Eric Jacobsen Workshop Supply List
WORKSHOP SUPPLY LIST -Check back for an updated list (FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, COPY AND PASTE INTO WORD)
-Easel. Table or French easel (Easel light and extension cord)
- Brushes: Any high quality brush will do, but I recommend Robert Simmons Signet flats and/or bright bristle, sizes 2 - 8 for smaller works, larger sizes as suits your needs. Please don't bring worn out brushes.
- Palette Knife: A good palette knife for cleaning palette and painting needs.
- Palette: Bring whatever palette suits you...just make sure you have a large enough mixing space to meet your needs
- Canvas: 12 x 16 and larger ...depending on how large you want to work
- Photo Reference: Bring several photo reference to choose from. We will be painting from photos for some subjects. Still life materials (fruit, veges, flowers, may be brought in for live still life work. )
-Other Items: Paint thinner (Gamsol for oils)
Viva Paper Towels
Plastic grocery bags
1 -2 squeeze clamps (for securing various items to your easel
-Colors: Titanium White, Titanium Buff, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Orange Deep, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Deep, Alizarin Crimson, Manganese Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Phthalo Green, Burnt Sienna, Chromatic Black, Portland Grey (Gamblin), Yellow Ochre
Recommended Books:
Robert Henri - The Art Spirit
Charles Hawthorne - Hawthorne on Painting
Robert Johnson & Rick Hodgins Workshop Supply List
WORKSHOP SUPPLY LIST -Check back for an updated list (FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, COPY AND PASTE INTO WORD )
-Easel. Table or French easel (Easel light and extension cord)
-Pallet Plastic or paper
-Canvas" Stretched or on board, non-absorbent primed 12" x 16" no larger than 16" x 20"
-Medium: Maroguer, or sun thickened linseed oil
-Solvent: Gamsol
-Brushes: Filbert small to large (a variety, sizes 1 - 8), at least 1 small sable (No. 0, 1,or 2), soft large flat sable, badger or mongoose (No. 4 or above) , pallet knife (Small triangular wedge shaped painting knife)
Paper towels and trash bags
Paint: Essential - Naples Yellow Light (Rembrandt), Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson
Yellow Ochre Pale, Cobalt Violet, Indian Yellow (Windsor Newton), Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Red Oxide (Rembrandt), Cobalt Blue, Terra Rosa, Viridian (Holbein), Ivory Black, White (Gamblin, Williamsburg or Utrecht White or any blend of Zinc White and Titanium White)
Optional Colors - Burnt Sienna Deep (Substitute for Transparent Oxide Red by Rembrandt), Burnt Sienna Deep (substitute for Transparent Oxide Red), Cadmium Scarlet (Substitute for Cadmium Red Light), Mauve- Blue Shade (Windsor Newton), Raw Sienna, Cerulean Blue or Manganese Blue, Cinnabar green, Brilliant Rose (Old Holland), Permanent Rose or Rembrandt Rose, Cadmium Orange, Transparent Yellow Oxide
Attitude: Humility, honesty and a capacity to be completely absorbed in seeing and painting without concern for the opinions of others.
Optional Equipment: Painting scraper, eye shade (baseball cap or visor)
