Supply List 

 

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General Materials:

• Palette
• 2 metal paint cups
• Turpenoid Natural or Safflower oil for cleaning brushes
• small painting knife
• Scotts Blue Shop Paper Towels
• viewfinder (Recommended: Picture Perfect PlusView Finder)

 
 

Brushes: 

Various size soft, synthetic or natural fiber brushes (ie. Fliberts, flats, round, mop sizes)

Brushes by Rosemary  & Co:

• Stephanie Deshpande Brush Set

 
 

Palette Colors:
Note: I use primarily Gamblin paints; however, it isn’t necessary to use the exact colors listed
*These are the specific colors or products I prefer.

 

White:

• Flake White Replacement

 
Reds:

• Cadmium Red Light
• Quinacridone Red*
• Quinacridone Violet
• Transparent Earth Red or Gamblin’s Brown Pink

 
Yellows:

• Yellow Ochre
• Hansa Yellow

 
Greens:

• Permanent Green Light
• Sap Green*

 
Blues: 

• King’s Blue
• Cerulean Blue
• Ultramarine Blue

 
Brown/Black:

• Asphaltum*
• Ivory Black (not necessary)

 
 

Preferred Mediums: 

• Galkyd Gel* (versatile medium – fast drying) or  Galkyd Lite Gel (formerly called Neo Megilp)
• Odorless Mineral Spirits* (Gamsol)

 

Other Mediums:

• Gamblin Solvent-Free Gel  (can be used in place of Neo Megilp and Stand Oil)
• Refined Linseed Oil
• Stand Oil  (fat medium for top layer)

 
 

Substrates:

• 1 Panels –  12″ x 12″

 

Panel or Linen Options:
Most affordable options:

• New York Central Art Supply: Portrait-Smooth Artist Canvas Panel
• Ampersand Value Series

 
Affordable:

• Centurion Deluxe Professional Oil Primed Linen Canvas Panels – Mixed Size Set 
• Gessobord

 
High Quality Brands:

• Raymar
• Artefex

 
 

Traditional Ratios to paint Fat-Over-Lean:
Lean medium for under-painting: 1 part medium to 1 part OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits)
Medium for middle layer: 2 parts medium to 1 part OMS
Fat medium for the top layer: 1 part medium to 0 part OMS