Vancouver Island School of Art

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Supply List - Tonal Values for Painters

In addition to these mandatory materials, feel free to have on hand any brushes, paints and palettes that you normally use.

Materials for all painters:

- Source material: ideas, inspirations, sketches, photos and/or previous paintings you’d like to revisit/reinterpret

- At least 6 sheets of paper for colour mixing exercises. (Can be an existing sketchbook or pad but the paper you use should be appropriate for your choice of medium

- 1 Pencil

- Palette knife

- Paper towels or shop towels

- At least one prepared surface (already gessoed if necessary) of paper, canvas or board for a final study. I would suggest it be no larger than 12 x 16 inches. You can always make more than one.

Paint (acrylic, oil, or gouache). Watercolourists are also welcome if you don't mind using some white paint.

You must have:

- Burnt Umber

- Titanium white

- Red

- Yellow

- Blue

Thinning and clean up:

For oils you will need some Gamsol (odourless mineral spirits)

For acrylics you will need water

You may also use whatever other mediums you usually use.

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.

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