• WHITE – Titanium
• BLACK (During the first few weeks of the school year, all students work monochromatically – black and white only. Black is then removed from the palette until later in the year when students are better able to use it effectively.)
• BROWN – Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber will be used as the first color added to the black and white palette. Burnt Umber looks warmer when thinned but quickly becomes quite cool when mixed with white. Burnt Sienna is a warmer brown color and will work well when used with a black and white palette.
• RED – Choose one red. All others are optional. Possibilities include Cadmium Red Light, Medium, or Deep (all cadmium reds are on the orange side; “deep” is the least orange of all); Vermilion, Napthol Red.
• YELLOW -- Cadmium Yellow Light. A light yellow gives a greater range of color mixing possibilities. Darker yellows, such as ochre or mars, are great “shortcut” colors and can be relatively inexpensive. Naples Yellow can also be a great “shortcut” color, but be aware that it has been weakened by the addition of white. These “shortcut” colors are optional.
• BLUE – Ultramarine. Other blues are optional: Cerulean is a strong color and can be quite expensive. It has a certain amount of yellow in it that allows for bright green mixtures but cannot mix a satisfactory violet. Cobalt is rather transparent, has good mixing capabilities for green and violet, but it will not produce quite as dark a value as ultramarine. It can also be expensive. Pthalo Blue is an extremely strong color that can often dominate a painting. It has great tinting properties. Beginners should be wary of this pigment’s invasive tendencies. It is relatively easy to end up with an overall greenish-blue tinge throughout the painting because of this pigment’s strength.

Medium / Media of choice:

• Just as watercolor need water, oil paints may need a medium. Linseed oil mixed with turpenoid (a turpentine alternative) is a fine medium. Stand oil (boiled linseed oil) can also be mixed with solvent and used as a medium.

Brushes:

• Larger brushes – one inch wide or two inches wide – will help develop painting skills much more effectively than tiny brushes ½ inch wide or smaller. Tiny brushes encourage tiny strokes which, in turn, encourage over-painting and over- detailing. Larger brushes require adept brush handling and encourage economy.

Solvent/Thinner:

• Turpenoid or Eco-House orange solvent. No Grumtine or Turpentine.
  

Canvas or panels:

• Stretched canvas, canvas board (okay for student problems, not for masterpieces), gessoed masonite, primed canvas pieces, etc.

Other materials:

• Palette.
• Palette knife (for cleaning palette, mixing paints, scraping areas of painting.)
• Paper towels.
• Cotton rags. 
• Masking tape. 
• Pencil or pen. 
• Small notebook for thumbnail sketches. 
• Bag to hold materials. 
• Rubber gloves – if needed, mineral oil for cleaning skin, “barrier cream” or “invisible glove” hand cream can be useful.

Figure In the Interior/Narrative Painting (PT270-5, PT370-5, PT470-5)

Painting Concepts III (PT360-5)
 

• Several medium to large brushes.
• Also, a 2 or 3 inch household painter's brush for gesso.
• One gallon of gesso.
• Linseed oil and stand oil.
• Solvent: Orange thinner, Turpenoid or Gamsol (not mineral spirits, thinner, or turpentine. The more nontoxic the better.)
• Gloss medium for those working in acrylics.
• Painting surfaces: prepared Masonite panels, canvas boards, prepared canvas, etc.: No smaller than 18 x 24 inches.
• Plexiglas palette, wooden palette, disposable palette paper or something similar, 18 x 14 inches.
• Empty jars with lids.
• Squeeze bottle for medium.
• Painting rags.
• Masking tape.
• Toolbox or tackle box.
• Soap.
• Palette knife.
• Window scraper.
• Sketchbook.
• Tube of white acrylic paint.
• Tube of black acrylic paint.
  

Oil Paints:

• Titanium White
• Ivory Black
• Yellow Ochre
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna
• Raw Umber
• Burnt Umber
• Ultramarine Blue
• Viridian
• Alizarin Crimson
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Cadmium Red Light

Basic set of soft chalk pastels (20 stick minimum) with a range of hues:  Rembrandt, Rowney, Sennelier or Schminke (NO OIL PASTELS)

The Art Store carries Rembrandt brand pastels and Conté brand pastel pencils.

Recommended Basic Colors for Pastels and Pastel Pencils:

Below is a list of the basic colors for the class. You are welcome to bring other colors.

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Green

• Brown

• Black*

• White*

• Gray*

* Wide range of choices

Warm Color:

• Vermilon

• Ultramarine

• Cadmium

• Chromium Oxide

• Burnt Umber

Cool Color:

• Alizarin

• Cobalt

•  Lemon

•  Veridian

• Raw Umber

Other Materials:

• Kneaded or gum eraser

• Sandpaper pad (for sharpening pastels and pencils)

• Clips or masking tape to hold paper to your drawing board (see below)

• Drawing/Painting surfaces:  individual sheets of dark to medium gray and brown Canson brand paper.

• Fixative