l'Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy

Carole Gray-Weihman's Supply List

If using Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colors

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Permanent Alizarin Hue, Permanent Rose, French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue or Sevres Blue, Winsor Emerald Green, Titanium White (120 ml)

More Advanced Painters Can Add these Colors
Permanent Magenta, Viridian, Cobalt Green, Oxide of Chromium, Permenant Green Light, Cadmium Green, Winsor Violet Dioxazine (OR Mauve Blue Shade), Cadmium Yellow Deep, Indian Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre Pale and Rembrandt Brand Sevres Blue

OR

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Red Medium, Permanent Alizarin, French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Titanium White (120 ml)

More Advanced Painters Can Add these Colors
Magenta, Permanent Rose, Viridian, Permanent Sap Green, Phthalo Green, Oxide of Chromium, Terre Verte, Phthalo Green Yellow Shade, Dioxazine Purple, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Sienna, Winsor Yellow, Yellow Ochre

OR

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Titanium White (200 ml),

More Advanced Painters Can Add these Colors
Oxide of Chromium, Permanent Green Light, Dioxazine Purple, Terre Verte, Burnt Sienna

Essential Supplies
A portable easel (we like Soltek, Mabef, Trident El Greco and Open M), an assortment of palette knives, an assortment of canvas panels or precut canvases and a painting board, a wet canvas carrier, paper towels, trash bags to clip onto your easel, a couple of bulldog clips, masking tape for taping precut canvases to a painting board, vine charcoal or a blue pencil for drawing on your canvas, a sketchbook and notepad, pens and pencils for taking notes and onsite sketching.

Suggested Books:
Hawthorne on Painting- Collected by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne
Hensche on Painting, A Student's Notebook- by John Robichaux
The Art Spirit- by Robert Henri

Camille Przewodek's Supply List

If using Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colors

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Permanent Alizarin Hue, French Ultramarine, Manganese or Cerulean Blue or Rembrandt Sevres Blue (Pick one of these greenish blues), Titanium White (120 ml) and Ivory Black (for value studies)

More Advanced Painters Can Add these Colors
Permanent Magenta, Permanent Rose, Viridian, Winsor Emerald, Cobalt Green, Oxide of Chromium, Permenant Green Light, Cadmium Green, Winsor Violet Dioxazine (OR Mauve Blue Shade), Cadmium Yellow Deep or Cadmium Orange, Indian Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre Pale and Rembrandt Brand Sevres Blue

OR

If using Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyds

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Red Medium, Permanent Alizarin, French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Titanium White (120 ml)

More Advanced Painters Can Add these Colors
Magenta, Permanent Rose, Viridian, Permanent Sap Green, Phthalo Green, Oxide of Chromium, Terre Verte, Phthalo Green Yellow Shade, Dioxazine Purple, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Sienna, Winsor Yellow, Yellow Ochre

OR

If using Winsor Newton Student Grade Winton Oil Colors

The Beginners Palette
Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Titanium White (200 ml), Oxide of Chromium, Permanent Green Light, Dioxazine Purple, Terre Verte, Burnt Sienna

Essential Supplies
A portable easel (we like Soltek, Mabef, Trident El Greco and Open M), an assortment of palette knives, brushes, canvas panels or precut canvases and a painting board (six 11" x 14" or twelve 12" x 16" and ten 6" x 8" or 8" x 10"), wax paper or wood palette, a wet canvas carrier, paper towels or paint rags, hat or visor, sunscreen lotion, trash bags to clip onto your easel, a couple of bulldog clips, masking tape for taping precut canvases to a painting board, vine charcoal or a blue pencil for drawing on your canvas, a sketchbook and notepad, pens and pencils for taking notes and onsite sketching.

Suggested Books:
Hawthorne on Painting- Collected by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne
Hensche on Painting, A Student's Notebook- by John Robichaux
The Art Spirit- by Robert Henri
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting- by John F. Carlson

Alfredo Tofanelli's Supply List

Easel Portable easel. I.e. French easel, Soltek, Mabef, Open M, Gorilla box, etc…
Palette: 16” x 20” or larger. Glass backed with grey paper over a masonite board and taped along edges. Plexiglass can be used instead but glass is easier to clean.
French Mistress wood briefcase to carry glass palette - optional
Brushes: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 filberts - I use Utrecht #209 brushes.
2, 4 & 6 flats - optional.
Boards: Canvas and/or masonite gessoed boards. I.e. 9x12, 11x14, 12x16, 16x20, etc…
Misc.: Glass scraper
Palette knives
Gesso for boards – Liquitex or comparable
Oderless mineral spirits, Gamsol or Turpenoid
Can for mineral spirits – sealable preferable
Paper towels
Bag for trash, paper or plastic
Small mirror
Umbrella for Easel - optional
Sketch book, pencils and markers
Tape, Clips, buggie cords or any other fasteners

