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JANINE MARSON MATERIALS LIST​​

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SUGGESTED SUPPLIES TO BRING 

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• Acrylic heavy body tube paints in a minimum of 10 basic colours. You do not need ALL of the colours listed! I have only mentioned common trade names to help you look for them. Not to worry if you can’t find some of the colour names listed; just select a Double Primary Palette, of a warm and a cold of yellow, red and blue plus the addition of a titanium white, naples yellow, raw sienna, raw umber, burnt umber and phthalo green.

• 1 tube of Warm Yellow-Cadmium Yellow Medium or Deep/Azo Yellow Medium/Hansa Yellow Deep

• 1 tube of Cold Yellow- Hansa Yellow Light/Cadmium Yellow Light (pale)/Hansa Yellow Light, Lemon Yellow

• 1 tube of Warm Red-Cadmium Red Light or Cadmium Red/Naphthol Red Light/Pyrrole Red Light

• 1 tube of Cold Red- Permanent Rose/ Magenta/Alizarin Crimson/Magenta

• 1 tube of Warm Blue- Cobalt Blue/Ultramarine Blue/

• 1 tube of Cold Blue- Manganese Blue/Cerulean Blue/Phthalo Blue (GS green shade)

• Additional fav colours to extend your palette as desired; such as turquoise, Viridian Green, Sap green, Hookers Green, Permanent Green, Dioxazine Violet, Quinacridone Violet and an orange.

• Painting Medium: Bring along a small bottle or portable container of Polymer Gloss medium. This will give you options to thin the paint or create glazes.

• Painting supports: Birch panels or canvas boards or stretched canvases, i.e. 8x10 or 9x12 or 11x14 or 12x16 or 16x20 according to your needs. Bring a variety to give you choices.

• Assorted brushes: Bring along your usual choices but be sure to bring both nylon and some natural bristle brushes. You do not need to bring ALL the sizes listed below. Perhaps choose a minimum of two flats (#2,#4,#6,#8), a filbert (#2,#4,#6), an angle #3 or ¼”, #6 or ½” , a larger bristle or nylon flat ¾” or 1” brush for big passages, and a bristle round #6 or #8 for soft edge clouds, a bristle small fan brush #000 or #00, and a nylon liner #1 or a rigger #1, a couple of small rounds for detail work such as #1,#2 or #4.

• Portable telescoping easel and folding chair. I always bring a thin, flat memory foam cushion from the dollar store for extra comfort and a warm butt!

• Rags: J cloths or reusable cloth, paper towels, wet wipes for quick clean ups. I usually bring a plastic zip lock bag to put my used rags to keep them from getting paint everywhere!

• Water and containers: 2-3 bottles of water for you and one for cleaning your brushes! I usually bring two yogurt containers and place my water bottle inside it so it doesn’t tip over! The dirty water is around it. If you have a small portable brush washing basin then of course bring that if you want.

• Clothing: Comfortable, layered and lightweight for ease of movement, A polar fleece vest or jacket just in case it gets cool, a hat, sunscreen, raincoat and bug spray just in case!

• Drawing Sketchbook: A small sketchbook for making thumbnails with a graphite 2B or 4B pencil, or grey toned markers.

• Small Portable Watercolour set for making quick studies in colour on location should you desire to do so.

• A small backpack or bag for your gear. Travel as light as possible!​

• Bring your childlike sense of wonder and be brave to try new things!