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Oil Painting Supply List (for students use only)

 These supplies are not for sale.

These supplies are not for sale.

Grumbacher or Academy  oil paints (colors may be a bit different in other brands)

White - Permalba oil paint - Large tube -

Burnt Umber	Sap Green
Ultramarine Blue	Thalo Blue
Cadmium Yellow Light	Thalo Green
Alizarin Crimson	Prussian Blue
Burnt Sienna	Viridian
Yellow Ochre	Grumbacher Red
Cadmium Red Light	Thalo Red Rose
Ivory Black

Palette Knife (small in knife area with curved blade)
Platte Paper 12x16 with no hole ( no smaller)
Palette Seal – (to carry paint palette in)
Odorless paint thinner 
Grumbacher Cobalt Medium
Canvas – Stretched – Any size to fit what you want to paint. Prefer no larger than 16x20 for beginner
Pencil & kneaded eraser
Felt tip pen
Tracing Paper tablet
Graphite carbon paper
Paper Towels
Utilities Carrier – to carry all of the above in

Brushes:

Grumbacher     Sable         Filbert        1859#3
Grumbacher     Sable         Bright          626B #2, #4, #8
Grumbacher     Sable         Filbert       Script Liner 7357 #1
Grumbacher     Bristle        Filbert         4229 #3, #6
Grumbacher     Bristle        Flat             127F#4.#6.#10
Liqutex             Sable         Liner             671#2/0
Liqutex             Sable        Spotter         599 #10/0
Robt. Simmons Bristle        Fan              # 2
House Brush                               100% Bristle  1"

  If you have several pictures in mind to paint from, bring several with you we can decide on which one is the best for you to start with.  If not we have stacks of books and files full of photos and magazine prints to choose from as painting studies.

Talent – Anyone can learn to draw and paint. It is an acquired knowledge, like in math or biology.
Anyone can have fun and achieve a high degree of proficiency in picture painting
if there is the desire and inclination to learn and practice.