Art 221/222 Painting Materials

Paul Bridenbaugh
ART 221/222 KX Painting
Fall 2013 T, TH 6:00 - 8:25

OIL PAINTING SUPPLY LIST ART 221/222

There will be a materials lecture and demo on the first day of class to help students to decide whether to use oil or acrylic paints, and to provide an introduction to the materials we will be using. You do not need materials with you until the second class meeting. Acrylic paint has aits own supply list, to view- click here. (do not get both). As a general rule, you should not use both oils and acrylics.

Selecting which art materials to use is important . Please do not underestimate the importance of the materials you will be using. All students need to have on hand a reasonable quality set of paints and brushes in order to be able to successfully complete the studio projects for this class.

You are best off if you purchase materials from the approved list. Low quality sets of paint such as Art Advantage, and Reeves brands are not allowed as a primary set of paints for this class as they are sub-standard and very difficult to work with.

APPROVED BRANDS OF OIL PIGMENTS:
STUDENT GRADE	PROFESSIONAL GRADE
Utrecht 37 or 150 ml tubes	Gamblin 37 or 150 ml tubes
Rembrandt 40 ml tubes	Winsor & Newton Artists Oil Colors 37 ml
	Williamsburg 37 ml tubes

Not Recommended: Winsor & Newton Winton Series.

AVOID THESE PRODUCTS: The following low quality paints will not work well as primary paint kit for this class: Art Advantage, Reeves

At the bottom of this page are links to other Bay Area art supply stores

RECOMMENDED PIGMENTS: Utrecht brand (student grade) Gamblin brand (professional quality)

Titanium White *a large size (150ml) tube of titanium white is recommended

Utrecht Cadmium Red Hue (or true Cadmium Red) (Cadmium paints with the word 'Hue' afterward are not true Cadmium pigments)

Utrecht Cadmium Yellow Hue (or Cadmium Yellow Lemon) (Note: All true Cadmiums are expensive, but are the brightest and purest)

Ultramarine Blue (or Pthalo, or Utrecht Brilliant Blue)

Utrecht Brilliant Green (or Permanent Green Medium)

Alizarin Crimson

Utrecht Ultramarine Violet (Dioxazine Purple)

Yellow Ochre

Raw Umber

Ivory Black

OPTIONAL PIGMENTS:

Cerulean Blue (Expensive. Can substitute Cerulean Blue Hue, both can be used for making blue-greens and turquoise blues)

Cobalt Blue (All Cobalt pigments are expensive, but are the most brilliant and pure blues)

Viridian Green (great all-purpose green pigment)

Venetian Red (classic earth Red)

Cadmium Orange (Note: All true Cadmiums are veryexpensive, but are the brightest and purest. Cadmium paints with the word 'Hue' afterward are not true Cadmium pigments)

Yellow Green

Naples Yellow

Burnt Sienna

Zinc White (less opaque than Titanium, good for skies and landscape)

Mars Black (much stronger than Ivory Black, better for more advanced painters)

BRUSHES:
     Inexpensive 1 inch and 2 inch hardware store brushes (under $1, for applying gesso)
     A variety of flat and round oil painting brushes, china bristle is best. #s 0,4,8 of both types would be a good start.
     Oil Painting brushes should look like those pictured below, and the handle should be at least as long as your hand. Do not use watercolor or other soft-bristled brushes.
brushes
METAL PALETTE / PAINTING KNIVES:
For mixing paint, applying paint to canvas or panel, and scraping paint from canvas. Metal palette knives are more useful than plastic ones.

PALETTES:
For mixing paint on. Small indented plastic palettes as shown below do not work well with oil and acrylic paints. Aluminum pie plates, cheap white plastic dinner plates or disposable paper palette work best. Choose a palette that is large enough to mix your paints, will not absorb water or oil, and is a neutral color like white or gray.
banned palettes

GENERAL PAINTING SUPPLIES:
     Jars, Cans, Rags
     Drawing pencils
     1 sketchbook any size
     Other drawing tools- erasers, rulers etc. (Optional)

CANVAS, PANELS, PAPER
For information on use of Painting supports (canvas, panels, paper, etc.) take notes from the materials lecture the first class meeting.
Project 1 can be done on watercolor paper or bristol board. Get a pad with paper size of appprox. 12 x 18"

OIL PAINTING SUPPLIES:
Due to large class size and room ventilation issues, only ODORLESS turpentines and paint thinners are allowed in the classroom
     Paint Thinner (odorless)- Use this only for cleaning brushes
     Turpenoid or Gamsol (odorless) Use this to thin oil paints. Gamsol may be substituted for odorless paint thinner
     Liquin - drying medium. Speeds up oil paint drying times
     Brush cleaning can, Silicoil is inexpensive and highly recommended

OPTIONAL MEDIUMS: (mainly for intermediate to advanced painting students)
     Gamblin Oil Mediums List
     Gamblin Cold Wax Medium
     Linseed oil- Artists refined. A Small container (4 oz. or less) is enough for most students

ART SUPPLY STORES:
     Skyline College Bookstore
     Aaron Bros.       5045 Junipero Serra Blvd., Daly City 650-994-6633
                             180 3rd Street, San Mateo 650 340-9788
     Flax                  1699 Market St., San Francisco 415 552-2355
     Utrecht Art        University & Milvia, Berkeley, 510-649-0808 116
                             New Montgomery, San Francisco 415-777-6920
     University Art    267 Hamilton, Palo Alto, 650 328-3500
     Blick                 6th & University, Berkeley 510-486-2100
                            979 Market St., San Francisco 415-441-6075
     Michael’s           4925 Junipero Serra Blvd, Colma
                             1750 S Delaware St, San Mateo

ONLINE ART SUPPLY
     Utrecht
     Jerry’s Artarama
     Daniel Smith
     Art Supply.com