Gage Academy of Art, Seattle | P10101

Supply List

Please come prepared with the following for the first day of class:

Surface: 1 sheet of prepared canvas paper, mounted to board (taped all the way around the edges)
All materials listed below

Oil Paint Colors:
Required Palette:

Cadmium red medium
Cadmium orange
Cadmium yellow light
Pthalo green
Pthalo blue
Ultramarine blue
Alizarin crimson or quinacridone red
Purple lake or dioxazine purple
* White, titanium or mixed (titanium + zinc) – large tube

Other colors, nice to have:

Yellow ochre
Sap green
Quinacridone violet

Buy the above oil paints in Utrecht, Gamblin, Daniel Smith Artists’ Materials (they no longer make the cadmiums), Winsor & Newton (NOT Winton), Williamsburg, or Old Holland brands. Avoid pigments with the word “hue” following the name—they are cheaper because they contain very little of the actual pigment you want. You may need to buy additional tubes of the above paint as we go through the course.

Tools and Accessories:

Medium-size palette knife (curved/bent handle, not straight—2" – 3")
Oil brushes—get an assortment, some large/medium/small, rounds/filberts: 1/4" – 1.5" (at least 4, inexpensive, synthetic is fine – make sure they are oil brushes – heavier bristle brushes that can hold the weight of oils – not watercolor brushes)
Palette—(glass is best, and the larger the better for mixing, at least 16" x 18" recommended, if the glass is thin it can be backed by board and taped around the edges) (Perkins glass on Broadway is good for this, ¼ inch, sanded edges)
Razor blade scraper (window scraper)—to clean palette
Odorless paint thinner (turpentine) only! (“Turpenoid” or “Gamsol” preferred)
Linseed oil (small bottle)
Glass jar with lid for turps (larger) and oil (smaller)- best option is to get little plastic squeeze bottles with pointed tip, and small funnel for filling.
Rags

Optional, but very nice to have:

Disposable latex or vinyl gloves
Plastic palette box with lid, for preservation of paint (doesn’t need to be large – you mix on your palette – this can just be used to store extra, unused paint for the next class)

Set-Up:

3 pieces of foam-core or cardboard (at least ¼” thick), all cut to equal size, around 12" or 14" square (the exact size is not crucial, just as long as the 3 pieces are the same, we tape these together on the first day, so please have them pre-cut)
Packet of assorted colored artists paper/construction paper
Masking tape
Scissors/Xacto knife
Glue Stick

**Highly Recommended: Your own individual, small, free-standing desk lamp or clamp light with adjustable/ moveable neck. Label clearly with your name.

Surfaces:

Pre-primed canvas paper pad (16 x 20" or 18 x 24") – the thicker the better.
Drawing board at least as big as the above, for mounting the paper.
White artist’s tape or masking tape
Gesso—white, medium sized jug
Medium/fine sandpaper
Canvas paper will be used for short and extended studies. Please come to every class with a prepared sheet – I recommend adding at lease 2 additional layers of gesso, sanding lightly in-between.
For our final, 4-session painting I recommend stretched canvas, measuring around 18 x 24", or 20 x 24"

I encourage you to stretch and prepare your own surface for the final painting (I demonstrate this process for those unfamiliar).

Preparing your own surfaces requires:

Gesso
Canvas
Wood stretcher bars
Staples
Staple gun
Canvas pliers

The following Art Store Sponsors offer a 10% discount to Gage students with current letters of registration (class & workshop students):

Artist & Craftsman Supply
Web site: www.artistcraftsman.com
4350 8th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: (206) 545-0091; toll-free: 1-(877) 545-0091

Bellevue Art & Frame
Web site: www.bellevueartandframe.com
E-mail: belleartwa@bellevueartandframe.com
1024 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Tel: (425) 453-8959; toll-free: 1-(800) 843-6348

Dakota Art Store
Web site: www.dakotaartstore.com
6110 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Tel: (206) 523-4830

Daniel Smith Artists' Materials
Web site: www.danielsmith.com
Order online or call (800) 426-6740

Seattle Store:
4150 First Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134
Tel: (206) 223-9599

Bellevue Store:
15112 NE 24th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98052
Tel: (425) 643-1781

Savoir-Faire
Web site: www.savoirfaire.com
A sponsor of the Gage Drawing Jam and Student Show, Savoir-Faire imports art materials from the finest European manufacturers, such as Sennelier, Fabriano, Cretacolor, and Lascaux. These exceptional art supplies can be purchased at local stores such as Dakota Art, Daniel Smith Artists' Materials, Utrecht and more. For a complete list of stores and more information on products, go to the Savoir-Faire web site.

Tacoma Art Supply
Web site: www.tacomaartsupply.com
E-mail: info@tacomaartsupply.com
1552 Commerce, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA 98402
Tel: (253) 444-2341

Utrecht Art Supplies
Web site: www.utrechtart.com
E-mail: store11@utrecht.com
1124 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: (206) 382-9696