Supply List

Bring any materials you want to work in. Recommended are oils or acrylics and canvas, or tempera or gouache on paper. Pastel or watercolors are welcome as well. Whichever you choose, remember, it’s about color. Size is up to you; you can go with a larger format, or small if you enjoy that more.

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Pick one medium to work with (acrylic or oils or gouache or tempera, etc)

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Supplies you'll need no matter the medium you paint with:

• Pencil or charcoal, eraser, sharpener
• Paper towels
• Clothes you don't mind getting paint on
• Palette paper

Acrylic supplies:

• Minimally red, yellow, blue, black, and white. Click here for a set. All other colors optional but encouraged
• Bristle paint brushes, variety of sizes
• Canvas, size is up to you
• Cup for water

Tempera or gouache supplies:

• Colorful cardstock* or white paper
• Set of Premium Blick tempera**: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white
• Cup for water
• Bristle paint brushes, variety of sizes including very small‍

Oil supplies:

• Oil paints - your set should include the primaries of your choice and additional colors that help expand your palette.
• Bristle paint brushes, variety of sizes (do not use the same brushes you use for acrylic. They cannot be shared between the two mediums)
• Purified linseed oil
• Small metal jar with an airtight lid for the solvent
• Canvas
• Space to allow your painting to dry undisturbed for up to a few weeks, depending on how thick you apply paint

*An alternative to colorful cardstock is painting your white paper with colored tempera

**An alternative to tempera or gouache is watercolors with a tube of white gouache / white tempera