OIL PAINTING MATERIALS & SUPPLIES Instructor: Karen Winslow

OIL PAINTS: Large tube of permalba white or titanium white; regular size tubes: yellow ochre; raw umber; terre verte (green earth); red ochre (or Venetian red, English red, or terre rosa); ultramarine blue; cadmium lemon; cadmium yellow light; cadmium orange; cadmium red light; alizarin crimson; quinacridone rose; cobalt blue; phthalo blue; phthalo green; paynes gray and ivory black. If you would like to add cadmium yellow medium and deep; and cadmium red medium and deep to complete the cadmium string, that would be great (but not required), and if you would like to add other colors...feel free to do so. We will be mixing a gray value scale using white and black. If you would prefer to purchase a nice set of neutral grays, Gamblin makes a set of 3 grays, Portland Gray Light, Medium and Deep that are very useful. The value scale is our control. It can be used as a grisaille underpainting or mixed with color to temper chroma and create atmosphere. PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE WORKSHOPS: Plastic Box from Art Bin with at least six shelves, be sure to have a hat with a brim, windbreaker, comfortable shoes, a smock (or apron), and surgical gloves to stay clean. Insect repellent, sunscreen, and something to drink are good ideas too. We will be producing many small, fast oil sketches outdoors, directly from nature. The light changes rapidly, and wind, clouds, humidity, and time of day all effect the scene. Because of this, I will be teaching students to mix a landscape palette that contains value scales for green, blue, violet, pink, and gray. The palette is extremely helpful, because it frees the artist to concentrate on creating an impression of outdoor light and atmosphere, quickly. The idea is to learn to work quickly, in broad masses to capture the essence of the scene. We will begin with the large general shapes, masses, and tones using large brushes and work our way to the smaller, specific details with small brushes. BRUSHES: Some large round or filbert bristles (#12,#10); some medium round and filbert bristles (#6, #4); a few small round bristles (#2); some detail brushes (sable, sablette or synthetics - #1 or #2 rounds or brights) , a fan brush, a sash brush, and a 2” bristle (house paint type) brush. OTHER SUPPLIES FOR ALL WORKSHOPS: SMALL (6”x8”, 8”x10”, 9 ”x12”, etc.) canvas boards, panels or canvas paper (taped to a board); oil cup; odorless mineral spirits and an empty one quart paint can with lid (Home Depot); paper towels or rags; linseed oil, walnut oil or Liquin (Windsor & Newton); palette (could be a piece of glass or glass cutting board); flexible palette knife (2 knives are very usefully) and an easel. Also, if you wish to keep clean, latex gloves and an apron or smock help. THIS IS A LEARNING CLASS – PROCESS ORIENTED NOT PROJECT ORIENTED. The goal here is not necessarily to finish a painting, but to learn to use the language of painting from life to communicate an illusion of light, form, space and depth in a realistic manner and to appreciate unity and harmony of expression. I teach through broad universal artistic principles how to “see” and interpret what you are looking at in order to distill an effect. It is a wonderful challenge and a unique blend of emotion, logic, draftsmanship and craftsmanship. I want to inspire my students to be life-long students of nature, enjoying and reflecting its beauty and dignity to the best of his/her ability. Karen Winslow Supplies can be mail ordered through the following companies: UTRECHT (800)233-9132 DICK BLICK (800)477-8192 JERRY’S ARTARAMA (800) U-ARTIST CHEAP JOES’S ART STUFF (800)277-2788 ROBERT DOAK & ASSOCIATES (718) 237-1210 or 0146