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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

 

Materials required for the first class:

- Substrate (heavy weight paper suitable for acrylic paint, wood panel, or stretched canvas. Roughly 8 x 8 inches)

- Sketchbook/paper suitable for paint and wet mediums

- Acrylic paints (black and white, and a selection of at least three colours)

- Various acrylic brushes

- Writing tools


Course Supply List:

- Heavy-body acrylic paints (at least 60ml tubes of each colour)

  • Required colours:

    • Yellow: Cadmium Medium Yellow or Hansa Yellow (Medium or Light)

    • Red/Crimson: Napthol Red/Crimson or Cadmium Red Medium

    • Blue: Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean Blue

    • Purple/Violet: Dioxazine Purple/Violet

    • Green: Phthalocyanine (Phthalo) Green

    • Orange: Cadmium Orange

    • White: Titanium White

    • Black: Mars Black or Lamp Black

  • Additional colours (optional):

    • Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Cobalt Blue, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson

  • Recommended sets:

    • Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylics set of 6: Naphthol Crimson, Hansa Light Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalocyanine (Phthalo) Green, Mars Black, Titanium White

      - OR -

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

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

- Palette knifes for mixing and applying paint (at least two; one large knife with a rounded end, and one smaller knife that is narrow with a finer point)

- Paint brushes set of varied sizes/types (stiff synthetic for acrylic) (many art stores have pre-assembled starter packs of brushes, these are a good base. Invest in good quality brushes, they will perform better and last longer)

- 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

- Sketchbook/painting paper pads (for weekly homework assignments)

- Paper suitable for acrylic paint and wet mediums, roughly 11 x 17 inches

- Notebook

- Stretched canvas (slim or deep) or cradled wood board for Term Assignment 1, 18x24 inches

- HB or 2B pencil

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

- White conte stick (optional)

- Paint apron or clothes you are willing to get paint on (recommended)

- 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


Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/

 

You can 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.

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