Adult
Beginning Oil Class / 2006
Instructor: John Helms
Oil Painting Supplies List
You may want to print out this page for reference when buying
your supplies.
(Links to Watercolor and Acrylic Class Supplies List pages are
at the bottom of this page.
Paint:
Do NOT buy
a cheap “starter paint set” such as "Reeves brand" cheap paints are contaminated
with sediments and are a waste of money - like anything else, the better
quality paints and brushes may cost more, but are better quality and last
longer. I recommend any size of Winsor and Newton or Grumbacher paint.If you are buying a paint
set, such as "Georgian", 9 of these colors are in that set. You can buy the ones
that aren't separately.
- Sap Green
- Viridian Green
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Yellow Ochre
- Naples Yellow
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- French Ultramarine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean Blue
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Red Medium
- Titanium White
- Raw Sienna and Raw Umber
( Acrylic
) Paint for under-painting – get “Liquitex Basics” brand.
Brushes
Do not buy a cheap set of
brushes, because the hair will fall out . Also make sure they are
hogs hair bristle oil brushes with long handles.
There are short, flat-hair brushes called “Brights”and long, tapered-hair
brushes called “Filberts”- get the brushes with short, flat hair.
- Small & Medium Size
Palette Knives – the metal ones with wooden handles.
- Numbers 4, 6, and 10
Flat Acrylic Brushes for under-painting. "Royal"
Brand are $3.00 each and are clear plastic with a rubber grip-tan color.
- Numbers 4, 6, 8, and 10
Flat Hogs Hair Oil Brushes - Natural Color
- There is also an inexpensive assortment of small brushes
at Michaels wrapped in black canvas in a round plastic tube. It sells
for under $10 retail and is a good buy for the money. This is optional - not
required.
- Number 4 or 5 Rigger Brush ( a long, thin brush for painting branches of trees and grass. )
Painting Palette:
- 12 x 16” Disposable
Tear-off Paper Palette – "Strathmore" brand is yellow and comes in a pad.
-
White plastic palette holder with blue lid to
keep oil paint from drying out- made for above palette. When you get home, put
"Vaseline" on the inside track of the top lid and also around the edge of the
white plastic palette - this will make it easier to open and close the lid.
.
Oil Painting Surface:
- 16 x 20” stretched
canvas ( Michaels has regular sales on these – in Fine Art section ).
- 12 x 16” Canvas Pad (
Fredrix brand is yellow and comes in a pad – tear off at top ).
- A desk-top easel like
the ones Michaels sells for $15.00.( on isle with “One-Stroke”paint supplies).
-
“Liquitex” or “Basics” White Gesso – comes in
white plastic bottles - on paint isle.
-
Emory cloth ( black in color ) for sanding
down dried layers of gesso on painting surface.
-
2” gesso brush or flat 3”disposable sponge
brush for priming canvas with gesso.
Miscellaneous Items
– You’ll need all of these.
- Kneaded Eraser ( on
graphics supplies isle at Michaels and art supply stores.)
- Liquin Oil Drying Medium
( a small bottle will go a long way-on paint isle.)
- Thin or Medium, Soft Vine
Charcoal sticks-comes in small boxes. ( on Graphic Art isle at Michaels).
- Paper towels or rags-old
t-shirts make good painting rags, old clothes, or apron to paint in.
-
Odorless paint thinner – Mona Lisa
brand does not smell -on the paint isle at Michaels. )
- Art box, fishing tackle
box, or tool box with carrying handle for paints, brushes and misc. supplies.
- Color Wheel – usually on
paint isle in art supply stores and at Michaels.
- 1 lb. empty coffee can
with lid and an aluminum sink strainer ( Wal-Mart ) for cleaning brushes.
Art Supplies and Student Discounts:
Since art supplies are so expensive
buy them wherever you can find them on sale. Michaels Stores have a sale
on art supplies every other week, along with various craft items – the
sales circular usually comes in Sunday’s Commercial Appeal every other
week and has a 40% off any regularly priced item coupon in it. My students get a
discount off their art supplies- 10% at Michaels, 15% at The Art Center, and 20
to 25% off at Sherri’s Discount Art if you show them your art supplies list.
There is no student discount at Hobby Lobby. Other sources for buying art
supplies is
www.dickblick.com and
www.cheapjoes.com - both of them will also mail you a free catalogue if you
ask for it.
Recommended Artist
Forums on the Internet:
www.wetcanvas.com This is by far
the largest international forum on the internet for artists. There are many
channels on many categories to choose from
and in each
of these channels are many, many forums chock full with good information and
good artists to learn from. Any
artist on any
level of experience can benefit from these forums.
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