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ART CLASS SUPPLIES
Lori Putnam's "Plein Air in the Sun and Moon" workshop

• Portable outdoor easel with neutral toned (or wooden) mixing area

• Canvas PANELS, not stretched canvas, 4 for each day in various sizes, 8 x 10 to 11 x 14

• Wet canvas panel carriers

• Book light, clip on light or hat light to illuminate your canvas when painting by moonlight

Oil Paints:
Please bring the palette of paints you are most comfortable using instead of trying to adhere to Lori's limited palette of 4 colors.

Brushes:

• About half dozen, high quality brushes (mostly bristle) in sizes 4-8 (Lori's preferred brand is Silver Brush brand, series 1003 (filbert), 1001 (flat).) Do NOT bring tiny brushes

• Several styles of palette knives

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)

• Odorless Mineral Spirits

• Paper towels and Trash Bags

• View Finder

• Value Scale

• Plein Air Umbrella (optional)

• Bug spray, sunscreen, drinking water

• Hat

• Wear neutral clothing

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.