Vancouver Island School of Art
302-733 Johnson St Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com
Supply List - Painting: Introduction II
Items required for the first class:
- Substrate: slim (3/4 inch) stretched canvas or cradled wood board, 8x8 inches
- Acrylic paints (assorted colours, including black and white)
- Solvents/mediums
- Various acrylic brushes
- Notebook/Sketchbook
Additional Items to be discussed during the first class:
- 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
- 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 and sourced 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
- Term assignment substrates (various types and dimensions)
Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/
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.