Ages 16+ Summer art camp material list

PASTELS: 

• For beginners: a box of Creatacolor pastel sticks (very hard) or the largest portable box of Rembrandt half stick pastels are the best choice (from Jerrysartarama.com or dickblick.com).
• For more advanced pastel artists: SCHMINCKE, SENNELIER, UNISON, GREAT AMERICAN, and TERRY LUDWIG are also good choices.

NO OIL PASTELS. NO ALPHA PASTELS. NO LOEW CORNELL PASTELS.

PAPERS: 

• Canson Mi-Tientes - Felt grey, steel grey or any other neutral color - cut in half or quarters. No larger than 11x14.
• For more advanced pastelists: Sanded paper like Uart, Ampersand Pastelbord, Art Spectrum Colourfix, Pastel Premier, Pastelmat. 

All available through online: Jerrysartarama, Dick Blick, Dakota Pastels (for pastel premier sanded paper, Dakota is the only place to get this paper)

SUPPORT: 

A smooth drawing board or surface to attach to the paper. MASONITE hardboard or GATOR-BOARD works well. Foamcore also works and is lightweight but can bend easily. 

MISC: 

• Tape to attach paper (masking tape or drafting tape, not blue painters tape)

• Sketchbook/Notebook

• soft Vine Charcoal or pastel pencils

• Paper Towels

• Chamois

• kneaded eraser

• hand wipes

• Optional: latex gloves or Gloves in a Bottle (hand cream) 

OPTIONAL: 

• Old Bristle Brushes

• Rubbing Alcohol or Odorless Mineral Spirits or Turpenoid (in the blue and white can)

• small metal cup to hold solvent - for underpainting.

Email me with any questions: jane@janemcgraw-teubner.com 

PAPER: 

Good watercolor paper - 140lb HOT press

Recommended: Arches brand - either a block or  large sheet cut down to 9 x 12

PAINT: 

Good watercolor paint; Recommended: Winsor & Newton (not Cotman) or Daniel Smith

Colors: 

• Scarlet Lake
• Permanent Rose
• Cadmium Yellow (Daniel Smith- New Gamboge)
• Winsor Lemon
• (Daniel Smith - Hansa Yellow Light)
• French Ultramarine
• Sap Green
• Burnt Sienna

Paint palette: Any palette that will hold all of your colors. Recommended: Mijello palette to travel with. 

BRUSHES: 

• Winsor & Newton kolinsky sable size 4

• A cheap synthetic brush for mixing paint

• Artist tape

• Tracing paper

• A board or some sort of support for your paper

• Pencils: H, 2B, 6B and a kneaded eraser

• 2 Clear containers for water

• Paper Towels 

• Clear ruler with grid for measuring

*All of these supplies can be purchase at www.blickart.com or www.jerrysartarama.com

• 12" x 16" palette box

• 12"x16" glass panel
  • Can be removed from an inexpensive picture frame

• Palette cups

• Assorted hogs hair and synthetic brushes
  • Sables optional

• Palette knife

• Odorless mineral spirits

• Acrylic gesso (white)

• Linseed oil or stand oil

• Paper towels (Viva brand recommended)

• Canvas boards or pre-stretched canvas
  • Sizes: 12"x16", 14"x18", 16"x20"

  
  

  PAINTS:

  *Recommended: Winsor & Newton or Gamblin 1980 grade
  

• Titanium White
• Ivory Black
• Burnt Sienna
• Raw Umber
• Blue Black
• Yellow Ochre
• Alizarin Crimson
• Cadmium Red
• Cadmium Yellow Deep (appears as deep orange)
• Cadmium Yellow Pale
• Viridian
• Cobalt Blue
• Ultramarin

• HB pencils

• Kneaded & Pink Erasers   

• Postcard (4 ¼” x 5 ½")  

• 4 sheets of Arches cold press 140-pound watercolor paper (around 14′′ x 10′′)   

• Quick release tape (width 1") 

• Winsor & Newton Colorless Art Masking Fluid 

• Painting palette for watercolor paints

• A large container for water

• Paper towel

• Cardboard (at least 16′′ x 12′′)

• Single Edge Razor Blade or Utility Knife  

• Blow Dryer 

WATERCOLOR PAINTS:

• Ultramarine Blue 
• Prussian Blue 
• Cerulean Blue 
• Thalo Blue 
• Viridian Green 
• Sap Green 
• Alizarin Crimson 
• Cadmium Yellow Medium 
• Yellow Ochre 
• Permanent Green Light 
• Cadmium Red Light 
• Cadmium Red 
• Cadmium Orange 
• Burnt Sienna 
• Burnt Umber 
• Sepia 
• Dioxazine Mauve 
• Turquoise (by Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolors)   

BRUSHES 

• Copper acrylic wooden handle flat brush (size 10) 

• Soft grip golden taklon oval wash brush

• Short handle round brush (size 6)

• Short handle round brush (size 2)

Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Brushes 

• Series 999, Mop 5/8"  
• Series 999, Mop 3/4"  
• Series 668, Filbert 1/2"   
• Series 668, Filbert 3/4"   
• Series 111, Round 4  
• Series 111, Round 8   
• Series 111, Round 12   
• Series 111, Round 1

• Gray Matters 50-sheet paper palette by Richeson or regular wooden or plastic palette

• Small bottle of Liquin 75ml

• 8 or 16 oz Gamsol (if you can’t get Gamsol get an odorless turpentine or turpentine substitute from Michaels)

• 2-Medium cups (no lids)

• 11 x 14 canvas panels

*First we'll practice and play, then you will be shown the value of good canvas.

