Kline Academy
There are some areas of shopping were finding the cheapest and best deals are very rewarding.
Cosmetic surgury and art supplies are not among them. Painting is difficult enough to master and
the last thing you want to do is to struggle with inferior brushes and paint.
Brushes:
During the first class for the Mandala project you will not need many if any brushes
#1, #2, Fan Brush - white bristle
#3 through #20- Brights- medium soft -Isabey "memory"
1/2 inch soft blending brush
1 1/2" inexpensive large paint brush
Isabey has fantastic selection of soft, brights
I will recommend brands that have the nicest color. Please though, do not try to
buy cheap paint, I also do not recommend Windsor Newton-the color of their paint varies
greatly from other brands -for instance- Naples Yellow is a huge difference
Mandala Project- FOUNDATIONS IN CLASSICAL PAINTING Thursday am and Wednesday PM :
- one 24" x 24" Canvas
(The more expensive canvases, like the 1.5" box frame, have a nicer surface to paint on)
-Pencil, Gum eraser, spray fix or cheap hair spray
-Thin Cotton rags --- t-shirt or pillow cases work well
-Walnut Oil or Linseed Oil refined
-Palette- Light wood palette if you are working with a model
or disposable palette pad
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Raw Umber- brownish (oil paint) by Norma or Old Holland brands have a beautiful
golden shade. Other brands of raw umber tend to be much cooler
Titanium White -Rembrandt, original formula - Large Tube
After the 3rd or fourth class we will begin color and here are the paints you will
need:
Alizarin Crimson
Quinacridone Red
Mars Orange
Yellow Ochre - Le Franc or Gamblin is okay -If you use another brand, make sure it is not too dark
Naples Yellow - Mussini or Sennelier only- also do not buy Naples Yellow light or dark just plain Naples yellow
Ultra Marine Blue - Deep
Pthalo Blue
Chrome Green Opaque (Also called Chromium oxide Green)
Pthalo Green
Transparent Red Oxide - Rembrandt is okay
Transparent Brown Oxide - Rembrandt is okay
Ivory Black
2nd Project for a Master Copy Paints to Add:
English Red
Viridian Green
Indian Yellow
Chinese Orange- Sennelier
Vermillion (French) -Sennelier
Cerulean Blue
Portrait Class Paints- Wed 2pm to 5pm
If you are taking a Portrait Painting class then I assume you are serious about your results. This is where good quality paint is essential.
I can't tell you how many times I have been helping a student with their painting, I grab their palette and begin to mix a color and for instance
their Vermillion makes very little affect on the color! I try again and add more, nothing, finally I look at the brand of paint they are using and "bingo"
cheap paint! Cheaper brands of paint use less pigment. So you end up frustrated and using more paint. If you have the money the following 2 brands
I highly reccomend: Michael Harding and Robert Doak especially Doak's incredibly colors (except his Naples Yellow-its too dark) and Michael Harding's
Cremnitz White is a very good lead white.
Sennielier and Old Holland are also good choices as well as Mussini. Bottom line is buy some good quality paint.
Wood Palette to hold
Little container for holding medium
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Walnut or Linseed Oil
Cotton t-shirt type rags
Paints (see info above for brands):
Titanium White or (lead white if you can find it)
Yellow Ochre
French Vermillion
Ivory Black
Later we will add:
Raw Umber
Ultra Marine Blue
Naples Yellow
Transparent Red Oxide
Chrome Green
Alizarin Crimson
English Red
Cerulean Blue
Hal's Figure Painting/Drawing Workshop- Monday 11am to 2pm:
Some of you may want to just draw and that is fine, make sure that you buy some sheets of
practice paper and some nice ones for the final drawing
Drawing materials:
willow charcoal, medium size sticks
Kneaded erasers
soft paper towels or chammy
charcoal pencils, medium density
Jar of powdered charcoal
salt shaker for shaking charcoal powder on paper
Paper- Ingre, Rives, Roma, or other fine drawing sheet
as well as inexpensive practice sheets- even newsprint
Drawing Board or smooth piece of wood to attach your paper to
Roll of Tape
Painting Materials:
Stretched Canvas 20 x 30" or no larger than 24 x 36"
Gamblin is fine for the following (you may already have most of these)
Titanium white, naples yellow, yellow ochre, raw sienna, napthol red, burnt sienna, ultramarine, thalo blue, ivory black
Old Holland brand flesh ochre
Brush washer with spring inside for cleaning brushes
Odorless Mineral Spirits (Please bring your own bottle or container -for disposal-do not dispose of in the studio)
Galkyd painting medium no.1
Gamblin refined linseed oil
Brushes: Hogs hair assortment of long handle flats and filberts 2,4,6,8,10,12,14.
Assorted filbert long handle synthetic sable.Dick blick makes there own that I like to use.
Utrecht also makes their own synthetics. Good for glazing. 2,4,6,8,10,12
#2 round synthetic long handle
Big Palette
Little container for holding medium
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Contemporary Painting - Thurs. 7pm to 10pm:
Anything goes, as long as you clean up after yourself and don't bring anything toxic.
Its also a good idea to bring several projects to work on
Here are some ideas to add to your supplies:
Marble Dust
Cement- quickset
Assortment of Acrylics
Card board
Crackle Paste and Venetian plaster
Wood panels, metal panels, un stretched canvas
collage material
Dorland's Wax
Glazing mediums
Large palettes knives
sand paper
bucket
drop cloth if you are going to be messy
Roll of paper towels and cotton rags
roll of tape
Inspirational images, printed materials
and of course, all the other materials you are used to using
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