SUPPLY LIST:

This is a general supply list.

Supply List: (A lot of the supplies here you can purchase at Hobby Lobby or you can order from Jerry's Artarama, Dick Blick, etc.

Understanding Brush Shape Names, Brush Bristles, And Application:

Paint:

Over the years the authenticity of a color of paint across the board has changed per manufacture. In the old days, Terre Verte was one color no matter which manufacture. Now it is completely different depending on if is made by Gamblin or Richeson or Vasari.

I am sure there are many more paint manufactures out there but here are the ones that I use:

Charvin

Daler-Rowney Georgian

Grumbacher

Gamblin

Lucas

Holbein

M. Graham & Co.

Master's Touch (Hobby Lobby)

Michael Harding

Rembrandt

Richeson

Utrecht

Vasari

Williamsburg

Windsor Newton

I have been painting 50 years. I enjoy learning from other artist. techniques and color combinations. 

Some of the latest include:

Cindy Baron (known for her landscapes):

Perylene Red (Gamblin)

Manganese Blue

Shiva Orange 

Hansa Yellow Med. (Richeson) + Mars Black = Green

Viridian + Alizaran Crimson + Titianium White = Lavender

Viridian + Shiva Orange + White = Distant Sky

Turquoise (Richeson)

Cadmium Green (Gamblin)

Terre Verte (Richeson)

Hansa Yellow Med. (Richeson) + Ultramarine Blue Deep (Richeson) + White = Gray

Linda Glover Gooch (known for her clouds):

Cadmium Lemon (Gamb)

Cadmium Yellow Med (Gamb)

Transparent Orange (Grum)

Yellow Ochre Pale (Winsor Newton)

Raw Sienna (Rembrandt)

Transparent Red Oxide (Rembrandt)

Cadmium Orange (Gamb)

Cadmium Red Light (Gamb)

Alizarin Crimson (Winsor Newton)

Sevres Blue (Williamsburg)

Cobalt Blue Pale (Holbein)

Ultramarine Blue Deep (Rembrandt)

Viridian Green (Gamblin)

Thalo Green Yellow (Grum)

Sap Green (Grum)

I do not have a limited palette and I am very flexible about what colors you use but there are a few necessary basics.

To make Black you need one of these options:

Asphaltum or Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue or

Sap Green, Alizarian Crimson, a blue (Ultramarine, Prussian, Phthylo, Cobalt) 

To make a nice transparent Brown you need one of these options:

Alizaran Crimson or Red Oxide or Burnt Sienna plus

Olive Green or Sap Green, or Viridian Green

I prefer to make my brown with Alizarian & Olive Green 

I am not crazy about direct tube brown but if I need it for depth I prefer Asphaltum.

I rarely use viridian green but the oceans and rocks in shadows usually call for it. Although, recently I learned from Cindy Baron that Alizarin Crimson and Viridian Green + White makes a beautiful lavender to a minty green depending on proportions.

Basic colors required:

Cad Red Lt.

Scarlet Red

Cad Yellow Med

Titanium White

Yellow Ocre 

Raw Sienna.. make your own 

Transparent Red Oxide

Ultramarine Blue Deep (Richeson)

Olive Green or Sap Green (Winsor Newton)

I am a big fan of these 2 comfort colors:

King’s Blue

Radiant Blue

Another way to plan your palette is to have a warm and cool of the basics:

WARM    /    COOL

Cad Red Lt. /Alizarian 

Cad yellow med / Lemon yellow

Sap Green / Viridian Green

Cerulean Blue / Ultramarine Blue 

Burnt Umber / Raw Umber

Plus: Yellow Ocre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna

Titanium White

Either of these methods is fine with me.

Different scenes call for different palettes: ex: portrait palettes are very different from landscape, vs still life, etc. Which is why my palette is so diverse. But you should learn to mix color if you do not know how and not rely on comfort colors. But let’s hit comfort colors for a split second.

Vasari has a magnificent set of pastels and earth tones that are to die for, all comfort colors but fabulous colors. The radiant colors that are out are also great to give pop to a painting. I must confess, I use a plethora of comfort greens…Jasper, Olive, Sap, Chromium Oxide, Plant, Warm Grey, Yellow Green, Green Gray, Soil Green. Lately I am mixing my own greens more.

Paint Brushes: (you need a variety of sizes and types) I like angles, flats and rigger when necessary.

Brushes come in different types of bristles:

I use about a ¾ inch flat sable often to smooth large areas

I use a lot of angle sizes sable

I use a large 1” bristle to tone canvas.

Riggers for fine lines or a really good round sable on both.

· Watercolor brushes which are usually made of sable, synthetic sable or nylon.

· Oil painting brushes which are usually made of sable or bristle.

· Acrylic brushes which are almost entirely nylon or synthetic..

Canvas Panels: 

(2) 9x12 Canvas stretched.

I like Centurion linen oil panels. But stretched canvas is fine or canvas sheets.

Your preference.

Here is the link to the Centurion Linen Panels 

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/centurion-deluxe-oil-primed-linen-panels?gclid=CjwKCAiAwKyNBhBfEiwA_mrUMiSevAqDVIGNmoVlzupdM-_yczLL6MjmaoqU69Btai-eE_MKjpi9khoCgE8QAvD_BwE

Palette knives… I like #1 or #2 Made in Italy, there are different brands, Masters Touch at Hobby Lobby

Paper Towels

Linseed or Safflower Oil

Turp Jar

Palatte: (I use a palette box which is like Tupperware)

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/masterson-air-tight-palettes-and-accessories?gclid=CjwKCAiAwKyNBhBfEiwA_mrUMr3DLTBRuBbywEmbiG0dWwU64VKGxrxmo7Fgq4x-O9fsmVgVPYCXRRoCiCkQAvD_BwE

I do not clean my palette. I use either contact paper that I throw away when finished or

gray palette sheets (you have to order these from Jerry’s Artarama, Dick Blick, etc.

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/grey-matters-paper-palettes?gclid=CjwKCAiAwKyNBhBfEiwA_mrUMv9zrWp8B9iD3kB7lZx06UcFN-sLNethkeWz0KHVZcSGeHdmXjc95hoCz8IQAvD_BwE

Gamisol

If in plein air you need: trash bag, plein air easel, stool if you sit, brush holder, wet panel carrier, umbrella, canvas panels, a carrier for your stuff: backpack or suitcase with wheels, etc.