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