Mediums: Liquin, lindseed oil, stand oil or galkyd

Oil Paint: Utrecht, Gamblin, Winsor Newton, Rembrandt, Holbein brands. I find Utrecht is a good semi-inexpensive paint followed by Gamblin and Winsor Newton.
• Titanium white – large tube
• • Naples yellow
• • • Cadmium Lemon Yellow
• Cadmium Yellow Light or Pale
• • Cadmium Orange
• Cadmium Red Light
• Permanent Alizarin Crimson
• • Permanent Rose
• • Permanent Magenta
• • Dioxazine Purple
• Mauve Blue Shade – Winsor Newton brand
• Ultramarine Blue
• • Thalo Blue
• Sevres Blue – Rembrandt brand
• Viridian
• • Thalo Green
• • Chromium Oxide Grren
• Permanent Green Light - Holbein brand
• • • Cadmium Green Pale
• • • Thalo Yellow Green - Grumbacher
• Ivory Black

• Indian Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• • Raw Sienna
• Raw Umber
• • Burnt Umber
• Light Red
• • • Mars Red
• • • Caput Mortuum Violet – Rembrandt brand

• One bullet - beginner palette
• • Two bullets - intermediate palette
• • • Three bullets - advanced palette

Books: Hawthorne on Painting
The Art Spirit – by Robert Henri
The Human Figure – by Vanderpool
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist – by Stephen Peck
A Proven Strategy for Creating Great Art – by Dan McCaw

Peggi Kroll-Roberts' Supply List

Portable easel (french easel, half easel, pochade box or something appropriate for outdoor use)
Container for washing brushes (Holbein brush cleaner, Silicoil jar, or something similar)
Odorless Mineral Spirits
Portable palette (appropriate for outdoor use)
Paper towels and a small trash bag
Sketch book and pencils
Natural Bristle Brushes - Flats 2, 4 and 6 (at least 2 each)
Palette knife
Small pocket mirror

Recommended Paints: ("I usually buy my paints and supplies, except easels, at Utrecht- 800-223-9132 for catalog and store locations")

Cadmium Yellow Pale, Light
Cadmium Orange
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red Light
Pthalo Red Rose or Quinacradone Rose (or something close)
Alizarin Crimson (optional)
Ultramarine Blue and/or Cobalt Blue
Cerulean Blue Hue
Viridian
Ivory Black
Titanium White (large tube)
Burnt Umber
Any specialty colors you like

"If you're more comfortable with certain colors than what I have listed here, that's fine; I do recommend a range of colors and not just a limited palette."

Panels- Assortment of canvas boards no larger than 12 x 16.
Water, sunscreen and a hat (outdoor workshops)
Camera (optional)
Portable Chair (optional)
Umbrella (optional) (outdoor workshops)

Gay Faulkenberry's Supply List

Recommended Paints: Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Alizarin Crimson (Permanent), Cadmium Yellow Medium, Thalo or Windsor Green, Transparent, Orange (Gamblin), Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Red Light, Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Rose, Mauve Blue Shade and Titanium White (Large Tube)

Essential Supplies:A French Box Easel, if you have one, or a standing easel. Your palette may be wood, glass or paper disposable. A painting umbrella is optional for outdoor painting.

Canvases or canvas boards, 8 to 10, nothing larger than 12 x 16, also, several 6 x 8 panels for quick studies. Masonite panels that have been gessoed or glued with canvas work well. I prefer to work on a canvas ground, but bring what you’re comfortable painting on.

Brushes --- Filbert bristles --- sizes --- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 are recommended. Bring along your brushes that you’re comfortable with as well.

Sketch pad & pencils or markers for preliminary thumbnail sketches
Palette knife and scraper for cleaning your palette
View Finder
Plenty of paper towels or Kleenex for cleaning brushes
Plastic or paper trash bags
Bug repellent and sunscreen for painting outside
Sun visor or hat for outdoor painting
Photo graphics of your favorite landscapes for painting
Odorless Mineral Sprits or Turpenoid

Ray Roberts' Supply List

Portable easel (french easel, half easel, pochade box or something appropriate for outdoor use)
Container for washing brushes (Holbein brush cleaner, Silicoil jar, or something similar)
Gamsol or Turpenoid
Portable palette (appropriate for outdoor use)
Paper towels and a small trash bag
Sketch book and pencils
Brushes- Bristle Flats and or Filberts #'s 2, 4 and 6 (at least 2 each)
Palette knife

Recommended Paints: ("I usually buy my paints and supplies, except easels, at Utrecht- 800-223-9132 for catalog and store locations.")

Cadmium Yellow Pale, Light or Medium
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light or Medium
Pthalo Red Rose or Quinacradone Rose (or something close)
Alizarin Crimson (optional)
Dioxazine Purple (or something close)
Ultramarine Blue and/or Cobalt Blue
Cerulean Blue Hue
Pthalo Green
Sap Green
Pthalo Yellow Green or Yellow Green
Titanium White (large tube)

For Portrait Classes:
All colors listed above plus:
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Umber
Mars Black

"If you're more comfortable with certain colors than what I have listed here, that's fine; I do recommend a range of colors and not just a limited palette."

