· Acrylic paint neutral grey value 5 OR acrylic ivory black + gesso, to tone canvases. We will discus this in class. Also a wide, about 4 to 5”, plastic putty knife to apply (hardware store).

· Linseed oil

· Low odor solvent/ turpentine small container

· White chalk

· Small jar with lid

· Pallet paper 11"x14" or similar size, if you can find a nutral grey paper pallet (utrect for sure has them) get that but no need to go searching for it.

· Pallet knife

· Paper towels or rags

· sketch paper (any paper is fine 8”x10” to 11”x14”ish or sketchbook

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Supports:

3/4" deep pre primed canvas

canvas board or shellac primed paper

11”x14”

8”x10” (box of 24 available at Dick blick for $10.80)

some 8”x10” and 11”x14”pre-primed canvases, we can talk about what kind in class

In general

Alternative ideas for painting supports:

Shellaced paper

Buy raw canvas and prime it with gesso. Use stretched or un-stretched.

Buy a 4’x 8’ sheet of masonite, have it cut into 8”x10” and 16”x20” and gesso those.

More chromatic colors that I use on my expanded pallet:

Alizarine crimson

Pthalo blue

pthalo green

cad yellow medium

I also like a sap green sometimes

sap green

cad green (or yellow green below)

For hese colors I usually get this brand: Daler-rowney georgian oil paint from Dick Blick.com

Rose madder $2.93-or another cool pink-quinacradone

Orange deep hue $2.93-could be a cad orange medium

Yellow pale hue$2.93

Yellow green $2.93

Magenta$2.93