Supplies
Paint:
•Cadmium yellow light, Hansa yellow or Lemon yellow (or any cool yellow)
•Cadmium yellow medium or Indian yellow (or any warm yellow)
•Cadmium red light or naphthol red (warm red)
•Alizarin crimson permanent
•Ultramarine blue
•Prussian blue or Cerulean blue
•Burnt sienna
•Titanium white (large tubes)
Any professional quality brand may be used, avoid the student grade. They don’t have enough pigment, make it harder to mix color and may end up being more expensive in the long run. I use mostly Gamblin. The most important thing is to have both a warm (moving toward orange on the color wheel) or cool (moving towards blue) version of each of the primary colors red, blue and yellow.
You may use traditional oils, water-based oil or acrylic paints.
One tube of acrylic paint for quickly toning your canvas and initial massing of shapes. I recommend Burnt sienna.
Panels
Canvas panels. I don’t recommend stretched canvases outdoors because the sun can shine through the canvas from certain angles and make it hard to see values.
At least two panels for each day from 8 x 10 up to 11 x 14
Brushes - what you prefer is fine but here is what I recommend as basic: #12 white hog bristle filbert
#8 white hog bristle filbert
#6 hog bristle flat
#2 red sable (can be synthetic) round
One medium flexible palette knife for both painting and scraping the palette. Or you may buy one for each purpose. I like the long diamond shaped best.
Mineral Spirits (for traditional oils) I use Gamsol because it is the best odorless product - but outdoors you can go with less expensive brands. Water miscible oils and acrylics only require water.
Medium - fast drying types such as Gamblin Galkyd Light or Gamblin Solvent free gel for traditional oils. Cobra makes some nice mediums for water-based oils and I especially like their #93 quick drying medium. (Available from Jerry’s Artarama. There are many different mediums for acrylics which can slow the drying time outdoors. Check with the manufacturer to see what they offer.
• Paper towels
• mineral spirits holder and water holder (can be as simple as a glass jar with lid) • Baby wipes
• Plastic trash bags for dirty paper towels
• Portable easel
Supply List for Outdoor Oil Painting
• a chair if you like to sit when painting • Sun visor
• sunscreen
• bug repellent
OPTIONAL:
1 or two potter’s ribs. Thin flexible tools that are a fun way to make interesting marks different from brushes. I will demonstrate their use. I got mine from Amazon but there are many sources on the web. Make sure they are rubber, not wood or metal.
An old, expired credit card also makes a nice tool.
Questions? Email me at tankersleyart@gmail.com