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SUPPLIES

If you’re just starting with acrylics, size 2 fl. oz tubes (or thereabouts) are fine. I prefer the heavy body acrylics (buy here). Use a fine mister spray bottle and a Sta-wet palette with sponge and acrylic palette paper inserts. I use mostly Golden Artist Colors, but any professional brand of acrylic paint is fine. You may use extenders or mediums with acrylics. I use a fine mist spray bottle of water. Occasionally I will pre-treat the surface of the canvas or panel with Neutral Gray N7 or N8 by Golden.

You can find all my favorite brands for paints and many of my supplies on my Nancy's Favorite Things Page here.

CANVAS

The demonstrations in your lessons will be on Ampersand gessobord panels in these sizes: 16X16 and 12X12 and gallery wrap canvas 14X14. Any panel brand will work fine, and any cotton stretch canvas will work fine.

I use a variety of surfaces to paint on, from regular stretched cotton canvas to Ampersand gessobord panels. If you use cotton canvas, be absolutely sure to treat it with two thin layers of acrylic white gesso, and let dry about four hours between coats. Don’t let the label fool you - cotton stretch canvas almost always needs more gesso!

Occasionally, I will pre-treat the surface of my canvas or panel with an acrylic color by Golden: Neutral Gray N7 or N8 and/or Titan Green Pale. This is optional.

PALETTE

A wetting spray bottle (fine mist is best)

A wetting palette and paper that keeps your palette surface moist. Buy here...

BRUSHES

My favorite brush is about $2 - it is the ¾ inch wide flat Royal Soft Grip SG 700 Order about four of these (they are not expensive). Buy here...

If the flat Royal Soft Grip SG 700 is out of stock, you can substitute the #28 Bright – Royal Langnickel SableTek – Buy here...

One Royal Sabletek by Langnickel L95010 Number 14 Bright. Buy here...

(Optional) No. 12 Eclipse long filbert by www.rosemaryandco.com

(Optional) #2 flat – Masterstroke Red Sable – Buy here... or Rosemary & Company #2 Ivory Long Flat – Buy here...

Acrylic Paints

Indian yellow hue

Viridian green hue

C.P. Cadmium yellow light

Alizarin crimson hue

Payne’s gray

Cobalt turquoise or manganese blue

Quinacridone magenta or violet

Transparent red iron oxide

Transparent yellow iron oxide

Ultramarine blue

Dioxazine purple

Quinacridone red or Quinacridone rose

Pyrrole red light

Sap green

Emerald green (Sennelier)

Titanium white

Transparent pyrrole orange
(Indian Yellow plus Cadmium Red)

Titanium buff or Naples yellow hue + white

Quinacridone rose or mix Pyrrole red light + transparent pyrrole orange

Neutral gray N8 (Golden)

Green Gold (replaces the middle value of opaque warm green mixture in oils)

Acrylic Conversions

Indian yellow hue

Indian Yellow (Winsor & Newton)

Viridian green hue

Viridian

C.P. Cadmium yellow light

Camium yellow light (Rembrandt)

Alizarin crimson hue

Alizarin crimson

Transparent yellow iron oxide

Transparent oxide yellow (Rembrandt)

Ultramarine blue

Ultramarine blue deep & Cobalt blue light (Rembrandt)

Dioxazine purple

Dioxazine purple/Winsor violet

Quinacridone rose

Permanent rose (Winsor & Newton)

Pyrrole red light

Cadmium red light (Rembrandt)

Sap green

Sap green (Rembrandt)

Titanium white

Payne’s gray

Cobalt turquoise or manganese blue

Caribbean blue (Old Holland)

Quinacridone magenta or violet

Magenta (Winsor & Newton) or Quinacridone violet

Transparent red iron oxide

Transparent oxide red (Rembrandt)

Transparent Pyrrole Orange (Indian Yellow + Pyrrole Red Light or Cadmium Red)

Transparent orange (Gamblin)

Titanium buff or Naples yellow hue + white

Brilliant yellow light (Richeson/Shiva series)

Quinacridone rose or mix Pyrrole red light + transparent pyrrole orange

Transparent red medium (Rembrandt)

Neutral gray N8 (Golden)

Ice blue (Richeson/Shiva series)

Green Gold (replaces the middle value of opaque warm green mixture in oils)

Two parts cadmium yellow light, one part ultramarine blue, one part transparent oxide yellow

Nancy Medina

PALETTE MAP FOR ACRYLICS

Quinacridone Rose

Transparent

Viridian

Transparent

Quinacridone Magenta

Transparent

See conversion for

Transparent Red Medium

Transparent

See conversion for

Pyrrole Orange

Transparent

Payne's Grey

Transparent

Dioxazine Violet

Winsor Violet
(Transparent)

Cobalt Turquiose

Transparent

Opaques

Pyrrole Red Light

CP Cadmium Yellow Light

See conversion for

Brilliant Yellow Light

Emerald Green

Neutral Gray N7 or N8 (Golden)

Titanium White

Alizarin Crimson

Transparent

Indian Yellow

Transparent

Red Iron Oxide

Transparent

Yellow Iron Oxide

Transparent

Cobalt Blue Light

Use Ultramarine Blue
(Transparent)

Sap Green

Transparent

Ultramarine Blue Deep

Transparent

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