Supply Lists

Studio Oil Painting

One 12"x16" pad of Arches Oil Paper ( you must also have artist tape and a board to fix the paper to, I recommend foam core board not much larger than the paper.) If you know this paper and do not like working on it, feel free to use a surface that you do like. Whatever you bring, have at least 3 surfaces.

My favorite brushes these days are Princeton Ashley Series 5200 Natural Bristle Brushes, Long Flats.

Oil Paint:

Basic Palette

Titanium White

Yellow Ochre

Cadmium Red

Ivory Black

Add more colors-

Ultramarine Blue

Permanent Rose or Quinacridone Red

Cadmium Yellow

*Palette: some suggestions- a sturdy rectangular glass palette which fits into a paintsaver box with the blue lid, or New Wave Palettes.

•Palette Knife

•Gamsol/Odorless Mineral Spirits, to thin paint and clean brushes and palette.

* Oil - linseed, walnut, whatever art grade medium you prefer if you use them.

•2 Containers for Gamsol & medium: one larger container for cleaning brushes with just gamsol, and one smaller for clean gamsol/oil medium that you will use to thin your paint as you go.

•Paper-towels

Landscape Painting

Paint

* Oil Paint, limited palette:

* Titanium White
* Yellow Ochre
* Cadmium Red * Ivory Black
* Ultramarine Blue

*Feel free to bring any colors you like.

* Brushes: I like long flat natural bristle brushes, from size 1-8. Maybe a couple of each of the smaller ones.

* Palette Knife to clean your palette.

* Turp (odorless mineral spirits), I like Gamsol to thin paint and clean brushes and palette.

* 2 Containers for turp and medium: one "large" (like a metal portable brush cleaner or jam jar) for cleaning brushes, and one small (like a baby food jar) for clean turp or medium that you will use to thin your paint as you go.

* Medium: I sometimes use a 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and Gamsol. For landscape you can use just turps/gamsol to keep it simple.

* Paper towels or rags and a bag to pack them out in.

* Something to paint on: surface measurement suggestions 6"x8" - 9"x12". Gessoed mat or museum board, masonite panels, wood panels, canvas, paper. It is wise to bring more than one surface to paint on each day, as weather/light can change and you may wish to start another study.

* Plein Air Easel: I use/have used a 9"x12" Guerrilla Painter Pochade Box and a Strada Easel, but there are many more choices available.

* Shade/Shelter/Comfort: an umbrella that is made to attach to your easel can be helpful on rainy days or days where there is no shade. A wide brim hat or visor is great for sunny days too. ALWAYS BRING SUNBLOCK and water, a snack is helpful too. Oh, and have layers, it is summer in San Francisco, so one may have to be a parka lol! And you may have to pee in the bushes… steel yourself.

* Keep in mind that you may be walking with these supplies so keep them as portable as possible