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PAINTING SUPPLY LIST FOR ROSE IRELAN

 

PAINTS  (oil, water-based oils or acrylic)  

 

I like the brands Gamblin, Holbein, Winsor and Newton, and Michael Harding oil paints.

For water-based oils, I like Hobein and Cobra. 

For any acrylic painters, you can use the acrylic equivalent to these pigments. 

For Gouache painters please use a close equivalent. (brands: Winsor and Newton and Holbein are good)

You can reach out to me if you have any questions. roseirelan.art@gmail.com

Rose Phone: 858-245-6549

​www.roseirelan.com   

(My fine art site.

Also lists my classes and workshop and has link to the teaching site. 

​www.roseirelanart.com   (my teaching site)

 

For Studio work I typically reduce my palette to 5 pigments that I choose to great the best harmony and feeling I am going after for that particular painting. 

 

PAINTS  (oil, water-based oils or acrylic) 

This is my traditional Warm/Cool Palette. 

I use this when plein air painting or doing studies and Alla Prima work (done all art one time). This palette gives me a full range of hues, transparent colors and opaque colors to work with. 

 

  • Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon

  • Cadmium Yellow Deep 

  • Yellow Ochre (or Gold Ochre by Holbein, which is my preference)

  • Cadmium Red Light or Permanent Red

  • Alizarin Crimson *(any of the brands mentioned) or Madder Crimson Lake Deep Extra (Old Holland)   When using Alizarin Crimson I try to use Alizarin Crimson Permanent, as AC is fugitive. 

  • Quinacridone Rose or Permanent Rose

  • Viridian Green Hue* (Holbein) or a regular Viridian green. I prefer the punch of the “hue” most of the time. 

  • Cobalt Blue 

  • Ultramarine Blue Deep (Holbein)

  • Titanium/Zinc White  (large tube- 150 ml). Gamblin makes the blend that I use most.

 

OPTIONAL

  • Gamblin Portland Grays: Gray Light, Medium and Portland Gray Deep. I like to use these to help me with setting up my values and to bridge color harmonies 

  • Blue Mauve Shade ( Winsor & Newton. A transparent Violet)

  • Blue Black (Holbein)

  • A Earth Tone: One of my favorites is Transparent Maroon, But you can use anything you may have on hand like Burnt Sienna, Red Oxide or Burnt Umber.​

 

MEDIUM

• Gamsol. NO TURPENTINE OR ORDERLESS TURP - I AM ALLERGIC TO THESE!

• Drying retardant or Flow medium for acrylic painters

 

  • Small stainless steel brush washer container/washer  for oil painters.

  • Cup for water for acrylic and gouache painters​

 

TOOLS 

Small Sketch book- Important

Any sketch book or brand you have laying around if fine. 

I use Moleskin Art Sketchbook, Hard Cover, Large (5" x 8.25") Plain/Blank, Black, 104 Pages (amazon). I like it because the pages are sturdy and the markers don’t bleed through to the other pages as much as other brands. 

 

Sharpie Chisel Point Marker and 1 or 2 other black markers of varying points, Pencil 

or mechanical pencil for quick sketches, and pen for taking notes. (Amazon)

 

Paper towels

Pencil and Small kneaded eraser

 

Palette Knife- Stainless Steel preferred.  I like the ones that are shaped like a long stretched out diamond shape. 

 

OPTIONAL TOOLS

Color wheel and Value Scale-   

Color Wheel Gray Scale Value Finder – for both the amateur and professional artists. Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/buyagain?ats=eyJjdXN0b21lcklkIjoiQVhQQldURlQ0VU5GWCIsImV4cGxpY2l0Q2FuZGlkYXRlcyI6IkIwMFMxS1k0MFMifQ==&ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_bia_item_3

 

Handy 3 in one Value Scale, Small color wheel and artist’s viewer:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W68M1ZD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title\

 

Disposable gloves or thin gardening gloves- optiona

 

PAINTING PANELS- Whatever size you would like to work on for this one day workshop and can complete in a single 3-4 hour session. 

I suggest 8” x 10” or 9” x 12” . 

  • Also 1 small panel for a quick study. 5’ x 7” or 6” x 8”

* I like and use linen boards. SourceTek or Centurion. But any canvas will do like from Blick or Michaels.

 

BRUSHES (long handles)

My favorite Brushes are:  SILVER GRAND PRIX, AND ROSEMARY $ CO BRUSHES: Ivory longs, Evergreens, Ultimate Bristles, and Princeton Aspen 

 

You can use what you have on-hand or comparable. I recommend going through your inventory and comparing these in size and material. 

 

Essentially you want a variety of Bristles and synthetics. Bristles are springy and stiffer and great for Alla Prima and bold strokes for Plein air Painting. Synthetics are a bit softer (but not too soft …firm strokes but soft enough to build on top of other strokes without destroying the under layer and are also good for softening edges and blending.

 

Flats/Long Flats in a variety of natural hog bristles: I recommend a couple of each size from 1,2,4,6,8,10  

 

Silver Grand Prix Bristles are great Bristles that are available to blick.com

I like their flats and long filberts 

 

Rosemary and Co.s: Ivory (synthetics) and Ultimate Bristles are very good. But they take a couple week to ship from England. 

 

The Princeton Aspens are good synthetics too, and can be easily found on Amazon or any art supply store.

 

Pochade or some sort of Easel set up that you want to work with in the studio, 

you can also work on the table top. 

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