​Materials List: Abstract Florals Workshop.
 
1.Paint: 
I believe in making use of what you have around you so please don’t go out and buy too many“special colors” if you don't already have them, we can go a long way with simple primary colors.
We will be working on our grounds in Acrylic paint in the morning (for speed of drying) 
In the afternoon it is your choice to continue with Acrylic paint or introduce oils.
 
Basic kit:
  • White
  • Red (cool or warm or both)
  • Blue  (cool or warm or both) (ultramarine is a good staple)
  • Yellow ((cool or warm or both)
 
Extended kit: ( I will be using these colors)
  • White
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Medium Red (cadmium medium or deep)
  • Magenta or Rose Madder
  • Yellow (cool or warm or both)
  • Pthylo Blue or Green
  • any other crazy color you have been itching to use!
 
2.Sketch Book/Paper:
A4 or A5 for sketching and taking notes.
Doesn't have to be high quality, we are going for productivity not preciousness  ;) 
 
3.Brushes:
At least 3 brushes, Flat (square tips), a range between 5mm and 20mm wide. 
The bigger your canvas the bigger the brush. You will need separate brushes for oil and acrylic if using both.​
1 bigger (30mm to 60mm wide) flat brush  for acrylic backgrounds. 
Palette knife(s) 

4.Support:
2 or 3 canvases/canvas boards. size from 30 cm to 60cm.
The bigger your canvas the more paint you will use.
You may want them all the same size so you can have a series or different.
Bring your old paintings! Old acrylic paintings are great to paint over as they already have some interesting textures we can work with. (Unfortunately we will be unable to paint over old oil paintings for this workshop.)
 
5.Other Materials:
  • Pencil (soft 2b – 6b)
  • Palette
  • Rags or kitchen paper
  • Jar for water or oil mediums
  • Apron
  • Odourless solvent and linseed oil (oil painting only ) Please DO NOT bring any other oil mediums as some participants are allergic to them
  • Photographs of flowers you like 
  • Lunch!
 
ADDITIONAL INFO:
 
Paint brands:(this list is not exhaustive)
Please use either Professional or Student Grade materials.
1.Professional grade:Atelier, Matisse, Windsor & Newton, Golden, Artist Spectrum
2.Student grade: A2, Chromacryl, Reeves, Jo sonjas, Winton
3.Cheap and not necessarily nasty: Please avoid for this workshop as it will be difficult to mix accurate colors.Poster paint and other brands you can find in “cheap” “two dollar” type shops. These paints will often fade or change color over time, sometimes the pigments are weak or the binder agents (stuff that makes it gooey or run) are a bit weird and hard to deal with. 
 
Brushes:
Acrylic:Do be wary of cheap and nasty as they can leave brush hairs all over your work! I prefer the Roymac Achieverseries. The craft section of Bunnings has some good quality reasonably priced brushes (Renoir brand), Brushes for acrylic should feel soft, avoid hog hair stiff brushes as they are for oil paint.
 
Oil:brushes need to be stiffer than acrylic but not so stiff that they wont apply the paint in a smooth manner. I prefer NAM flat brights.
 
In general most artists have separate brushes for oils and for acrylic as once used for oil they will be difficult to use for acrylic.
 
Some art supply stores:
Musgrave art – Southport
Yellow brick Studio - Murwullimbah
Tweed Stationary supplies – South Tweed Heads
Riot Art – Robina