Panels- Assortment of canvas boards no larger than 12 x 16. Stretched canvas for studio workshops only- no larger than 16 x 20
Water, sunscreen and a hat (outdoor workshops)
Camera (optional)
Small pocket mirror
Portable Chair (optional)
Umbrella (optional) (outdoor workshops)

Skip Whitcomb's Supply List

RECOMMENDED PAINTS: (Professional quality paint. No Student Grade.) Schminke/Mussini, Old Holland, Holbein, Maimeri Puro, Vasari, Winsor Newton. (Note: Winsor Newton is only good for Yellow Ochre, Terra Rosa and Indian Yellow. The rest are student grade quality.)

ADDITIONAL NOTE: This is difficult enough, there is no sense in compounding problems with inferior materials.

Yellow Ochre
*Cadmium Yellow Pale or Light
*Cadmium Orange
Terra Rosa or Light Red or English Red
Cadmium Scarlet or Cadmium Vermilion
Burnt Sienna
*Alizarin Crimson
*Ultramarine Blue Dark or Deep
Cobalt Blue
Viridian
Ivory Black
White: Titanium/Zinc combination or Titanium (125ml, 2 tubes.)

OPTIONAL COLORS: Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Cadmium Red Deep or Dark, Sap Green, Ruby Red or Thalo Red Rose (any synthetic Rose Madder Color), Chrome Oxide Green, Indian Yellow, Indian Red.
BRUSHES– 2 of each (minimum) #2, #4, #6, #8 White Bristle Filberts or Flats, and 1 of each of #2 and #4 Sable Riggers.

CANVAS OUTDOORS– 6” x 8”, 8” x 10”, 9” x 12” and or 11” x 14” (an assortment of these sizes)

L’ATELIER AUX COULEURS: THE ART ACADEMY SUPPLY LIST:
-Portable easel (french easel, half easel, pochade box or something appropriate for outdoor use)
-Container for washing brushes (Holbein brush cleaner, Silicoil jar, or something similar)
-Gamsol or Turpenoid (for those of you flying, we’ll supply turpenoid at the school)
-Portable palette (appropriate for outdoor use)
-Paper towels and small trash bags
-Sketch book and pencils
-Water, sunscreen and a hat (outdoor workshops)
-Camera (optional)
-Small pocket mirror
-Portable Chair (optional)
-Umbrella (optional) (outdoor workshops)

BOOK LIST
REQUIRED FOR THE WORKSHOP:
“Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting”, by John F. Carlson
“Composition in Outdoor Painting”, by Edgar Payne (Currently Out of Print. Contact Carole @
707-291-7756 if you have trouble finding a copy.)

OPTIONAL BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
“Oil Painting Techniques and Materials”, by Harold Speed
“The Practice and Science of Drawing”, by Harold Speed
“What is Painting? Winslow Homer and Other Essays” by Kenyon Cox

John Ebersberger's Supply List

RECOMMENDED PAINTS:

Cerulean Blue or Rembrandt Serves Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Rose or Quinacridone Red
Cadmium Scarlet or Scarlet Lake -(A must for outdoor work. See specific colors listed below, you may also explore reds made with napthol or perylene.)
Cadmium Red Deep
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Pale or Light
Viridian
Permanent Green Light
White: Titanium/Zinc combination or Titanium (125ml, 2 tubes.)

ATTENTION! MORE COLORS ADDED 5/7/2007
Cadmium Lemon Yellow (or light)
Dioxazine Purple or Mauve Blue Shade
Earth Colors:
Yellow Ochre
Indian Yellow
Burnt Sienna
Indian Red
Light Red
Mars Red

OTHER ITEMS

Palette Knives- RGM 44, Loew-Cornell J-2
Gessoed Masonite Hardboard- 16x20 and 12x16. Pre-gessoed art boards will be available for sale at our school during the workshop. If you want to make your own boards, Home Depot will cut a 4'x8' sheet of 1/4 inch hardboard up for you. Show them the diagram below as a guide. You will then need to gesso the boards using Liquitex Gesso. Brush lightly back and forth across the as the gesso dries to eliminate ridges.
Large Wood or Acrylic Palette
Bounty or Viva Paper Towels
Visor or Cap with a Brim
Grumbacher Extra-Soft Vine Charcoal

L’ATELIER AUX COULEURS: THE ART ACADEMY SUPPLY LIST:
-Portable easel (french easel, half easel, pochade box or something appropriate for outdoor use)
-Container for washing brushes (Holbein brush cleaner, Silicoil jar, or something similar)
-Gamsol or Turpenoid (for those of you flying, we’ll supply turpenoid at the school)
-Portable palette (appropriate for outdoor use)
-Paper towels and small trash bags
-Sketch book and pencils
-Water, sunscreen and a hat (outdoor workshops)
-Camera (optional)
-Small pocket mirror
-Portable Chair (optional)
-Umbrella (optional) (outdoor workshops)