WORKSHOP SUPPLY LISTS

PASTEL MEDIUM (also see General Supply List below)

• Drawing boards:

  • Plein Air Workshops: Please bring 2-3 panels per day in your choice of sizes 12" x 16", 11" x 14", or 9" x 12". Bring board light in weight, such as Masonite or Birchwood.

  • Studio Workshops: Please bring your choice of pastel paper sheets between 12" x 16" and 16"" x 20".

• Paper - Bring your favorite pastel surface. I enjoy using Canson Moonstone and 400 grit UART Sanded Pastel Paper. Cut paper to approximately 11" x 14", 9" x 12", or 8" x 10" - to fit your drawing boards.

• Pastels - Largest assortment of colors possible; Rembrant pastels are a fine pastel to begin with; conte crayons, earth tones. A great pastel box for working in the field is the Heilman box (Phone: 530-778-3080)

  • Pre-assembled Pastel Sets:

    • WARM & COOL Pastel Set by Lorenzo Chavez (made by Girault Pastels)

    • Landscape Painting Set by Lorenzo Chavez (made by Great American Pastels)

• Outdoor French Easel (Julian™) - half box

OIL PAINTING MEDIUM (also see General Supply List below)

• Portable Easel, I recommend the following:

  • Outdoor French Easel (Julian™) - half box

  • Open Box M and Bogen tripod (Phone: 800-473-8098)

  • Easel Pal - palette box (Phone: 505-892-7752)

• Oils - Chromatic Colors:
  1. Permanent Red Medium – Rembrandt
  2. Alizarin Crimson-Permanent
  3. Cad Yellow Medium or Cad Yellow Deep
  4. Lemon Yellow
  5. Ultramarine Deep
  6. Cobalt Blue
  7. Viridian
  8. Titanium White
  9. Burnt Sienna - Earth color

• Canvas Panels:

  • Plein Air Workshops: Please bring 2-3 panels per day in your choice of sizes 8" x 10", 9" x 12", 10" x 12", or 11" x 14". We will be doing small studies on the canvas panels.

  • Studio Workshops: Please bring 2-3 of your choice of sizes in panel or stretched canvas between 12" x 16" and 16" x 20".

  • I prefer SouceTek's Handcrafted Canvas Panels (Phone: 800-587-5462) in these sizes: 8" x 10”, 9" x 12”, 10" x 12”, and 16" x 20"

• Brushes- suggested sizes:

  • Flats sizes: 4, 6, 8, and 10

  • Rounds sizes: 6 and 8

• Palette Knives: one small #3 and one medium #8

• Turpenoid (odorless turpentine)

• Brush cleaner – Holbein small or medium

• Palette Cup

GENERAL SUPPLY LIST

• Outdoor French Easel (Julian™) - half box

• Drawing boards - approximately 12" x 16", 11" x 14", or 9" x 12"; light in weight, such as masonite or birchwood

• Small Sketchbook - 5" x 7" to 8.5" x 11"

• Masking tape - 1"

• Kneaded eraser

• Paper Towels (I prefer Viva brand)

• Small Trash Bags (e.g. grocery store plastic bags)

• Broad Tip Marker, black (for drawing thumbnails & note taking)

• Wide-brim hat- for shade and to reduce glare from direct sunlight (a dark interior in the hat helps reduces the glare from reflected light)

• Photographic reference material for studio sessions

• Sun block/Bug repellent

• Drinking water

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