MATERAILS
Painting surface for Oil and Acrylic
6mm MDF cut to size, standard sizes 14 x 18” 12 x 16” 10 x 8” 6 x 8”. Two coats of white gesso primer with large brush
Oil and Acrylic paints
Windsor & newton artists oil colour. Liquitex acrylic artists colour
Ultramarine blue, Burnt sienna, Cadmium yellow medium, Cadmium red medium, Cerulean blue, Lemon yellow, titanium white
Mediums and cleaning brushes for Oil
Turpentine for working with oil paints, to make paint thinner or to make washes
White sprit for cleaning brushes at the end of the day for oils.
Oil gloss/matt varnish for when oil paintings have dried to protect and enhance colours
Mediums and cleaning brushes for Acrylic
Gloss medium for thinning, glazing and painting with acrylic paint
Use warm water and washing up liquid to clean brushes
Brushes and palette
Artisan Windsor & newton brushes, rounds, flats and filberts. Sizes 1 to 14 for oil and acrylic. Wooden palette, palette knifes, small container for turpentine, rags, kitchen roll
Watercolour
Ultramarine blue, Burnt sienna, Cadmium yellow medium, Cadmium red medium, Cerulean blue, Lemon yellow, Chinese white
Paper
Saunders Waterford 300 grams or Arches, Fabriano. 300 grams is the same as 140lb
Brushes
Large mop brush for washes, 3 various sizes of synthetic brushes, rigger brush
Tools
Masking tape, sponges, kitchen roll, water container, water spray bottle, 6mm MDF board for watercolour paper.
