Supply List
This quarter begins with an exploration of how optical color effects can be used by a painter to generate stunning color effects when painting sky, water and land. To prepare for this class, review the materials list below:
Black
Ivory black, Mars or Lamp black
White
Titanium white and Zinc white
or Flake white or Flake White hue (Windsor and Newton)
Pigments marked with an asterisk (*) indicate useful colors for a basic palette, otherwise choose only one warm and cool pigment of each primary color (R, Y, B, G) from the following list:
Cool Yellow
- * Yellow Ochre
- Quinacridone gold
- Trans. Yellow oxide
- Gold Ochre
- Raw Sienna
- * Cadmium yellow
- Cadmium orange
- Hansa Yellow
- *Alizarin crimson
- Rose Madder
- * Cadmium red
- Scarlet or Vermillion red
- * Burnt umber
- * Burnt sienna
- Venetian red or Indian red
- Terra Rosa (Williamsburg)
- Flesh ochre (Old Holland)
- * Viridian green
- Terra verte
- Green Ochre
- * Green Umber
- Phthalo Green
- Raw Umber (Old Holland)
* Sap Green or Sap Green Lake Extra (Old Holland)
Cool Blue
- * Ultramarine blue
- Cobalt blue
- Indanthrone Blue
- * Phthalo blue or Prussian blue
- Indigo
- Cerulean
- Turquoise blue
- King’s Blue
- Mars violet
- * Ultramarine violet
- Manganese violet
- Small bottle of refined linseed oil
- Small-sized bottle with lid for OMS solvent
- Paper towels or 6" square cloth rags, plastic bag to put the paper towels into as you work
- Metal palette knife (See Utrecht 1108 or 1022 blade size)
- Notebook!
- RECOMMENDED: glass palette surface cut to fit (12 x 16") in a Masterson paint box to preserve your mixed colors, otherwise, paper palette or a 11 x 14" piece of glass
- Paint scraper with single-edge razor blade
(RECOMMENDED: inexpensive synthetic oil brushes)
- Long filberts, #4 and #6 (or 1/4 to 3/4")
- 2 or 3 smaller long flats, filbert and round brushes
11 x 14" (min size) canvas panels, prepared watercolor paper or stretched canvas. Re-gesso with 3 coats for best surface.
Instructions for Toning Grounds
Using acrylic paint
Dilute the paint mixture with water and mix thoroughly until it fells like buttermilk to heavy cream. Use a wide, soft brush to apply in even long strokes across the narrow width with the brush tip at a low angle to the canvas surface, moving from from one side across to the opposite edge. The diluted paint will begin to dry rapidly, so avoid re-touching the semi-wet surface with more paint (you can always re-coat after the paint is completely dry for a stronger color/even layer). This ground takes 2-4 hours to dry completely.
Using oil paint
Dilute the paint color mixture with odorless mineral spirits and mix thoroughly with a palette knife until it feels like heavy cream. Use a wide, soft brush to apply in even long strokes across the narrow width with the brush tip at a low angle to the canvas surface, moving from from one side across to the opposite edge. (Paint should not drip or seem to separate, this means you have added too much solvent!) Oil-toned grounds can take 7 days to 2 weeks to dry when additional linseed oil is mixed with the paint and solvent mixture, so plan ahead!
Toned Grounds
Orange ground (required for first class)
Choose from any warm orange pigment (cad orange plus some burnt sienna) or mix red + yellow to create an orangey pigment which is thinned with solvent (or solvent plus oil) as needed to create a semi-transparent stain of color over the white ground.
Cool gray ground
Mix black and white pigments to a mid-value gray, adding a touch of yellow ochre to create a warm greenish or “putty” gray color. Apply paint evenly, including sides of stretched canvases.
Straw Yellow
Mix together yellow ochre plus raw umber to a dull straw-like color, apply thinly in an even stain of color.
The following Art Store Sponsors offer a 10% discount to Gage students with current letters of registration (class & workshop students):
Artist & Craftsman Supply
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4350 8th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: (206) 545-0091; toll-free: 1-(877) 545-0091
Bellevue Art & Frame
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Dakota Art Store
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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
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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