Beyond the View

Recommended Supplies
Beyond the View
Sue Contini
May 22 - 24, 2026

Pigment: Bring what you have, especially your favourites - MUST include a red, a yellow and a blue

 Recommended Colours

  • Bone or Ivory Black
  • Titanium White (Heavy Body - Golden or Graham brands are best for opacity
  • Transparent Red Iron Oxide
  • Pthalo Blue
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Quinacridone Rose
  • Nickel Azo Yellow
  • Cadmium Yellow Deep
  • Cadmium Yellow Light

 Bonus Colours

  • Indian Yellow
  • Pyrrole Orange
  • Cadmium Red Light
  • Pthalo Green or Turquoise
  • Dioxazine Purple

Mediums     

  • Liquid Gloss Medium (any brand)
  • Matte Gel Medium
  • White Gesso

Miscellaneous

  • 4 supports - a variety of manageable sizes - 11x14 and 16x20 are versatile!
  • Disposable Palette Paper
  • Masking tape
  • A few pieces of 140lb watercolour paper for exercises (acrylic painters please apply a layer of gesso on these)
  • An assortment of your favourite brushes, both bristle and synthetic. I like a ¾” angle brush, a ⅜” angle brush, a round brush (size 6 or 8), and a size 2 liner brush.
  • A water soluble pencil
  • Shop Cloth (Blue cotton paper towel)
  • A spray bottle - my favourite is a giant Zep one with an adjustable nozzle from Home Depot, not a wee delicate mister!
  • A brayer
  • I will provide some landscape resources but if you have favourites, bring them along
  • White tissue paper (cheap gift wrap stuff)
  • Water bucket
  • 72" x 24" plastic sheet (table cover)
  • Easel - you won’t need an easel unless you prefer to work on one