Painting for All Levels
Teacher – Larry D’Amico
E-Mail: larrydamico@verizon.net
Select either Oil, Acrylic or Pastel and buy the materials for that medium.
Paints: Cadmium red medium or light, Quinaridone Red in acrylic or Carman Lake by Winsor Newton or
Rose Madder by Rowney Georgian (Quin is a dark magenta. It goes by different names with different
companies look for the Quin Pigmant listed in the ingredients on the tube) Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo
Blue, Permanent Green, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Large Tube of
Permalba White in oil or Titanium White in acrylic.
Optional Colors: Cadmium Orange, Lemon or Zinc Yellow, Naples Yellow, Viridian Green, Phthalo Green,
Cerulean Blue, Turquoise, Dioxazine Purple or Ultramarine Violet, Raw Umber & Ivory Black.
Note: Get a good range of hues for color mixing.
Brushes:
Bristle Flat - #6 (also suggested #4, #8, #10)
Bristle Bright - #8 (also suggested #2, #4, #6, #10)
Bristle Round - #6
Round - #4 sable or equivalent synthetic (also suggested #0, #6, #8)
Canvas: Gessoed Canvas, Canvas Pad or Canvas Board (approx. 18” x 24”)
Painting Medium:
Acrylic – Gloss or Matte Medium
Oil – Turpenoid and Linseed Oil, Copal Painting Medium or Liquin
Solvent: Odorless Turpenoid (to clean oil paint and mix into medium)
Other Materials:
Palette Knife – long, flat and flexible
Painting Knife – 2” long; looks like a trowel
Palette – 12” x 16” disposable paper palette, traditional wooden or plastic
Coffee can or glass jar with lid (for solvent or water)
Small container for medium
Rags and/or paper towel
Newsprint Pad – 18” x 24” White Sketch Pad approx. 9” x 12” or smaller
Pencil, Soft Vine Charcoal
Aquanet hairspray (unscented as a fixative)
Pastels – Talens/Rembrandt soft pastel (at least a set of 24)
Pad of Canson pastel paper (assorted colors)