Manon’s List of Suggested Materials

• Colors:
  • Titanium White
  • Lemon Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Light
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium
  • Indian Yellow
  • Cadmium Orange or Permanent Orange (Michael Harding)
  • Raw Sienna , Yellow Ochre or Golden Ochre
  • Cadmium Red Light or Naphtol Red
  • Quinacridone Rose or Permanent Alizarin Crimson
  • Phthalo Blue or Cerulean
  • Ultramarine Blue (Michael Harding preferred)
  • Viridian or Phthalo Green
  • Transparent Red Oxide or Transparent Earth Red
• In general, as long as you have a warm and a cool version of yellow, blue, and red you should be good to go. The colors printed boldly are what’s on my own palette, but the regular printed ones can be used alternatively if you already have them. In general, artist grade paints are to be preferred over student grade.
• Medium:
  • Gamsol (for oil painters)
  • Gamblin Galkyd Lite Gel
• Brushes:
  • As long as you have a variety of long flats and filberts you’ll be good. Please no short stubby brushes or old stiff paint-encrusted brushes.
  • Just for your information, here’s what I use:
    • Long flats natural bristle brushes such as hog hair or Rosemary’s long-handled long flats, “Ivory” or “Shiraz” synthetic bristle
    • Size 1 round.
    • Size 2,4, 6, 8, 10 long-bristled flats or filberts.
    • ½” diamond shaped palette knife.
• Canvas:
  • Small canvases, like 6×8”, 8×10”, 9×12, 11.x 14” depending on your speed and comfort level. Squares in similar sizes will work well, too.
• Miscellaneous
  • Paper towels (blue shop towels from Home Depot are great)
  • Container for mineral spirits
  • Trash bag
  • Palette
  • Small sketch book and pencil
  • Value markers in light, medium, and dark values