BRUSHES:

•  3-5 oil painting brushes:
  • Small, size 4-6 filbert
  • Flat size 6-8
  • Filbert, #9 (about the size of your pointer finger)

  
  

  OIL PAINTS:

• Titanium white
• Yellow ochre* 
• Cadmium Red
• Alizarin Crimson*
• Burnt Umber
• Ultramarine Blue
• Ivory Black*
• Cadmium yellow

If you have art supplies, bring what you have.

Come primarily with a good sketchbook and drawing materials to work on ideas and take notes.

If experienced: Bring own materials. 

For beginners: Bring sketchbook, good dark pencils or charcoal, kneaded eraser, and almost any color medium (even crayons). 

For those with specific ideas or projects in mind, he will be happy to work on them with you, just email him ahead of time.

Palette: Prefer hard palette. If you have a wooden one, give it a coat of shellac or something before using it so the oil does not stick; plexiglass is also okay, doesn't need priming.

BRUSHES: 

Preferred: Robert Simmond Signet Series EGBERTS (a longer version of FILBERTS) in sizes ranging from #2 to #8 (can be found on Amazon or Blick.com)

• FILBERTS are okay if you can't find Egberts.
• Recommended: 
  • A good, natural Chinese bristle 1" house painting brush (obtainable in a hardware or paint store)
  • ESCODA #2 (Blick.com), #4, or #6 round sable can be useful.
• Not recommended: Tiny, cheap sable brushes

  
  

  PAINT:

• Recommended (in order): Senneliers, Holbein, Gamblin, and Grumbacher Pre-Tested
• Old Holland paints are extremely high quality and intense color, bit pricey.

• Colors:
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Naples yellow
  • Indian red
  • Ultramarine blue
  • *Not limited to these colors

  
  

  Recommended Pigments: 

• Zinc White or Titanium-Zinc White 
• Naples Yellow (instructor prefers Maimeri Naples Yellow Dark)
• Yellow Ochre
• Cadmium red, Deep
• Ultramarine Blue, Deep
• Burnt Umber
• Ivory Black
• Optional:
  • Cerulean
  • Alzarin
  • Virdian
  • Raw Sienna
  • Cadmium Orange

CANVAS:

Recommended: Raymar painting panels, single primed linen on panel. See raymar.com or more specifically http://www.raymarart.com/Single-Primed-Linen-Plein-Air-Painting-Panels-s/1.htm

• *Some students like to team together to buy a group of panels which saves on cost. A good average panel size, for any painting, is 18” x 24”.
• http://www.jerrysartarama.com

OIL PAINTS:

*Can be found on http://www.jerrysartarama.com

• Old Holland 40 ml:
  • Light Red (not Bright red, not Cadmium Red Light)
  • Yellow Ochre or Roman Ochre
  • Ivory Black**
  • English Red
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Titanium White**

  **Larger tubes of whites and blacks should be purchased

  
  BRUSHES:

• Hog Bristle Filbert: sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 20 (more or fewer as needed)
• Sable Filbert: sizes 00, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16 (more or fewer as needed)

*Recommended brands: Renaissance, Silver, Richter, New York Art Central*

Utrecht offers several good brands.

MISC:

• Palette - a varnished, wooden palette is preferable (instructor prefers palette from Zecchi) 

• Paper Towel roll 

• Odorless turpentine 

• Regular turpentine (artists turp, not hardware store!) 

• Sun thickened linseed oil 

• A couple small jars, such as baby jars, for storage 

• Roll of artist tape

COLORS/PALETTE: 

*Suggested only. Gamblin paints;

• Titanium White
• Portland Grey Light
• Payne’s Grey
• Raw Umber
• Ultramarine Blue
• Sap Green
• Yellow Ochre
• Permanent Orange
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Napthol Red
• Cerulean Blue

BRUSHES:

A selection of bristle and/or natural hair brushes, sizes ranging from small to large. Some synthetic brushes work well.

*Suggested brush profiles: filberts, flats, brights and rounds.

• Painting Medium: Painting Medium (Liquin is my medium)

• Brush Cleaner: Mineral Spirits, turpentine, paint thinner or other brush cleaner.

• Canvas: Panels using linen, cotton duck, or polyflex. Sizes: 
  • New Painters: 8” x 10” for those relatively new to painting
  • Advanced Painters: larger sizes for more advanced painters (11” x 14”, 12” x 16” or thereabouts)

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Paper towels

• Sketch pad and pencils 

• Photos to work from

• Other mediums are welcome though instructor’s experience is limited to oil (and pastel)