Paint is separated into two kinds, so-called “Student Quality“ and “Artist Quality”, which is more expensive
Excellent paintings have been created by both kinds of paint. The cheaper quality of paint will refer to a colour as “Hue” as in “Cadmium yellow hue“. This means that it looks like Cadmium yellow but is not a genuine colour. It may not remain lightfast over time and may fade and discolour. Whether this matters is a personal choice. Allan’s personal view is that the cheaper paint is very useful as we learn to paint, and that “Artist Quality” paint is essential as our skills develop.
Students should bring all the materials that they are comfortable with and that they already use. This list is for guidance:
Oil colours:
- Titanium White
- Yellow Ochre
- Lemon Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow Pale
- Venetian Red, Cadmium Red
- Alizarin Crimson
- Magenta
- Ultramarine Blue
- Burnt Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Burnt Umber
- Ivory Black
Other materials:
- Thinner – Low Odour Thinner, such as Sansodor. Please make sure this is from a reputable art supply company, not from a hardware store
- NO TURPENTINE PLEASE!
- Palette knife -Small Trowel Shaped Palette Knife
- Dippers – Double dippers are little tin pots for holding thinners
- Palette- Palettes can be wooden or paper tear-off palettes. Do not buy plastic palettes
- Kitchen roll
- Brushes. If you have your own preferred brushes, then please bring those.
- If not, then a range of synthetic or hog hair brushes with long handles, and at least 2 x Size 0 synthetic filberts.
- If you have not bought brushes and are unsure of sizes , look at your hand and choose brush to match the width of each finger tip , ideally choose 2 brushes for each finger ,One for darks and one for lights
Canvases
At least 2 canvases or canvas boards from a reputable art supplier, approximately 16″x14″/40cm x 30cm.
A painting you admire
Please bring along an image (on your phone is OK) of a painting you admire.