Oil Painting Supply List

For easier shopping – you can catch all my supplies by clicking here. The oil colors I use change from time to time, as I try out new techniques and colors. I encourage my students to use good quality, artist quality paint, and save your pennies on your brushes and canvases. Email me at support@nancymedina.com or feel free to give me a call if you have any questions – I’m happy to help! I want to be absolutely sure you enjoy your workshop experience, and have no worries or frustrations related to your supplies. I purchase all of my supplies online to get the BEST prices. You’ll also need a bag for trash, a standing or tabletop easel, towels and canvas. See below for more details.

Oil Paints

I recommend Artist quality oil paints and you can find them all in my shop – check out my Dick Blick shop at the top of the page. There are 2 lists there, one is required colors (many of these you may already have), one list is recommended. Many of the required colors I use are in most oil painters’ supplies already. I do also allow water based oil paints, as well as acrylics to be used in my classes. In my online classes, acrylic painters receive conversions and guidance all along the way. I do recommend you purchase the first 3 colors listed here as the exact brands listed.

• Sap Green – (Rembrandt)
• Transparent Oxide Yellow (Rembrandt)
• Ultramarine Blue Deep (Rembrandt)
• Cobalt Blue Light (Rembrandt)
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Alizarin Crimson
• Permanent Rose or Quinacridone Rose
• Winsor Violet/Dioxazine Purple
• Viridian
• Titanium White
• Cadmium Red Light
• Transparent Oxide Red
• Indian Yellow by Winsor & Newton
• Richeson Shiva Series – Ice blue
• Payne’s Gray (any brand)
• Transparent Orange by Gamblin
• Magenta by Winsor & Newton
• Brilliant Yellow Light – Richeson Shiva Series

These are optional, extra funky fun colors:

• Caribbean Blue by Old Holland
• Transparent Red Medium by Rembrandt
• Quinacridone Violet (Gamblin)

Canvas

16X16, 12X12, 14X14, 12X16 OR 11X14 canvas or similar sizes are fine. For in-person workshops, bring one for each day of class. For Joyful Brush students, over time sizes will be larger, some will be 20X20, and later lessons will be on gallery wrap cotton canvas of up to 24X30 inches.

Your favorite Cotton Canvas or panel. (Treat your cotton canvas in advance with 2 layers of thinly applied acrylic white gesso. Let dry between coats.) There is no need to tint your canvas ahead of time. A white surface is preferred. I also use Ampersand Gessoboard flat panels, you can find them on the dickblick Web site. Occasionally Nancy will pre-treat her canvas or panel with an acrylic color by Golden: Neutral Gray N7 or N8.

Brushes and palette knife

My favorite brush is about $2 – it is the ¾ inch wide flat Royal Soft Grip SG 700 – purchase brushes HERE

If this brush is out of stock, you can substitute the #28 Bright – Royal Langnickel SableTek – purchase brushes HERE

Order about four of these (they are not expensive but PLEASE BE AWARE you must use Turpenoid brand solvent with these brushes (or Gamsol or Mona Lisa)  Solvents such as “Odorless Mineral spirits”, turpentine, and other cheap solvent substitutes will remove the glue in the ferrell of your brushes, and are also bad for your lungs. By caring for these brushes using baby oil to condition them at the end of each painting session, they will last longer.

I also use a Royal Sabletek by Langnickel L95010 Number 14 OR 16 Bright – purchase HERE. You may also bring any of your favorite brands of brushes in large and small sizes. Avoid hog bristle brushes which are very stiff.
A liner or rigger brush and a small filbert in your favorite brand is optional – any brand will be fine for both of these.
Also bring a small bottle of baby oil, to condition your brushes each evening after class. Optional brushes include a long rigger brush (any brand) or a small filbert (any brand).

Palette Knife

My favorite palette knife is the Liquitex Number 16 small brush. You can find it here

PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE A CONTAINER FOR YOUR MEDIUM AND SOLVENT WITH LIDS

Mediums and Solvent

Use only odorless mediums – NOT Liquin please
I recommend: Chroma Brand Archival Lean Medium – purchase HERE
Other acceptable mediums include walnut oil or a recipe of half refined linseed oil with half Zest-It – click here to purchase

*Solvent – Use only odorless solvent, Gamsol, Turpenoid or Mona Lisa.
Avoid smelly solvents such as “Turpenoid Natural” or “odorless mineral spirits” or turpentine. These all tend to have strong odors can be toxic in confined spaces. Also great, is Zest-It – click here to purchase

Also have on hand

• Standing or table top easel
• Paper towels
• Paper palette (Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette 16X20 size) – purchase Here
• Kemper wipe-out tool purchase Here