Beginning Impressionist Painting Techniques in Acrylics and Oils

Students can choose to take the class in EITHER Acrylics or Oils and can choose from ONE of the materials lists.

Materials for Acrylic

 Note: materials available from dickblick.com. If you will be using your own supplies, please make sure you have the colors below. Contact instructor Diane Crago at dianecrago@gmail.com with any questions regarding supplies.

 1. Golden Taklon Round Brush/ long handle/size 8 – 1 (if buying another brand refer to dick blick website to match this size).

 2. Richeson Plastic Knife/ 2 inch diamond –1

 3. Golden Taklon Flat Brush/long handle/ size 12 – 1 (or any flat synthetic brush about 3/8” wide)

 4. Blick flat Canvas Panels/ 8 X 10 5 oz cotton – 2

 5. Blick Academic stretched canvas 8 X 10 (2 pack)

 6. Blick brush soap-1

 7. DB Tracing Paper Pad 50 sheets 9” X 12”- 1

 8. Dick Blick Acetate Sheet pad 9” X 12”-1

 9. Saral wax free transfer paper (white or graphite)-1

 Acrylic Colors

 Note: Golden Acrylics are superior in color, but expensive. Dick Blick acrylics are more affordable but less intense in color. In either case buy smallest tube of each color and largest tube white.

 1. Burnt Sienna - (1)

 2. Yellow Ochre– (1)

 3. Alizarin Crimson– (1)

 4.Burnt Umber– (1)

 5.Ultramarine– (1)

 6.Cadmium Yellow light – (1)

 7.Cadmium Red light– (1)

 8.Phthalo Green– (1)

 9.Cobalt Blue – (1)

 10.Cadmium Yellow Deep– (1)

 11.Titanium White– (1)

 Paper Towels, aluminum foil for a palette, clear glass palette or acrylic palette

 Materials for Oil

 Available from dickblick.com

 Note: if you already have oil paints and supplies please refer to this list for colors necessary for this class. Contact dianecrago@gmail.com with any questions you might have about materials.

 1. Golden Taklon Round Brush/ long handle/size 8 – 1 (if buying another brand refer to dick blick website to match this size)

 2. Richeson Plastic Knife/ 2 inch diamond -1

 3. Golden Taklon Flat Brush/long handle/ size 12 – 1 (or any flat synthetic brush about 3/8” wide)

 4. Blick flat Canvas Panels/ 8 X 10 5 oz cotton – 2

 5. Blick Academic stretched canvas 8 X 10 (2 pack)

 6. Blick brush soap-1

 7. Galkyd Gel 150 ml – (1)

 8. DB Tracing Paper Pad 50 sheets 9” X 12”- 1

 9. Dick Blick Acetate Sheet pad 9” X 12”-1

 10. Saral wax free transfer paper (white or graphite)-1

 Oil Colors

 1. Winton Oil Paint/ Burnt Sienna 37 ml - (1)

 2. Winton Oil/Yellow Ochre 37 ml – (1)

 3. Winton Oil/ Alizarin Crimson 37 ml – (1)

 4. Winton Oil/ Burnt Umber 37 ml – (1)

 5. Winton Oil/ French Ultramarine 37 ml – (1)

 6. Winton Oil Cadmium Yellow Pale 37 ml – (1)

 7. Winton Oil/ Cadmium Red light 37 ml – (1)

 8. Winton Oil/Viridian 37 ml – (1)

 9. Winton Oil/Cobalt Blue 37 ml –(1)

 10. Winton Oil/ Cadmium Yellow Deep 37 ml – (1)

 11. Winton Oil/ Titanium White 200 ml – (1)

 Optional: Phthalo green oil color, Quinacridone magenta oil color, Phthalo blue oil color

 Paper Towels, aluminum foil for a palette, clear glass palette or wooden palette