Acrylic Supplies

Canvas & Palette

Brushes

Acrylic Paints

Acrylic Conversions

Acrylic Palette Map

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

16X16, 14X14, 12X16, and as the class proceeds, larger sizes, many in square shapes such as 20X20, 24X24, and 30X30

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.) Occasionally, I will pre-treat the surface of my canvas or panel with an acrylic color by Golden: Neutral Gray N7 or N8, Titan Green Pale, Titan Violet Pale or Titan Violet Pale, all by Golden acrylics. This is optional. A great hardboard panel that comes with pretreated umber and gray colors is the Jack Richeson premium toned gessoboard panels. You can find them here.

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...

No. 12 or No. 8 Eclipse long filbert (optional) by www.rosemaryandco.com

Small craft brushes (optional) in your favorite brand - any 2 or 2/0 size round or bright craft brush for tiny details. Brands I use include Creative Mark - Berlin 1018R Number 2 Round and Creative Mark Berlin 1018B Number 2 Bright. . Buy here...

Indian yellow hue

Viridian green hue

C.P. Cadmium yellow light

Alizarin crimson hue

Payne’s gray

Cobalt turquoise or manganese blue

Quinacridone magenta

Transparent red iron oxide

Transparent yellow iron oxide

Ultramarine blue

Dioxazine purple

Quinacridone red or Quinacridone rose

Pyrrole red light

Sap green

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 colors ~

~ Oil colors ~

On mobile devices the acrylic color is listed first, then the oil color under it.

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 or Quinacridone Red

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

Magenta (Winsor & Newton)

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: mix Pyrrole red light+orange+Indian yellow

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 or Quinacridone Red

Viridian

Pyrrole

Red Light

Quinacridone Magenta

See conversion for

Transparent

Red Medium

Transparent

Pyrrole Orange

Payne's Grey

Dioxazine Violet

Winsor Violet

Turquoise

C.P. Cadmium

Yellow Light

See conversion for

Brilliant Yellow

Neutral Gray N7

or N8 (Golden)

Opaques

Titanium

White

Titanium

White

Titanium

White

Alizarin Crimson

Indian Yellow

Transparent

Red Iron Oxide

Transparent

Iron Yellow Oxide

Cobalt Blue Light

Use Ultramarine Blue

Acrylic Supplies