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Materials List

The following is a list of materials I use. The materials listed are suggestions only! It is more important that you develop your own set of preferred materials through your experimentation — makes painting fun and keeps the process alive!


  • portable easel
  • turpenoid or other odorless solvents (only odorless solvents in studio)
  • two sealable containers: one for cleaning brushes, the second for clean solvent
  • several primed canvases in a range of sizes from 5” x 7” to 16” x 20”
  • a palette of paints that includes the following:
  • viridian
  • several primed canvases in a range of sizes from 5” x 7” to 16” x 20”
  • a palette of paints that includes the following:
  • viridian
  • ultramarine blue
  • cobalt blue
  • titanium white, larger tube
  • cadmium orange
  • cadmium yellow
  • cadmium red light
  • terra rosa
  • alizarin crimson
  • transparent red oxide
  • yellow ochre
  • small sketch pad and charcoal
  • kneaded eraser
  • pen and notepad
  • palette and palette knife
  • paper towels and small trash bags
  • suggested minimum brushes:
  • ½” flat bristle
  • 1” flat bristle
  • ½” filbert bristle
  • 1” filbert bristle
  • ¼” or smaller sable or equivalent filbert

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