Supply List for Oily Art: Still Life, Fall 2015
Teacher: Gail Seemann
Oil paint of the following colours in an artist quality brand of your choice. I will be using M. Graham
because I like the walnut oil base. Most other brands are linseed oil based with possible additions of
poppy seed or safflower oil.
Minimum colours of paint: (I use M. Graham walnut oil paints. Names of colours in other brands may
vary)
-Titanium white
-Alizarin Crimson (or Alizarin Crimson Hue)
-Hansa Yellow (or Cad. Lemon)
-Ultramarine Blue
-Burnt Sienna
-Raw Sienna
-Burnt Umber
-Yellow Ochre
- Phthalocyanine Green (Phthalo Green)
-Permanent Rose
Mediums: walnut oil or lindseed oil, depending on which brand of paints you use.
Also have:
-Two 12x16 pre-primed canvases, one of which has been covered with a coat of black gesso. (I have
seen black canvases at Michael’s art supply stores, but be warned they are not great quality, but might
be what you want for a class)
-Table easel
-Oil Medium: Linseed oil or walnut oil (depending on type of paint you are using)
-Paint brushes: WARNING: Numbering of brush sizes is not standard through different brands. Have a
few basic brushes such as a #8 Artisan flat brush by Winsor Newton (or comparable 3/8 to 1/2 inch/1 cm
wide flat synthetic), Artisan #6 flat brush (5/8 inch/1.5 cm wide flat synthetic), #2 Artisan (small round
synthetic brush with a good point for signing and detail)(at the moment my favorite signing brush is a
Sapphire Short Handle Round Brush S85 number 2) and a soft brush for blending such as 1 inch to 1.5
inch wide hake brush.
-Metal painting knife
-Paper towels, lint free rags (optional)
-Pencil, eraser, sketch book or paper
-Clean up supplies: We will be working solvent free. I use walnut oil to remove most paint off of
brushes, then wash them with ivory bar soap or Sunlight detergent.
-Plastic bags because you have to take your garbage home with you.
If you like to wear rubber gloves for safety and easy cleanup, I like the blue nitrile gloves. I got a box of
100 at Costco, and they last for quite a while. You can buy a pair from me for 50 cents if you want to try
them first.