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Vancouver Island School of Art

302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC  V8W 3C7  250-380-3500  info@vancouverislandschoolart.com

 

Supply List - Painting: Introduction I

 

 

- Heavy-body acrylic paints

  • Recommended sets:

  • Golden Essential Acrylic Colours set of 6: Naphthol Red Light, Hansa Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green Light, Lamp Black, Titanium White

  • Opus Essential Heavy Body Acrylic set of 6: Naphthol Red Light, Hansa Yellow 
Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green Light, Lamp Black, Titanium White  

  • Additional colours (required): Cadmium Orange (Medium), Cadmium Yellow (Medium), Cadmium Red (Medium), Cerulean Blue.

  • Additional colours (optional): Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Cobalt Blue, Burnt Sienna

- Acrylic medium (to extend working time of paints) (optional)

- Palette knifes for mixing paint

- Paint brushes set of varied sizes / types (stiff synthetic for acrylic)

- Gesso or acrylic primer (if you wish to add another layer to your canvas) (optional)

- 2” wide paint brush

- Newsprint paper pad / cartridge paper pad

- Large sheets of acrylic painting paper

- Stretched canvas (slim) and/or wood board for Assignment 1 (18” x 24” minimum size)

- 9 x 12” hard bound sketchbook (or coiled)

- HB or 2B pencil

- Erasers, kneaded and white/black (Sumo brand recommended)

- White conte stick

- Container / jar for water / solvents

- Rags

- Paint apron (suggested)

- Plastic Toolbox or small Luggage case for material storage & transport (optional)

 

Additional Items to be discussed after the first class (dependent on students’ personal preference / chosen direction for assignments):


- Alternative paints and their supplies:

  • Oil : select colours, brushes (hog bristle), substrates, rags, odourless mineral spirits 
(OMS), walnut or linseed oil, sealed jars and containers, mediums

  • Watercolours and gouache : select colours, substrates, brushes

- Small or medium sized surfaces for weekly exercises: stretched, primed canvas, canvas paper, gessoed wood panel, gessoed mat board or cardboard substrates for later term assignments 


 

Required materials for the first class (September 21, 2023)

- 8” x 8” stretched, gessoed canvas (slim)

- Lamp Black and Titanium White acrylic paint

- Various acrylic brushes

- Jar/container for water

- Notebook/Sketchbook

- Pencil/pen

 

 

Supplies can be purchased in downtown Victoria at:  Art World (860 Yates St), Island Blue (905 Fort St) or Opus (512 Herald St).

 

Local art supply stores have varying discount options for students. Monks and Opus offer membership programs for discounts. Check stores’ websites for details. 

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