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ART CLASS SUPPLIES
The following materials can be purchased at:
Jerry's Artarama:
AskewTaylor, Michaels or AC Moore (depending on the brands).

Supplies for Lori Putnam's "En Plein Air" workshop

• Portable FLOOR painting easel (or official "plein air" easel if you have one
• Wooden (or other neutral-toned) mixing palette (Do not use white, disposable palette pages.

Oil Paints (please pay particular attention to the brands listed):

• Cad Red Deep Hue (Winton #6)
• Ultramarine Blue (Winton #21)
• Cad Yellow Medium (Gamblin)
• Titanium White (Gamblin, Grumbacher, or other)

 Brushes:

• High quality, bristle brushes in sizes 4-10.  I suggest filberts, flats or a mixture of the two.

My preference is Silver Brush brand, series 1003 (filbert), 1001 (flat).

• Several styles of palette knives

 

Supports:

ForPlein Air several canvas (size between 8 x 10 and 12 x 16)

Other:

Small sketchpad and pencil

Sealable, non-breakable, spill-proof (clamp-lid) container for mineral spirits (such as the metal Anderson, Holbein, or Martin Universal)

Liquin (optional)

Odorless Mineral Spirits

Paper towels

Sense of humor

 

LIST OF SUGGESTED READING:

Anything on Sergei Bongart, Joaquín Sorolla, or John Singer Sargent

Fill Your Paintings with Light and Color, Kevin D. Macpherson ISBN 1581800533

Brushwork, Emile A. Gruppé, ISBN 0823005259

Composition of Outdoor Painting, Edgar Payne ISBN 0944699022

Distributed by DeRu's Fine Arts 949-376-3785

Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting, John F. Carlson, ISBN 0844661023

Other wonderful books to read and collect:

My Brush with History, Everett Raymond Kinstler,

(Available through www.everettraymondkinstler.com or 877-947-0792.)

 

The Nature of Light, Scott L. Christensen, Available through www.christenstudio.com.