Paint With Paulette: Abstract Florals
Suggested Supplies & Tools List
Below you will find suggested/recommended supplies for the class. If you already paint with acrylics, you may already have much of what you will need, so I encourage you to use what you have and supplement where/when needed.
If you don't already have most of the suggested supplies below, please do not feel like you have to buy every single suggested tool/supply or that you have to buy it all right away. Start out with the items on the main painting supply list and add a few of the things from the mark-making tools & supplies list. You can always get more things later to experiment with in your work.
Important note: I use professional/artist quality acrylic paint, mainly Golden brand, but also recommend Matisse, Sennelier, M. Graham, Holbein, and Liquitex. Get the highest quality paint that fits your budget.
If you aren't in the United States, the professional/artist quality paint brands available to you will differ. Please keep in mind that when you use really cheap student-grade or craft paints, you will find it challenging to achieve a similar look/effect/feel to what I will be showing in the class demo. If you don't have any good quality paint, I would suggest starting with any of the above brands if possible.
I get most of my supplies from the following sources in the US. If you shop at Blick or Amazon, I would appreciate it so much if you used my affiliate links below. When you do, I get a small commission if you make a purchase. Thank you for your support!!!!
Blick Art Materials* (affiliate link)
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Jerry's Artarama
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Happy supply gathering!!! :)
xox,
Paulette
Here's the suggested supply list...
Main Painting Supplies
Acrylic paints: heavy body or fluid, your preference. My favorite artist/professional quality Paint brands are Golden, Liquitex, and Matisse. Get one warm/one cool in each color - yellow, red, blue, green + white, ivory & black. These are my suggestions below:
Hansa Yellow Light OR Benzimidazolone Yellow Light [cool bias]
Hansa Yellow Medium (Golden Brand version is discontinued) OR Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium [warm bias]
Quinacridone Magenta [cool bias]
Naphthol Red Light [warm bias]
Anthraquinone/Indanthrone Blue [warm bias]
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) [warm bias]
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) [cool bias]
Phthalo Green (Blue Shade) [cool bias]
Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) [warm bias]
Titanium White
Titan Buff
Bone Black or Carbon Black
Acrylic Medium
Acrylic Glazing Medium/Liquid (satin or gloss)
Other Supplies & Tools
Not all of these are necessary. Choose which ones you'd like to use for creating your paintings during our class.
Small square stretched canvas (my favorite is the Blick Premier Gallery Profile), I’m using an 8”x8” in the demo
Assorted paint brushes for use with acrylic paints
Various paint brushes in small to medium size; flat and round and a rigger and liner (for your reference, the flat wash brush I use in the demonstration is 1/2” Simply Simmons brand)
Liner/Rigger brushes for thin linework (the rigger brushes I used are a size 6 & 4)
Catalyst brand wedge W06 is my favorite (Check my Amazon page* under art supplies)
Graphite drawing pencil
Palette knife and one or two small painting knives (for your reference, I use Liquitex brand Freestyle knives in the demo: Small knife sizes #5, #6, & #17)
Spray bottle filled with water
Workable fixative spray (if you are using pencil marks in your work)
Lint free paper towels or shop towels
Something to use as a palette to mix paints on; I use disposable paint palette paper
Wide mouthed jar or container to rinse brushes
Old hair dryer for speeding up drying of paint
Apron or old clothing to paint in
Varnishing
This is what I use on many of my small paintings. You do not have to use these to varnish your work, but I do recommend that you use some kind of varnish as a final protective layer.
(Optional) Spray varnish; I use Krylon Gallery Series UV Archival spray varnish for small paintings