Materials Checklist for Oil Painting Classes
Here is a checklist for the basic materials you will need for oil painting. Easels, boards, tables and chairs are all provided in the studio.
There are many alternative brands at different prices. You tend to get what you pay for: please get in touch if you have any questions.
Art shops in West London are comparatively few, but materials can be obtained from Jacksons (in Putney) and Cass Art (on Ken High Street); both offer good prices and their own ranges of paints. Further afield in London are Cowling and Wilcox, Atlantis, Cornelissen, Green and Stone, and AP Fitzpatrick.
Increasingly you can order art supplies on Amazon, Ebay, etc. GreatArt is a huge online art supermarket, but their deliveries have become seriously erratic.
Painting Materials
Portable easel or Pochade Box with tripod sold separately (You can carry paints in pochade box and most of them include a palette. Some boxes can be quite expensive, but if you are planning to stick with your painting and try to paint both indoors and on plein air, they are useful. See links below)
Oil Paints:
Titanium or Zinc White (buy a larger 200ml tube of white as you will use more of it), Ivory Black, Raw Umber, Yellow or Gold Ochre, Red Ochre Transparent (only in Winsor & Newton), Raw Sienna, burnt sienna, Oxide of Chromium, Viridian, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmiums: Red and Yellow.
(Winsor & Newton Artist’s range is good. Their student version is suitable, however they have less pigment in them, this will affect the quality of your painting)
Surfaces:
Number of canvas boards or canvases (well primed with white acrylic gesso)
22x16inches
18x14inches
16x12 inches
14x10inches
Brushes:
Range of good quality hog long filberts and flats from number 8 to 12
Solvent:
Turpentine or artists odourless solvent
Jam jar with lid for washing your brushes during work
Palette:
Firm rectangular / oval medium wooden or firm plastic palette (white plastic is good)
size appr. 37x23cm (see links below)
Palette knife:
Winsor & Newton palette knife N21 or N22
Plenty of rags or kitchen towel. Old shirt or apron to protect clothing.
Hard cover sketch book A4 format
You might find this information on art materials useful:
Canvas Carrier
https://www.jacksonsart.com/jas-canvas-carrier
Palettes
https://www.jacksonsart.com/studio/palettes/wooden-palettes/page/2
Pochade boxes
https://www.jacksonsart.com/studio/easels/pochade-boxes
Lighter pochade box/easel (with the video how to assemble it)
https://www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-half-sized-french-style-box-easel