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MATERIAL LISTS FOR ART CLASSES WITH INSTRUCTOR KATHY HIRSH
Listed by class title for all of Kathy Hirsh's classes. Scroll down to find the material list for the class you are enrolled.
  
 

Anatomy for Figure Drawing Workshop

Drawing Supplies
2B and 4B graphite pencils
Vine charcoal
Charcoal pencils 3B, 4B
Kneaded eraser
Masking tape
Cheap newsprint: Canson Biggie Recycled Newsprint  
or cheap white paper
Good paper: Carson Mi-teintes charcoal paper- muted colors, at least 12 x 16”

Digital Media
iPad and apple pencil
There’s a new cheaper 9.7 iPad from Apple that works with the Apple pencil. The apple pencil works with all the iPad Pros and the new 6th generation 9.7” iPad.  
Here is a link to the new iPad
iPad



Drawing and Painting the Portrait and Figure

 

Oil Painting Supplies

  • Rembrandt, Utrecht or Gamblin or Winsor Newton-artist quality, not student grade (You can buy either regular oils or water soluble. If you buy water soluble don’t buy Gamsol)
  • titanium white -  big tube 200 ml 
  • yellow ochre    burnt sienna   ultramarine blue 
  • Richeson Gray Matters Paper Palette, 50 Sheets  12"x 16”
  • Robert Simmons Titanium  TT41  Long Handle Bright 8 (and bring in brushes you already own)
  • Blick canvas panels   9x12 or 11x14 or 16x20
  • Palette knife, RGM Plus Italian 44 or something similar
  • paper towels and plastic bag for trash
  • wet wipes
  • Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and 2 small glass jars

Drawing Supplies

  • 2B and 4B graphite pencils
    Vine charcoal
  • Charcoal pencils 3B, 4B
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Masking tape
  • Cheap newsprint: Canson Biggie Recycled Newsprint  
  • or cheap white paper
  • Good paper: Carson Mi-teintes charcoal paper- muted colors, at least 12 x 16”

Pixels to Paintings


Oil Painting Supplies

  • Rembrandt, Utrecht or Gamblin or Winsor Newton-artist quality, not student grade.

  • (You can buy either regular oils or water soluble. If you buy water soluble don’t buy Gamsol)

  • titanium white -  big tube 200 ml 
  • cadmium yellow   alizarin crimson   ultramarine blue
  • Richeson Gray Matters Paper Palette, 50 Sheets  12"x 16”
  • Robert Simmons Titanium  TT41  Long Handle Bright 8 (bring in brushes you already own)
  • Blick canvas panels, 6x6 or 6x8 up to about 11x14
  • Palette knife, RGM Plus Italian 44 or something similar
  • paper towels and plastic bag for trash
  • wet wipes
  • Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and 2 small glass jars
  • 2B pencil
  • kneaded eraser
  • masking tape
  • cheap newsprint: Canson Biggie Recycled Newsprint
  • or cheap white paper

Digital Media



A Painting a Day

Oil Painting Supplies

  • Rembrandt, Utrecht or Gamblin or Winsor Newton-artist quality, not student grade.
  • (You can buy either regular oils or water soluble. If you buy water soluble don’t buy Gamsol)
  • titanium white -  big tube 200 ml 
  • limited palette: cadmium yellow   alizarin crimson   ultramarine blue
  • extended palette: cadmium yellow   alizarin crimson   ultramarine blue
  • lemon yellow     cadmium red  dioxizine purple    phthalo blue    transparent oxide brown (rembrandt) or burnt sienna   sap green
  • Richeson Gray Matters Paper Palette, 50 Sheets  12"x 16”
  • Robert Simmons Titanium  TT41  Long Handle Bright 8 (and bring in brushes you already own)
  • Blick canvas panels, 6x6 or 6x8 up to about 11x14
  • Palette knife, RGM Plus Italian 44 or something similar
  • paper towels and plastic bag for trash
  • wet wipes
  • Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and 2 small glass jars
  • 2B pencil
  • kneaded eraser
  • masking tape
  • cheap newsprint: Canson Biggie Recycled Newsprint
  • or cheap white paper

Digital Media