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• Paint: a full complement of the primaries (a warm & a cool of each)* plus White and a few Earth Colors
(yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw or burnt umber). Oils are recommended as the most versatile, but you
can work in acrylic too.
• (Some students have chosen to work in watercolor or pastels. These are fine media and you are
welcome to use them, but please know that I am not proficient in either so cannot offer much
instruction beyond the elements common to all media, those of composition, color, inspiration and
stillness.)
• Don’t forget your brushes (you laugh!)
• An easel that works in the out of doors. The \"French\" easel, a paint box with legs and arms, is very
handy. Julien is the old maker and perhaps the best quality. Craigslist often has some at a bargain.
Cheap ones are sometimes poorly made. There are newer designs now that seem really great.
• A light-weight aluminum or steel easel can work as well but should be anchored down in a wind. The
Stanrite 300 is a great simple easel.
• Minimum 6 canvasses or panels of similar size and format. Feel free to bring whatever size and format
you feel good with (**See note below). Prime with pale grey, sienna, or brownish GESSO*** (see 3rd
note below)
• Small container of solvent. (For acrylic or WC: 2 cans for water: 1 stays clean, the other for brushes gets
dirty)
• At least a couple of palette knives, for mixing and for painting. Metal with wood handles. Not plastic
• Rags, and cans or jars for solvent and medium. More rags
• Box or Bag or backpack for carrying stuff
OPTIONAL:
• Canvas carriers with which you can carry two or more canvasses together.
• Medium. Galkyd or Liquin works fine. There are some handy gel mediums too. You don’t need a lot of
medium. Ask me if you have questions about mediums.
• Sun hat, water bottle, non-toxic bug repellent
• Rain hat, or wool hat, and jacket, just in case
• Barrier crème for hands
• Waterless hand cleaner
• Water bottle or thermos
• Folding chair
• More rags
*The primaries : Blue, Red, Yellow. Warm and cool of each: egs. BLUE Ultramarine (warm) and Cerulean (cool); RED Cad. Red med. or light (warm) and Alizarin Crimson (cool); Yellow Cad. Yellow Med. (warm) and Hansa Yellow (cool). Yellow ochre of course, but that falls into the Earth Colors, which are not really part of color theory.
**You can paint in a variety of formats. Landscape is generally horizontal. You’ll want to at least suggest a foreground, a middle-ground and a background. Long narrow horizontals accentuate breadth of spreading land/water. Tall formats accentuate receding space. Square is neutral. I like to work on a 1:2 or a 1:3 format. (eg. 10 x 20 is common for me, as well as 10 x 25 or 10 x 30. )
***The colored ground will help to pull your colors together in the final painting. Just put some black and/or burnt umber acrylic paint into the gesso. Or, you can put a thin ground of any neutral color over the gesso layer, before you go out, or on site. Sienna or a buttery ochre work, too. You’ll see why this is a good idea. For very hot, bright weather, I’ve even tried a blue ground.
• Supplies for Day 3 studio work (Chinese paper, ink and brushes, etc.)
• A set of handouts (readings)
• Cushions and pads for meditation
• Paint: a full complement of the primaries (a warm & a cool of each)* plus White and a few Earth Colors
(yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw or burnt umber). Oils are recommended as the most versatile, but you
can work in acrylic too.
• (Some students have chosen to work in watercolor or pastels. These are fine media and you are
welcome to use them, but please know that I am not proficient in either so cannot offer much
instruction beyond the elements common to all media, those of composition, color, inspiration and
stillness.)
• Don’t forget your brushes (you laugh!)
• An easel that works in the out of doors. The \"French\" easel, a paint box with legs and arms, is very
handy. Julien is the old maker and perhaps the best quality. Craigslist often has some at a bargain.
Cheap ones are sometimes poorly made. There are newer designs now that seem really great.
• A light-weight aluminum or steel easel can work as well but should be anchored down in a wind. The
Stanrite 300 is a great simple easel.
• Minimum 6 canvasses or panels of similar size and format. Feel free to bring whatever size and format
you feel good with (**See note below). Prime with pale grey, sienna, or brownish GESSO*** (see 3rd
note below)
• Small container of solvent. (For acrylic or WC: 2 cans for water: 1 stays clean, the other for brushes gets
dirty)
• At least a couple of palette knives, for mixing and for painting. Metal with wood handles. Not plastic
• Rags, and cans or jars for solvent and medium. More rags
• Box or Bag or backpack for carrying stuff
OPTIONAL:
• Canvas carriers with which you can carry two or more canvasses together.
• Medium. Galkyd or Liquin works fine. There are some handy gel mediums too. You don’t need a lot of
medium. Ask me if you have questions about mediums.
• Sun hat, water bottle, non-toxic bug repellent
• Rain hat, or wool hat, and jacket, just in case
• Barrier crème for hands
• Waterless hand cleaner
• Water bottle or thermos
• Folding chair
• More rags
*The primaries : Blue, Red, Yellow. Warm and cool of each: egs. BLUE Ultramarine (warm) and Cerulean (cool); RED Cad. Red med. or light (warm) and Alizarin Crimson (cool); Yellow Cad. Yellow Med. (warm) and Hansa Yellow (cool). Yellow ochre of course, but that falls into the Earth Colors, which are not really part of color theory.
**You can paint in a variety of formats. Landscape is generally horizontal. You’ll want to at least suggest a foreground, a middle-ground and a background. Long narrow horizontals accentuate breadth of spreading land/water. Tall formats accentuate receding space. Square is neutral. I like to work on a 1:2 or a 1:3 format. (eg. 10 x 20 is common for me, as well as 10 x 25 or 10 x 30. )
***The colored ground will help to pull your colors together in the final painting. Just put some black and/or burnt umber acrylic paint into the gesso. Or, you can put a thin ground of any neutral color over the gesso layer, before you go out, or on site. Sienna or a buttery ochre work, too. You’ll see why this is a good idea. For very hot, bright weather, I’ve even tried a blue ground.
• Supplies for Day 3 studio work (Chinese paper, ink and brushes, etc.)
• A set of handouts (readings)
• Cushions and pads for meditation