LifeLong Learning-San Marcos
                                    

Oil Painting:

A Traditional Approach

Painting Surface

• Canvas paper pad, ARCHES oil paper pad, primed stretched canvas, or wood panels

• At least 12”x14” or 12”x16”

Brushes: individual synthetic brushes or set that includes rounds, flats and filberts

• 1 synthetic filbert for oil, 1/2“ (13mm) wide

• 1 synthetic flat for oil, 1” (26mm) wide

• 1 synthetic flat brush for oil, 1/2” wide(13mm)

• 1 synthetic round brush for oil, size #8 (5.6mm wide, 22mm long)

• 1 NATURAL hog bristle brush, about 1” (25mm) wide; Bright or Filbert is okay

Paint: use professional-quality paints if possible

• Double Primary Palette with white, black, and a neutral

• Burnt sienna (or burnt umber or raw umber)

• Permanent rose (or alizarin crimson)

• Cadmium Red hue

• Cadmium yellow hue

• Yellow ochre

• Lemon yellow

• Viridian

• Ultramarine blue

• Ivory black

• Titanium white or any PW safer alternative

Additional Supplies

• Masonite board, if you are using paper pad

• Viva paper towels

• Metal palette knife

• 2B pencil, pencil sharpener, and vinyl eraser

• 3M painter’s tape

• Toned palette (glass or disposable)

• Small container of odorless mineral spirits, such as Gamsol; for a safer solvent, Sennelier Green for Oil Thinner, 100% non-toxic, biodegradable

• The Masters Brush cleaner and preserver

• Small container of linseed oil

• Gamblin solvent free fluid or gel medium

• Glass container with a lid

• Safflower oil to clean brushes

• Tracing paper

• Cotton ear swabs for lifting out color

Optional: Silicoil brush cleaning tank (glass with metal coil inside)

Painting with Watercolors for Advanced Beginners

Paper: Strathmore Watercolor tablet (140 lb. cold press), 9x12 or larger. You can use any brand of paper – block, tablet, or loose. Unless you buy a block, you’ll need a drawing board or Masonite on which to tape your paper. Several loaners will be available.

Brushes: Three to six round brushes of varying sizes (#2 to #12). Unfortunately, manufacturers are not consistent in brush sizing, so just make sure to get a small, medium, and large. Choose natural or synthetic fibers, depending on how much you want to spend. Taklon brushes are good and inexpensive.

Watercolors: Watercolors come in tubes, half pans, or sets. Staedtler’s watercolor set of 24 is a good choice. Do not buy gouache!

Other supplies:

• Watercolor palette (if your paints don’t come in a palette)

• 1” painters’ tape

• Jar or cup for water

• Paper towels

• #2 pencils

• Kneaded eraser

• Stencil film – five 8x10 sheets

• Masking fluid

• Access to camera, computer, and printer

Artsy Photography:

Cooling Down with Ocean Waves

• 8x10 or smaller mixed media spiral notebook

• Clipboard to work on

• Apron or painting smock

• 3-5 favorite images of ocean/water scenes, either in your cell phone, tablet device (larger than cell phone) or printed to use as guide prints

*you will use the same 3-5 images as we experiment with different media and techniques

*choose simple images without a lot of extra scenery

The Library will provide various art media

or you can bring your own