PAINTING
DISCOVRY
WEEK

Suggested Materials

 

This list is intended to support you to get started.
PLEASE do not feel like you need everything!

All you really need is 4 small surfaces to paint on and 3 colours plus white.

4 x small panels, canvas or paper 

My top suggestion is:

4 x wooden panels 30 x 30cm each (12" x 12")

OR you could use 
4 x paper cut to size 30 x 30 (12" x 12").
Paper needs to be at least 240gsm weight. 
OR 
4 x small stretched canvases of the same size.  

Tissue Paper 

White Acid Free tissue paper for collage
You will need approximately 10 - 15 sheets of A3 size. 

Acrylic Paints

Whatever paints you already have or can find in the bargain shop are fine.

I will be using acrylic paints and love them because they dry quickly, allowing multiple layers without waiting days for paint to dry.  

The Matisse & the Golden brands are my favourite artist quality acrylic paints. It is a bigger expense to buy artist quality paints and not a necessity.

basic starter paint set 

You will need these 5 basic colours for our experimentation

  • titanium white
  • carbon black
  • magenta
  • phthalo blue
  • cadmium yellow

optional extras

  • burnt sienna
  • burnt umber
  • cadmium red
  • phthalo green
  • ultra marine blue
  • fluorescent colours
  • and any colours you LOVE!

The Golden Paint brand have a set of high flow transparent colours which are great for beautiful layers of colour.

Gel Medium

We will need some acrylic medium that is a good high quality glue for the collage. I like gel medium.

Gesso is optional

You may like to prime your panels (boards, canvases or paper) with a few coats of gesso. I will demonstrate this in the week leading up to our workshop. I also like to use a very fine sandpaper between coats.

Brushes

  • A few mixed sizes (the size of your thumb and pinkie finger and smaller too... cheapies are fine)

    You need one that is round and comes to a small point for fine lines and details.

  • I love my rigger brush for very delicate lines.

  • Foam brushes 5cm

  • Sponges, rags, palette knife, fork, stick, skewer, tools for making marks.

  • Natural found objects for mark making and stamping - leaves & twigs etc.  

Extra handy things 

  • Palette
  • Water containers
  • PAPER TOWEL
  • Water Spray Bottle
  • A hairdryer or heater (if you're in a cold climate)

And that is everything you will need!