Melanie Morris - Painting Landscapes with Acrylics - Supply List

Landscape Photo

Each student should bring several personal landscape photos to class. Everyone will paint from one of his/her own photographs.

Acrylic Paints/Medium

I like Golden brand acrylics but any brand is fine. Avoid student grade paint.

• Cadmium Red Medium
• Hansa Yellow Opaque
• Raw Umber
• Titanium White
• Ultramarine Blue
• Zinc White
• Regular Gloss Gel Medium (thicker kind in a jar not liquid – Golden makes a good one)
• Retarder (liquid – Golden makes a good one)

I also like to keep the following colors on my palette.

• Cerulean Blue Chromium (optional)
• Cadmium Orange (optional)
• Yellow Ochre (optional)
• Quinacridone Magenta (optional)
• Dioxazine Purple (optional)

Brushes

• Synthetic Brushes (small round and larger, inexpensive brush for toning your canvas)
• Water container to clean brushes -- large jar, plastic cup, etc.
• Palette/painting knife -- We will paint mainly with the palette knife so purchase a metal one with a diamond shaped blade that is rounded at the tip. I like the Fredrix 7054.

Palette

• Large Disposable Paper Palette (without hole – 12 x 16 or larger)
• Sta-Wet Premier Palette (red top version comes with the sponge and paper you will need). I keep my paint on this palette box & mix on the disposable paper palette.

Other

• Willow charcoal -- for initial sketch
• Paper towels
• Two Canvases (the size is your choice but no larger than 20x24)
• Paper for thumbnail initial sketches