class Supply List

The materials will be discussed thoroughly on our first day, as well as the mechanics of painting outdoors: how to pack, how to set up, how to choose a subject, etc. This will involve a demonstration of a number of different easels I’ve used over the years.

Required Materials

• Portable Easel Paint box
• Palette (wooden or butcher paper) It’s essential that this be portable, either held in the hand or attached to the easel
• Palette cup
• Palette Knife for both mixing and applying the paint
• Small container of Gamsol
• Small container of medium (half linseed half Gamsol)
• I’ve found the squeeze mustard bottles at the art store work perfectly
• Brushes at least three #8 and three #6 with some smaller brushes of your choice. I prefer rounds and filberts personally, but shape is a matter of personal preference.
• Sketchbook- for thumbnails and process work
• A few sticks of vine charcoal or graphite for drawing Viewcast catcher-grey plastic viewfinder-an essential tool in the field Rags or a roll of paper or blue shop towels (and a bag for dirty rags)

Paint

Required colors

• One warm and one cool of each primary color-this will lay the foundation of our palette
• Cool Yellow-lemon or Hansa
• Warm Yellow-Cadmium
• Cool red-alizarin crimson* or quinacridone
• Warm red-Cadmium or Windsor red Cool blue-french ultramarine* Warm blue-cerulean or Cobalt
• One large tube of Titanium White
• *ultramarine and crimson will be combined to make black

Suggested colors

• Greens- Terre Verte, Viridian, and Emerald King’s blue
• Cad yellow deep Naples or Nickel Yellow
• Anything else that catches your eye

Painting supports

• 1 pad Arches oil paper 9 by 12 or 12 by 18 (or a similar disposable material such as Canson Canvapaper)-for thumbnails and process work
• 1 panel or Masonite to adhere paper to
• 1 roll masking tape
• Canvas or prepared panel-no smaller than 12 by 18, no larger than 18 by 24
  
  
• Hat with Visor
• Suntan Lotion
• Snack and drink