Brush up on the basics of oil painting. Learn various paint applications with brush or palette knife to create soft edges, hard edges, or blends. Develop skills in composing your piece, seeing value, and color mixing.
Supply List:
Oil Paints
Flake White, Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Radiant Red (Gamblin), Radiant Blue (Gamblin), Radiant Green (Gamblin), Kings Blue, Terre Verte Green, Cadmium Red or Permanent Red Bright, Cadmium Orange, Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Peach Black, Flesh Tone, Brilliant Pink, Viridan Green, Naples Yellow, French Yellow, Sap Green.
Extra but not required: Cinnabar Green Light, Celedon Green Pale, Radiant Violet (Gamblin), Radiant Turquoise (Gamblin), Blush Tint, Ash
Green, Dioxide Purple, Leaf Green/ Green Gold, Ruby Red. (Brands like Charvin, Vasari, Old Holland, Gamblin, Richeson, M. Graham, Sennelier, Cranfield Colours, Williamsburg; avoid the word “hue”)
Mediums
- Liquin or Galkyd Light
- Oleogel or gel medium
- safflower oil
- Liquitex Gray Gesso 8 oz
- foam brush for gesso
Brushes
(You want a variety of sizes, soft vs hard, and shape, but here are some you definitely need; Blick, Jerry’s Artarama, Rosemary & Co, Terkel, Princeton, etc)
- several sable and synthetic rounds (extra small - medium sized)
- a medium-large sized filbert brush that is synthetic )
Other Supplies:
- paper towels
- Master’s Brush Cleaner or Murphy’s Oil Soap or Pink Soap
- container to carry supplies
- a pallete (I suggest glass / picture frame with glass)
- a razor scrapper (lowes, Home Depot)
- mason jar