Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Vincent Van Gogh
*Collecting Patterns {part one and two}*Index cards/watercolor paper
Pen
Paintbrush
*Pen & Ink {Following Van Gogh}*
Watercolor paper
Pen
Lamy pen I used in the video (I like it with black ink)
*Watercolors, Graphite & Chalk*
pencil
300lb cold press watercolor paper
kneaded eraser
ink
*Sculpting Van Gogh {playing with paperclay}*
aluminum foil
masking tape
wire cutters
wet wipes
The Journey of Letting go (more sculpting projects)
Studying Under The Masters (more sculpting projects)
*Sketching The Face*
watercolor paper
#4 round paintbrush
*My Dialogue With Van Gogh {practicing using Postman}*
substrate of your choice (I used a birch panel)
oil paints (water mixable) or heavy body acrylics
#4 long and short handle paintbrush
*Inspired by Van Gogh {palette knife painting}*
substrate of your choice (I used a birch panel)
oil paints (water mixable) or heavy body acrylics
palette knives of different sizes
skewer
#4 long handle paintbrush
*Suggested Reading*
Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits
*Videos on Van Gogh*
Van Gogh: The Post Impressionists
Van Gogh: Private Life of a Masterpiece BBC
Fun Tools and Extra Resources
Creating Patterns and Textures Video
Van Gogh Portrait Board on Pinterest
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Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Pablo Picasso
* Creative Fluidity Balance Exercise
blank paper
2 markers
* Cubism Collage Exercise
Blank paper or journal page
Magazine pages (text, light patterns)
Glue stick
Fat Woody Stabilo Pencils or Oil Pastels
Photo of self (frontal view)
* My Dialogue With Picasso
Pencil
White Eraser
Flat, angled and round brushes
9×12 canvas (or rectangle size)
Acrylic Paints
Cadmium Yellow
Manganese Blue
Paynes Gray
Orange or Tangerine
Raw Umber
White
Black
Palette knife
Old credit card
*Inspired By Picasso
16×20 Canvas (or rectangle size)
Pencil
White eraser
Flat, angled and round paintbrushes
Acrylic Paints – your favorite colors
Palette knife or old credit card
* Jeanne’s Recommended Reading List
Picasso Line Drawings and Prints
Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and FriendshipPicasso’s Weeping Women: The Life and Art of Dora Maar
Picasso: The Real Family Story
* Jeanne’s Recommended Books For Children
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail
Pablo Picasso: Meet The Artist
Pablo Picasso: Getting To Know The Worlds Greatest Artists
* Teresa’s Recommended Videos
* Jeanne’s Recommended Videos
Surviving Picasso (good but not as good as the book My Life With Picasso)
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Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Max Beckmann
* 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/bars
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 and Co – http://www.rosemaryandco.com/oil-brushes/ivory-oils/ivory-filberts
Small metal or plastic palette knife
* For my own self portrait
Sennelier oil stick in medium (transparent)
Titanium white
Ivory black
Other colours – mars yellow, red ochre
Soft pastels – in red, yellow, white, grey/blue and any other colours you like
I like unison pastels – http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Darts-crafts&field-keywords=unison%20pastels
Or Rembrandt pastels – http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Darts-crafts&field-keywords=rembrandt+pastels&rh=n%3A2617941011%2Ck%3Arembrandt+pastels
Charcoal pencil and graphite pencil
Fabriano artistico watercolour paper
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Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Brett Whiteley
MATERIAL LIST #1
A note to artists. Please use whatever materials are available to you. I don’t like to come to the easel with outcomes in mind which means I rarely make decisions on what to use. Just go with your muse – he or she knows best! If you decide to follow along with me, then here is a list of what I think I used for my self portrait! The first part of the video covers this so you will have an opportunity to see what I have at the table!
o Paper – 240gm acid free 210mm x 297mm (A4). Any paper specifically formulated for oil and acrylic painting. Best to use non – textured – not like me!
o Lead pencil 2B
o Rubber
o Conte crayons
o Black Ink
o charcoal
o pastel blenders
o Brush
o Sponge
o Faber Castell artist’s pit pens – black, walnut brown.
o Kuretake Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Mid Brown
o Artline ballpoint pen
MATERIAL LIST #2
Robin Fingher self portrait/influenced by BW
A note to artists. Please use whatever materials are available to you. I don’t like to come to the easel with outcomes in mind which means I rarely make decisions on what to use. Just go with your muse – he or she knows best! If you decide to follow along with me, then here is a list of what I think I used for my self portrait! The first part of the video covers this so you will have an opportunity to see what I have at the table!
o Wood painting panel – sanded birchwood 12″ x 16″ (or canvas or paper that will take acrylics)
o All purpose sealer (if using board)
o Sanding block or paper (if using board)
o Lead pencil 2B – for sketching
o Some stencils if you like to incorporate them into your work
o Wooden skewer
o Acrylics – assorted colours of your choice. I use Matisse and Atelier acrylics: Australian sienna; antique white; green black; ultramarine blue; cobalt teal; transparent venetian red; titanium white
o Waterproof drawing ink. Carbon black
o Brushes – whatever you like to use
o Faber Castell artist’s pit pens – black
o Gel medium (for glazing)
Recommended videos:
Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley (1989)
http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/difficult-pleasure/clip1/
- Wendy Whiteley on ‘Self-portrait in the studio’ 1976
Wendy Whiteley, former wife of Brett Whiteley, talks about the work ‘Self-portrait in the studio’ 1976.
