Supply List

For the self-portrait with red scarf 

Linen or cotton universally primed board – I used 50 x 70 cm’s
OR Fabriano Artistico Hot pressed watercolour paper covered with gesso
Sennelier oil sticks
Windsor and Newton Oil Sticks

· Ivory black
· Burnt sienna
· Raw Sienna
· Mars Yellow
· Cerulean blue
· Cadmium Red
· Naples Yellow
· Antique White
· Titanium White

Above are the main colours I used – the following I used only very minimally and so are not so necessary to purchase

· Mars Violet
· Cadmium Yellow

I used cerulean blue and cadmium yellow to mix green but this was rather bright so blue and mars yellow gave a more muted green.
Turpentine – I use Gamsol (an odourless turps substitute) just to rinse out my brushes
Willow charcoal

Bristle brushes in size 1, 2 and 4 – I like Rosemary & Co
Small metal or plastic palette knife

For my own self portrait 

· Sennelier oil stick in medium (transparent)
· Titanium white
· Ivory black
· Mars yellow
· Red ochre
· Soft pastels – in red, yellow, white, grey/blue and any other colours you like – I like Unison pastels or Rembrandt pastels
· Charcoal pencil and graphite pencil
· Fabriano artistico watercolour paper

Books (not required – used by Gillian for researching this course)

Beckmann by Reinhard Spieler
Self Portrait in Words by Barbara Copeland Buenger
Max Beckmann and the Self by Wendy Beckett
A Face to the World by Laura Cumming

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