Acrylic Painting Supply List
Paints: Due to the wide quality variations and inconsistent colour labelling between the many brands of artists acrylic paint, I have prepared four lists of different brand names so students will have some budget flexibility and some choice in suppliers. Please note that heavier bodied (high viscosity) paints are generally easier to work with on the whole and can be "thinned" with appropriate mediums to attain similar effects as the lower viscosity paints; this does not work the other way around. However, heavy bodied paints are often more expensive, usually because of their more intense pigment loading, and so the student will need to use their own discernment as to what their budget will allow. Generally, the rule is, buy the best quality paint you can afford.
LIQUITEX HEAVY BODY #411 hansa yellow light or #159 cadmium yellow light hue or #412 azo yellow medium #163 cadmium yellow deep hue #316 phthalocyanine blue (green shade) or prussian blue hue #380 ultramarine blue (red shade)	#110 acra crimson or #292 napthol crimson or #116 alizarin crimson hue #112 acra red or #152 cadmium red light or #510 scarlet red #432 titanium white (large tube) Optional: #317 phthalo green (blue shade), #186 dioxazine purple, #127 burnt sienna
VAN GOGH (student) azo yellow lemon or primary yellow azo yellow deep ultramarine blue prussian blue or phthalo blue napthol red medium primary magenta titanium white (large tube) Optional: permanent blue violet, phthalo green, burnt sienna	DALER-ROWNEY (student) lemon yellow cadmium yellow deep hue vermillion process magenta or purple prussian blue ultramarine blue titanium white (large tube) Optional: burnt sienna, phthalo turquoise
GOLDEN ACRYLICS Hansa yellow light or primary yellow hansa yellow medium phthalo blue (greenish) ultramarine blue naphthol red light quinacridone red titanium white (larger tube)	GRUMBACHER (student) cadmium yellow light cadmium yellow medium phthalo blue ultramarine blue alizarin crimson cadmium red medium titanium white (large tube) Optional: thalo green, burnt sienna, dioxazine purple
Brushes:  Hogs hair: #10 flat long or filbert, #5 filbert, #2 filbert, #4 or #5 round Other Supplies: 14" x 18" or larger canvas painting pad Disposable strip-palette or scrap of shiny white-surfaced arbourite (about 9" x 12") (counter-top material, available as scraps from most kitchen-cabinet shops) Metal bent-neck palette knife with wooden handle (palette end should measure 2 - 2½" long) Miscellaneous: Two medium to large-sized plastic containers for water, ruler, rags or paper towels, wax paper, saran wrap, fine-mist spray bottle