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/channel/clip/389/
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Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Mary Blair
-sketch paper
-surface to paint on
*sized paper, cardboard (primed white), illustration board, wooden cradle,
stretched canvas (really your choice here)
-PVA glue… optional as my use of vintage paper was a failure (but maybe you
can figure out how to make that work)
-vintage paper (again… i failed using this, but perhaps you won’t!)
-wax paper (if you choose to paper a wooden cradle)
-pencil
-eraser
-white charcoal pencil to draw on top of gouache
– palette
– a cloth for cleaning your brush (i use a diaper because it is lint free)
– tissue
-paint brushes (experiment to find what you like to use)
bright size 12 (michaels)
round 2,4,6 use what you have, but if you have to
buy one pick a number 4 and buy the
best one you can afford (they are worth every penny)
*and if you are going to splurge buy kolinsky sable (and shop around online)
– flat (shader) size 12 is what i used…
guache color list
PLEASE… feel free to use what you have or buy a basic set
and mix your colors from there. they may not be a tight match
but you will get the idea (and if you want to buy only a couple of
these colors… i love the flesh, prussian blue, and the gamboge is nice
because it mixes up with white to be such a nice shade of beige/titan beige)
black
white
raw sienna
pyrole
gamboge
hansa yellow
dk green of some sort (i used a mix of dk green + pthalo green)
prussian
cobalt
ultramarine
*flesh
COLOR RECIPES (my versions)
recipe for a gouache version of titan buff/beige
white + touch of gamboge
~mix enthusiastically with all colors in place of white
(you will love it!) *great to add to skin tones
funky Grey
white + lamp black + raw sienna
light blue/green
prussian + titan (white + gamboge) + touch of cobalt
lt purple
pyrole + cobalt + titan white
green-grey brown
prussian + raw sienna + white
GOUACHE information
from my reading i have deduced that opaque watercolor paint and guache are virtually the same thing.
except…
gouache is much thicker and you need less to paint a surface PLUS adding more doesn’t change the color (unlike transparent watercolors qouache can be painted over a white or colored surface and it doesn’t change the surface).
colors must be lightened by adding white not by adding water.
you do not apply gouache in glazes or tints
the gouache is not absorbed into the paper as it is with transparent watercolor, it remains on the surface *caution… if applied to thick gouache will crack.
gouache creates flawless flat color areas. because of the concentration of pigment and filler, gouache is resisant to water induced variation…
gouache paint covers ALL layers below it. so it is a very direct way to paint.
it is great for complex patterns over layers
and light colors can go over dark colors.
Cori Dantini Pinterest Boards
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Supplies for Studying Under The Masters: Frida Kahlo
I am an Art Supply addict. So let me just point out that you do not NEED anything on my supply list. You can make substitutions for whatever you have. But I am such a freak for Art materials that I opened my own Art Supply Store 6 years ago! We only sell what I personally use and recommend. I built my website so it is a resource for artists and full of useful info and videos on each product. So I have linked everything through to janedavenportstore.com
If you order things from me, I thank you, but you can use the info to help you make purchasing decisions anywhere on the planet.
I also have a ‘Supplies Stash Series’ of Art Lessons with Cloth Paper Scissors with more info about many supplies that I use: http://janedavenport.com/art-lessons-cloth-paper-scissors/
And a whole Online workshop about Mixed-Media art materials and how to use them called ‘Supplies Me’: http://janedavenport.com/supplies-me/
So with no further delay: The SUPPLY LIST!
Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/sale-matte-acrylic-paint-sets/
AC FLesh
Santa’s Flesh
Golden Fluid Acrylics :
http://www.instituteofcute.com/golden-fluid-acrylics/
Van Dyke Brown
Niko Azo Yellow
Naples Yellow
Inian Yellow Hue
Payne’s Grey
China Marker:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/white-china-marker/
Liquitex Gesso:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/liquitex-gesso/
Liquitex Matte Medium:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/liquitex-matte-medium/
Liquitex Acrylic Ink:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/liquitex-acrylic-ink/
Carbon Black
Transparent Raw Umber
Deep Turquoise
Quinacradone Magenta
Gold
Dye na Flow: http://www.instituteofcute.com/dye-na-flow-ink/
Salmon
brick red
Midnight Blue
Black
Hero Daubers
http://www.instituteofcute.com/hero-dauber/
Red Royal
Aquash Waterbrush
http://www.instituteofcute.com/aquash-waterbrush/
Prismacolor Pencils:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/prismacolor-pencils-18-new-colours/
Cobolt Turquoise
Parma Violet
Paint Pen
White Extra Fine Sharpie:
http://www.instituteofcute.com/white-sharpie/
Zig Extra Wide Paint Pens
http://www.instituteofcute.com/sale-wide-paint-pens/
Gardenia
Burnt Umber
Ephemera:
Various handmade papers
Loteria Mexicon Bingo game
Fabriano Artistico Hot Press 300gsm Paper