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127 Simonton St, Conroe,
Texas 77301

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Painting "Painterly" from a Photo Reference

  • February 14, 2025
  • February 16, 2025
  • 3 sessions
  • February 14, 2025, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (CST)
  • February 15, 2025, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (CST)
  • February 16, 2025, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (CST)
  • 127 Simonton Street, Conroe, TX
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Suggested  Supply List:

  • Portable/field easel and palette. Recommended types and brands:

- EasyL www.artworkessentials.com/products/

- Open Box M www.openboxm.com

- Soltek www.soltekarts.com/

- French easel www.jerrysartarama.com/discount-art-supplies/easels/french-style-easels.htm

- Guerrilla easel www.guerrillapainter.com/accessories.html

- Gloucester large format easel www.jerrysartarama.com/discount-art-supplies/easels/travel-and-outdoor-easels/beauport-large-format-out-door-easel.htm

- Coulter Easel www.artboxandpanel.com

- Strada Easel www.stradaeasel.com

- Table top easel with separate mixing palette (Masterson plastic artist palette is a good option)

Note: Please practice using and setting up your easel BEFORE the workshop.  Your workshop time is better spent painting rather than figuring out your easel!

  • Solvent container with locking lid (I recommend da Vinci or similar)
  • Cup or container for medium (if using a medium)
  • Oil Paint (any brand of good quality paint). Suggested colors:

- Ultramarine Blue

- Manganese Blue

- Sap Green

- Burnt Sienna

- Burnt Umber

- Alizarin Crimson

- Cadmium Orange

- Cadmium Red Light

- Cadmium Yellow Medium

- Yellow Ochre

- Titanium White

  • Brushes

    I recommend hog bristle or good quality synthetic brushes for oil painting.  Bring a mixture of filberts, flats, and rounds in various sizes (4, 6, 8, 10) with one sable rigger (liner).  I use Robert Simmons Signet series (hog bristles) and Rosemary & Co. Ivory series (synthetic).  Don’t bring worn out brushes.

  • Panels

- You will use 3 to 4 panels per day.  Your choice of panel sizes (6x8, 8x10, 9x12) - no larger than 9x12 for this workshop.  Please bring panels rather than stretched canvas and avoid panels with too “slick” a surface.

- Optional: I tone my panels with a thin wash of Liquitex Red Oxide acrylic paint wiped on with a moist paper towel.

  • Medium (optional)

   Graham’s Walnut Alkyd Medium - a fast drying and non-toxic product; Gamblin Neo Megilp.

  • 3 to 5 OF YOUR OWN PHOTO REFERENCES YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT FROM (4x6 or 5x7 sizes suggested)
  • Solvent

     ODORLESS mineral spirits (Gamsol or Turpenoid).  Do not bring hardware store turpentine - it is not healthy for you or the people around you.

  • Paper towels and plastic grocery bags for used paper towels
  • Painting clothes (please wear clothing you don’t mind getting a little oil paint on)
  • Optional:

- disposable gloves

- wet panel carrier

- bag lunch, bottled water

Online Art Stores for Supplies and Equipment:

- Cheap Joes www.cheapjoes.com

- Dick Blick www.dickblick.com

- Art Supply Warehouse www.artsupplywarehouse.com

- Italian Art Store www.italianartstore.com/store/index/html

- Jerry’s Artarama www.jerrysartarama.com

- Triangle Coatings (Classic Artist Oils) www.tricoatstore.com

- Artist and Craftsman Supply www.artistcraftsman.com

- Judson’s Art Outfitters www.judsonart.com

- RayMar Art www.raymarart.com

- SourceTek www.canvaspanels.com

- Guerrilla Painter www.guerrillapainter.com

- Rosemary & Co. www.rosemaryandco.com




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