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THE DIRECT PAINTING EXPERIENCE  OIL PAINTING
ALLA PRIMA STILL LIFE AND PLEIN AIRE

French easel or good pouchade box, standard painting gear (some easels are available at the studio)
Brushes:  #2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 Flats
Palette Knife 3"
Odorless Mineral Spirits (Gamsol)
Canvas board, Stretched canvas, Acrylic-gessoed board.  
You will need at least 2 panels a day:
    8x10, 9x12, 11x14, 12x16, 16x20 range
Sketchpad, pens, vine charcoal, pencils or whatever you wish to draw with
Paper Towels
Palette
Thinner Cup

Oil Paints: PALETTE
Titanium White (large tube)
Cadmium Yellow Lemon or Light or Pale
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light
Transparent Oxide Red
Terra Rosa
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Thalo Green or Viridian

Optional Colors:
Raw Umber
Transparent Oxide Brown
Thalo Red Rose
Dioxazine Purple
Ivory Black

PORTRAIT AND FIGURE PAINTING  & DRAWING
Tuition includes model fees

For Drawing:
Sketch pad large (minimum 11" x 17")
Pens
Graphite pencils, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
Eraser
and whatever else you wish to draw with

For Painting:
Standard palette and gear
(Oil painters see Direct Painting Description for basic materials)


PICTURE DESIGN, CONCEPT & ANALYSIS
Notebook
Markers:  Black - Wide and Thin    Grey - Thin
Pencils: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
Sharpener
Kneaded Eraser
Tracing Vellum  11 X 17
Drawing pad - large
Clamp Drawing Board
Ruler
Masking Tape

Project Media for home: This class is open to oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, alkyd, gouache, which the students will use only at home.

PASTEL CLASS MATERIALS

Minimum 12-color soft chalk pastel set, 24-36 colors is preferred
(Rembrandt or Sennelier are the better but more expensive choices, while Alphacolor is an adequate and less expensive brand)

4 sheets of pastel paper each class
(Traditionally, people use richly colored pastel or charcoal papers such as Canson Mi Tiennes, Ingres charcoal paper, or Strathmore. Hot or cold pressed watercolor paper or toned paper.) 
Optional: Other more Exotic surfaces with special coatings like sand paper, pumice or special pastel boards

Drawing Board
Kneaded Eraser
Paintbrushes
Rags or paper towels
Masking or drafting tape
Workable Fixative or unscented hair spray
Bring scrap paper of the same color as the paper you work on to test your sticks.
Optional:  Alcohol or Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) small container

Any questions, please email me at kilroy@johnkilroy.com or 782-935-0582