In Full Bloom Supply List

Recommended Supplies

This class is open to oil or acrylic painters.

Please bring your favorite art supplies, brushes, and paints that you already have and anything else that you find handy while you are creating.

Below are a few specific things we will need for the class:

  • Sketchbook
  • Pencil and eraser
  • 12x16 palette.
  • Stay Wet palette is very useful for acrylic
  • Disposable or glass palette for oil
  • Metal paint knifes in larger sizes (3” from base to tip as the smallest)
  • Paper towel – blue shop towel is the best!
  • Vine charcoal or chalk pastels
  • Ruler or tape measure
  • Small portable hair drier (if you have one)
  • Small spray bottle for water (dollar store)
  • Quinacridone rose acrylic (for toning the canvas, oil painters need this too)
  • Table top or portable easel
  • 24" x 72" plastic (to cover table)

Canvas:

This class is about painting LARGE!

Choose whatever size canvas you feel most comfortable with as long as it’s a SQUARE.

No smaller than 24”x24” no larger than whatever size will fit in the back of your car after class, lol!

Transporting your large painting:

Large paintings can be messy, especially when they are wet. It’s a good idea to have a large piece of cardboard or an old blanket to protect your car. Make sure your canvas can fit in the trunk area of your car.

Brushes:

Bring all the brushes you currently have and are using. Because we are painting large, make sure to bring a selection of the largest brushes you have already, anything that is 1” to 4” wide (or larger!).

Here are a few specifics we will need:

  • Synthetic Filbert shaped brushes, size 8 and 12
  • 2” synthetic inexpensive brush with a short handle (like a household paint brush)
  • 3” synthetic inexpensive brush with a short handle (like a household paint brush)

Brands I like are CraftSmart & Langnickel

Paint: 

Student grade paint will work, but if you are serious about painting, investing in artist grade paint would be better. It’s stronger, will last longer and is the true pigment - which is better for color mixing and easier to work with.

Note: all students (oil painters too) need to bring an acrylic Quinacridone Rose.

Bring all your favorite colours to work with and please make sure you have these specifics in oil or acrylic:

  • Lemon Yellow (hansa will work as well)
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Quinacridone Rose
  • Quinacridone Violet
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Titanium white
  • Warm White (or buff titanium) 

For Acrylic Painters:

Please bring the mediums you love to work with for acrylics. 

 Some of my favorites are:

  • GAC 100
  • Matte medium
  • Gloss gel medium.

For Oil Painters:

Please bring your portable brush washer (turp pot) and make sure to have Eco house or Gamsol as your solvent to clean.

**No hardware store turpentine or solvent please! They are very toxic and tend to give people bad headaches, even if they say no odour.

Mediums we will need:

  • Either Liquin or Walnut Alkyd Medium
  • Res n’ Gel or Solvent Free Gel
  • Optional – cold wax medium