Acrylic Painting for Absolute Beginners
Instructors: Eric Hibit,Susan Cottle, Anthony DiPaola, Verdiana Patacchini, Shima Rabiee, Smriti Sangal
Susan Cottle's Supply List:
- Acrylic Paint:Golden recommended Heavy Body Acrylic tube colors (Liquitex are fine, individual tubes or Golden tube sets are also fine)
- Titanium White large tube
- Quinacridone Red Rose or Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Red Light
- Ultramarine Blue
- Pthalo blue
- Optional: Raw Umber
- 4-5 Synthetic flat or bright brushes. If you will be standing at an easel, purchase long handle
- Blick Wonder white set here or if painting flat seated, Blick Scholastic Golden Taklon here
- Small jar Gloss Medium
- Painting knife. Metal #46 or 44 blick brand diamond shape are my favorite
- Disposable Palette paper pad 12 x16
- 2 containers (jars or plastic) for water
- paper towels and old cotton t-shirt rags
- small travel empty spray bottle for water
- Canvases or canvas panels 11x14. Set of 7 pack here
- Small sketchbook or paper with pencil and eraser to sketch
- Optional not required: Retarder gel if you wish to slow drying time of the paint
Anthony DiPaola’s Supply List:
- 3 pre-stretched canvases sized 16”x 20” or 18” x 24”
- Assortment of 6 flat and round synthetic bristle brushes
- Acrylic Paint (Liquitex or Golden recommended)
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Red Light
- Cobalt Blue
- Permanent Green Light
- Raw Umber
- Titanium White (large tube)
- Ultramarine Blue
- Naples Yellow or Yellow Ochre
- Matte Medium 8 oz.
- Palette knife
- Disposable Palette paper pad
- 2 containers (jars or cups)
- old rags or paper towels
Eric Hibit’s Supply list:
Shima Rabiee's Supply List:
- Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint
- Titanium White
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Red Light
- Quinacridone Red (OR Alizarin Crimson)
- Cerulean Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Permanent Green Light
- Burnt Sienna
- Raw Umber
- (Optional) Medium Magenta
- (Optional) Cadmium yellow Dark
- (Optional) Yellow Ochre
- (Optional) Mars Black
- Masterson Sta-Wet Premier Palette 1¾” x16" x 12” https://www.dickblick.com/products/masterson-sta-wetpremier-palette/
- Blick Palette Paper Pad - 12" x 16", 50 Sheets https://www.dickblick.com/items/blick-palettepaper-pad-12-x-16-50-sheets/
- 4 Blick Studio Cotton Canvas Panels - 9"x 12", Pkg of 5 https://www.dickblick.com/items/blick-canvaspanel-9-x-12-pkg-of-5/
- Uline Cylinder Spray Bottle - 4 oz, https://www.dickblick.com/items/ulinecylinder-spray-bottle-4-oz/
- Golden Open Acrylic Medium - Gloss, 8oz bottle, https://www.dickblick.com/items/golden-openacrylic-medium-gloss-8-oz-bottle/
- Blick Painting Knife - Small Spade 46, Item #:03117-1046, https://www.dickblick.com/items/blickpainting-knife-style-46/
- Sakura Pigma Micron Pen - Sepia, 08 https://www.dickblick.com/items/sakurapigma-micron-sepia-08/
- Assortment of flat and round synthetic bristle brushes:
- Winsor & Newton Monarch Mongoose Brush-Flat, Long Handle, Size 4, Item #:05276-1004
- Winsor & Newton Monarch Mongoose Brush-Flat, Long Handle, Size 10, Item #:05276-1010
- Winsor & Newton Monarch Mongoose Brush-Round, Long Handle, Size 2, Item #:05277-1002
- Robert Simmons Signet Brush - Flat, Long Handle, Size 6, Item #:06646-1006
- Robert Simmons Signet Brush - Flat, Long Handle, Size 2, Item #:06646-1002• Paper towels
- One container or jar for water
- One drawing pad (9”x12”) and a soft pencil for the initial drawings
- (Optional) Blick Classic Black Apron, Item #: 04526-2020
Smriti Sangal's Supply List
- Acrylic Color Tube Sets (Liquitex or Golden recommended but any brand with 12-24 shades in a tube will work. Please do not buy the bottle ones)
- Apron
- Palette Knife
- Modelling Paste
- Set of round and flat brushes (if you have other kinds, more brushes is never a problem)
- 4 stretched canvases (3 canvases 9” x 12”, 1 canvas 11” x 14”)
- Disposable Palette paper
- Container for Water
- Old rag or Paper Towels for wiping brushes
- Pencil, Erasers
- A4 piece of cardboard (to keep the palette paper on)
Verdiana Patacshini's Supply list
(Blick Materials store recommended - 10% discount offered as registered students):