Note: You do not need ALL of this supply list.
Only purchase the supplies for the medium you plan on using during the week. This course is
open to acrylic and watercolour; therefore, suggestions are listed for each medium. If
someone wants to work in oils, it is possible, but please notify us, as we will need to make sure no
one is allergic to any solvents, even if it is odourless! Pastels are also possible, but
again, please check with us first regarding the dust allergen.
Acrylic Colours: Minimum to bring a warm
and a cold of red, yellow and blue.
WARM Cad Yellow, OR Hansa Yellow Med OR Deep,
OR Azo Yellow Med OR deep
COLD Hansa Yellow light OR Lemon Yellow
WARM Cadmium Red, OR Cad Red Med OR Napthol OR
Pyrrole Red
COLD Quinacridone Magenta OR Primary Magenta OR
Alizarin Crimson
WARM. Ultramarine Blue OR Cobalt Blue
COLD. Cerulean Blue OR Cyan Blue OR Manganese
Blue OR Phthalo Blue
Just get a brand you feel comfortable buying
cost-wise, as you can always add better quality pigmented paints as you go along. You might
even be able to purchase a starter set of basic colours.
Basic Neutrals: Titanium White, Naples
yellow, yellow ochre, burnt umber, raw umber, burnt sienna, raw sienna. You don't need all of these,
really, but if you have them, that's great. If you don't have them all, just get burnt umber and
yellow ochre.
Extras:
WARM Sap Green or Hookers Green
COLD Phthalo Green, or Viridian, or Cobalt
Green
WARM Cadmium Orange, or Pyrrole Orange
COLD. Dioxazine Violet or Cobalt Violet
Also, any other fav colours you want to bring!
Mixing palette:
I would suggest bringing a white styrofoam meat
tray. While in class, make a couple of layers of wet paper towel, then lay a sheet of
wax paper down. Squeeze your paint out into the tray, and your paint will stay usable
for about 3 hours!
If you can buy a fancy version like a Masterson
stay wet palette, then that is even better because it has a lid that seals it airtight,
and your paint could last a week like that! Or use a tear-off strip palette paper pad
(bring a small spray water bottle to keep paints
moist)
Brushes:
Bring whatever you currently have but be sure
to include at least some of the following types. You can always buy a brush kit which is cheaper
and usually gives you an assortment of nylon brushes. Matters not if they are long-handled
or short-handled. A short-handled brush is more desirable when working on smaller sizes and
longer brush handles are useful for larger canvas sizes.
Types of brushes to bring:
Flat, filbert, angle (nylon short or long
handled), i.e. #2,4,6,8
Nylon rigger #1 or #2 (or liner or script
brush)
At least one Bristle round, angle and/or flat
i.e. #2,4,6,8
Bristle mini fan brush #000 or #00
Substrates:
Canvas boards, or canvas in sheet form that can
be taped to a board, or if you prefer working larger than a few sizes of stretched canvases.
Your choice of what you prefer to use. I highly recommend the canvas in sheet form for
practicing techniques. It can always be mounted later if you decide to frame it.
Other stuff:
A Colour wheel would be very useful for
choosing colour systems for your pieces.
Paper towel or rag to wipe brushes.
An old tea towel or small hand towel to wrap
brushes up when done. The towel protects the tips from getting bent and absorbs any moisture left over from being cleaned and rinsed. OR if you have a brush roll, that's good, too!
Ideas:
This course is nature-based, with subjects such
as landscapes, flora and fauna, animals, birds, or anything nature-related that you would like to
paint. Bring a pad of tracing paper for designing and creating value studies. Please bring along
some of your own reference material. I would suggest printing off some ideas in both colour
and black and white to explore, design and crop as needed.
Watercolour paint colours:
The minimum to bring is a warm and a cold of red,
yellow and blue. Use the list below as a guide.
Bring along whatever you are currently using.
It could be that you have a little folding paint box of watercolour pans, and that is perfectly fine.
Or maybe you already have a pre-filled watercolour palette. Make sure
to have at least some warm and cold options for your colours. If you need to fill in the
missing colours in your box, here are my recommendations below. You don't need
them all. Remember to just have a range of warm and cold colours to mix
with anything you want. Of course, you can always bring along your faves and
must-haves.
Watercolour Paints:
Cold. Lemon Yellow
Warm. Cadmium Yellow, OR Indian Yellow, OR
Gamboge.
Neutral bias. Aureolin
Cold. Cerulean blue, OR Cyan Blue, OR Phthalo
blue, OR Winsor Blue
Warm. Ultramarine, OR Cobalt,
Neutral bias. Anthraquinone Blue, OR
Indanthrone Blue
Cold. Primary Magenta, OR Rose Madder, OR Perm.
Rose, OR Alizarin Crimson
Warm. Cad Red, Cad red light, Cad red med, OR
Naphthol, OR Pyrrole Red
Extras:
Sap green, Hookers green, Viridian Green,
Phthalo green, Winsor violet, Dioxazine
violet, and Transparent colours such as Nickel
Azo Gold, or Quinacridone burnt orange or red.
Substrate:
140lb. Cold Press watercolour paper, either in a
pad or loose or in a block. If you have
other weights such as 200 lb. or 300 lb. or 90
lb., and you want to experiment, then bring those too if you want. A combination of wood pulp and
cotton fibre gives you good absorbency, and it's less expensive than 100% rag content. If
you can get the 100% rag, then it's worth it for the absorbency. Paint on whatever you currently
have, and I can always advise. Carrying your paper on a simple folded board or art portfolio keeps
it protected and clean.
Brushes:
Usually, short-handled is a giveaway that is
meant for watercolour, but some artists also choose them for acrylic.
At least a wash brush, either 3/4" or 1"
A smaller wash brush, if you have 1/2" or 1/4",
might also be called a wash brush with a number
on it like #2 or #4 or #6
A couple of round brushes for detail work, #2
or #4 and a #8
An angle brush either 1/4" or 1/2" or 3/4"
A filbert in whatever size you like, # 4 or #6
A rigger or script or liner brush. #1 or #2 for
fine lines
A bristle fan for texture. A small one is best
#000 or #00 or #0
Other:
A colour wheel will help you choose colour systems
for your pieces.
A couple of light-coloured Watercolour pencils
(or a small set) to sketch out ideas onto
watercolour paper.
Paper towels or rags to wipe brushes.
A couple of water buckets/ yogurt containers
A tea towel or small towel to wrap up brushes or
a brush case to protect brush tips.
Small tools such as wax sticks or crayons,
table salt, cut-up credit cards for rocks, Saran Wrap pieces for texture or even a small sea sponge
for texture applications.
A roll of cheap masking tape works well (not
too sticky) for the temporary taping down of your paper to a board.
A piece of board or lightweight foam core larger
than your paper size to tape your paper down.
