Vancouver Island School of Art
302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com
Supply List - Painting: Introduction I
Materials required for the first class:
- Substrate (Heavy weight paper suitable for acrylic paint, wood panel, or stretched canvas. Roughly 8x8 inches)
- Acrylic paints (assorted colours)
- Acrylic mediums
- Various acrylic brushes
- Notebook/Sketchbook
(you may also choose to bring oil paints and their related mediums/tools if that is your preferred type of paint to work with)
Course Supply List:
- 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 (Meedium), Cadmium Yellow (Medium), Dioxazine Violet, 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 (optional)
- 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
The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies so please consider using this link and clicking on your course to purchase supplies from Opus Art Supplies: Partnership Page.
You can also consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership.