This document provides a list of recommended materials for an acrylic painting class, including various paints, mediums, brushes, surfaces, and other supplies. It recommends titanium white, cadmium red, cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange, alizarin crimson, manganese violet, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, and Payne's gray as the most important paints to have. For mediums, it suggests Liquitex medium, flow aid, and glazing medium for acrylics and linseed oil, Gamsol, stand oil, and Liquin for oils. Basic brushes, palette knives, pencil, primer, illustration board and mason

1. PAINTING 1 de Beaufort
MATERIALS:
Mineral vs. Organic(synthetic)
Opaque vs. transparent
PAINTS:
You can use oil or acrylic- however I will not be doing any demonstrations of Oil techniques and you
must commit to cleaning up thoroughly
If you are a committed artistand are buying paints in general you can buy any paint you like but here is a good listof
the MOST IMPORTANT TO HAVE:
Titanium White
RadiantWhite (only made by Gamblin)
Cadmium Red (medium)
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Orange
Alizarin Crimson
Maganese Violet
CobaltBlue
Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Umber
Payne’s Gray
Permanentgreen Middle
Naples Yellow
Gamblin Paints:
Brown Pink (transparent)
Indian Yellow (transparent)
Quinacridone Red (transparent)
Optional:
Olive Green
PermanentRose or Magenta
Pthalo TurquoisePthalo Blue
Powder (King’s) Blue
Warm/cool Gray
Pale Terracota
TransparentOrange or Yellow
Prussian Blue
Pthalo Green
TransparentRed Oxide
YOU DON’T REALLY NEED TO BUY BLACK…but get Mars Black if you insist.
If you are new to painting and want to buy some student grade acrylics I recommend the
following:
(Available at Easel Art and Dickblick.com)
Dalery-Rowney Graduate Acrylics (5.95 at Easel Art)
OR
Dalery-Rowney System 3 Medium Body Acrylics (6.50 at Easel Art)
Yellows:
Cadmium Yellow
Primary Yellow
Yellow Ochre

2. Blues/Greens:
CobaltBlue
Ultramarine Blue
Pthalo Blue or Turquoise
Emerald
Reds:
Cadmium Red Deep
Cadmium Red Hue
PermanentRose
Venetian Red
Burnt Siena
White:
White or Titanium White
Mixing white or Zinc White
Buff Titanium
Black:
Mars Black
MEDIUMS:
Acrylic:
Liquitex Medium
Liquitex Flow Aid
Liquitex Glazing Medium
Oil:
Refined Linseed oil
Gamsol (solvent) or odorless mineral spirits
Galkyd (alkyd resin) (optional)
Stand oil (optional-excellentfor glazes and blending)
Liquin
CobaltDrier
VARNISH:
(optional)
Ketone matte varnish (wax based)
BRUSH CLEANER:
Murphy’s Oil Soap Industrial Strength (Home Depot)
PALLETTE:
FREEZER PAPER (from publix) on a piece of cardboard or Masonite
BRUSHES:
As many as you can afford of all types and sizes
A variety of flat and round brushes will do
1 VALUE PACK BRUSH SET (Princeton Art& Brush)
small rounds,midsize flats
LARGE BRUSHES
30 Blick Mega Brush,white nylon (filbert)
40 Blick Mega Brush,nylon filbert
50 Blick Mega Brush,nylon, flat
PURDY 3” Nylon Brush from HOME DEPOT (for priming)
PALETTE KNIFES:
3-4 of various sizes,cheap white plastic brand ok
PENCIL:
HB and Ebony pencil (8B graphite)

3. PRIMER:
Gesso
Zinsser Bull’s Eye 1-2-3 Primer
SURFACES/SUPPORT:
Anything over 11x14” and as large as you would like to go.
Birch Panel (home-made or store bought)
Masonite from Home Depot
Have them cut to 16”x24” or 18”x24”
I do not recommend canvas for a beginner class
We are going to need a minimum of6-8 surfaces to work on.
Some other ideas:
Ampersand and Hardboard ¾” cradled:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/ampersand-hardbord/
Blick Studio Artists Boards
http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-studio-artists-boards/
If you have the moneyBUY LINEN!
TAPE
Blue Painters tape (delicate surfaces) from home depot(1 roll)
PAPER/Illustration board

4. This is for color studies- if you wish to save money simply paint gesso over a piece of cardboard or
other cheap surface
Strathmore Bristol,vellum surface- Heavy Weight (300 series).9x12” 20 sheets. ($5.52 at Dickblick.com)
DickBlick studentgrade illustration board 15”x20” (3 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS:
Sandpaper 150,220 grit(6 pack from Home Depot)
2 large plastic cups with lids for medium,etc.
smock
1 bottle dish detergent(joy or other)
carrying cases,boxes,etc
several rolls of paper towels
Materials for this class mightbe expensive,but it IS possible to make greatwork withoutspending a fortune.
Remember,you may not end up using everything and can continue to paintfar into the future. Think of it as an
INVESTMENT! Please buy mid-priced paints when possible.Cheap paints usuallyyield AWFUL and depressing
results thatmay resultin mental anguish.Frustration and tears.Good materials=Good Art.
I RECOMMEND !!!
Easel Art Supply Center
810 Park Avenue
Lake Park, FL 33402
561-844-3111
They will give you a good discountif you are a studentand are very helpful.