Supply list (Painting People with Exciting Textures in acrylic)

Instructor:  Karen Knutson           Email:  karen@karenknutson.com

Website:  www.karenknutson.com            Blog:  www.karenknutson.blogspot.com

 

1. Acrylics:  My favorite colors are

 

• Nickel Azo Yellow

• Titanium White and/or gesso

• Carbon Black

• Acra Magenta or Quinacridone Magenta

• Cobalt Blue

• Pyrrole Red

• Yellow Ochre

• Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)

• Cerulean Blue Chromium

• Hansa Yellow Medium

 

I use both heavy body acrylics (in tubes) and liquid acrylics (in bottles).  Just bring whatever you already have.  Usually, I prefer Golden brand acrylics, but for this workshop, if you are investing in acrylics for the first time, my advice is to get liquid acrylics:  white, black, cobalt blue, pyrole red, quinacridone magenta, any turquoise, and hansa yellow.  Michaels has acrylics that will work well for this workshop.  They are 2 fluid oz. size bottles that are really cheap and will be fun to play around with. I use either Americana or Craftsmart brand.  The only tubes that I like to be heavy body tube, is Titanium White and hansa yellow medium (or any other yellow).

1. ½ sheet Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor 80 lb. paper.  (I have enough for everyone to buy one from me, if you’d rather not get it from the art supply store.) Bring a board for support. (I usually cover it with plastic.) We’ll be working on 2 quarter sheets.  (Speedy painters may work on more.)

2. Brushes.  If you already have oil painting brushes or acrylic brushes, bring those.  I use mainly 3 brushes:  1” flat, ½” flat, and #6 round.  Otherwise, I use a big 2 or 3” cheap brush for preparing the paper at the beginning.

3. Old credit cards or motel key cards.  We will be scraping with these on the acrylic paintings.

4. Plastic covers for tables and also one extra plastic sheet for drying your half done paintings.

5. Wax paper for your palette or you can buy a disposable palette at the art store. 

6. One bottle of Rubbing Alcohol (make sure it is 91% isopropyl alcohol, available at Walgreens)

7. Jumbo Cotton balls and Q-tips

8. Water container (I use big Parkay tubs.  Some people use big ice cream buckets)

9. Windex bottle (push button top) for spraying water.  Empty Windex out and put water in the bottle.  (You can usually find these at Holiday Gas Stations or convenience stores.) 

10. Paper towels and/or Kleenex

11. Sharpie Twin Top permanent black markers (ultrafine and fine tips) Or whatever permanent black markers are your favorite.

12. Repetitive or tiny designed papers to use for collage.  Bring colored tissue paper also.  Bring your favorite collage papers.  Old magazines or newspapers also work for collage. 

13. One package of pretty napkins.  They work great for collage also.  (think of checks or spots for the repetitive designs) We will have a napkin exchange.

14. Acrylic matte medium and (an old brush for applying it.  I use a 2” cheap brush.) (I like to bring a small plastic container with a lid to keep my matte medium in.)

15. White chalk or white Charcoal white pencil

16. Pebeo gold Porcelaine outliner paint (in tube).  (It’s in the glass paint section.) I got mine through the Cheap Joes catalog, but they are also sold at Dick Blick Art Supplies.

17. Tracing paper and graphite paper (I prefer Saral brand graphite paper)

18. Camera (optional)

19. Notebook, pencil, and eraser

20. Scissors and/or exacto knife

21. Clear small ruler (mine is 18”)

22. Any markers that you would like to embellish your paintings with.  I use gold, black and white mainly for the finishing touches.  

23. Optional:  compass (if you like making circles)

24. Optional:  Caran de Ache water soluble crayons

25. Optional:  Rubber Brayer

26. Optional:  Any special effects tools that you already have.  For instance, rubber stamps, or stamps that you have carved yourself.  I make my stamps out of mat boards.  If you have some of those handmade stamps, bring them.   I will be passing out mat boards so we can make our own.

27. Reference photos.  ( I use W magazine or InStyle magazine) Enlarge the photo that you want to use to fit a quarter sheet paper.  (I like the people to be about 9 or 9 ½ inches tall.)  I also look through People magazine, but the reason that I like the W magazine is that the pictures are so big that you won’t need to enlarge most of them.

28. Wear layers, since sometimes it gets too hot for some or too cool for others.  Also, bring a protective apron, or wear old clothes.  Acrylic is hard to get out of clothing.

29. Bag Lunch.