Below you will find suggested/recommended supplies for the class. If you already paint with acrylics, you may already have much of what you will need, so I encourage you  to use what you have and supplement where/when needed. 

If you don't already have most of the suggested supplies below, please do not feel like you have to buy every single suggested tool/supply or that you have to buy it all right away. Start out with the items on the main painting supply list and add a few of the things from the mark making tools & supplies list. You can always get more things later to experiment with in your work.

Important note: I personally use professional/artist quality acrylic paint, mainly Golden brand, but also recommend Matisse, Sennelier, M. Graham, Holbein, and Liquitex. Get the highest quality paint that fits your budget.

If you aren't in the United States, then the professional/artist quality paint brands available to you will differ. Please keep in mind when you use really cheap student grade or craft paints, you will find it challenging to achieve a similar look/effect/feel to what I will be showing in the class demos. If you don't have any good quality paint, then any of the above brands would be what I would suggest you start with if possible.

I get most of my supplies from the following sources in the US. If you use any of my affiliate links below, I may get a small commission if you make a purchase.

Blick Art Materials* (affiliate link)
Amazon* (affiliate link)
Jerry's Artarama

* denotes affiliate link

Happy supply gathering!!! :)

xox,
Paulette

Here's the suggested supply list...

Main Painting Supplies

• Good quality fluid and heavy body acrylic paints in colors you are most attracted, plus titanium white. Make sure you at least get the primary colors (a red, a blue, and a yellow) so that you will be able to mix other colors. NOTE: The colors I mention below are my favorites (from either Golden or Matisse) and are only a suggestion if you don't have any good quality paints already and don't know what to choose.
  • transparent colors (both dark & light) VERY IMPORTANT to have transparent paints for my techniques, but you don't have to have all of them
    • My favorites are prussian blue, pthalo blue (red shade), sap green, turquois (phthalo), quinacridone magenta, quinacridone crimson, dioxazine purple, permanent violet dark, deep violet, hansa yellow medium, green gold, quinacridone nickel azo gold
  • opaque colors (both dark & light)
    • My favorites are teal, sky blue,Australian salmon gum, light portrait pink, light magenta, light violet, naples yellow, Australian blue gum, raw sienna, naphthol red, pyrrole red
  • a few neutral colors (I prefer whites, grays and ivory, but you may prefer browns and other warm tones)
    • My favorites are whites, warm and cool grays, paynes gray, titan buff, antique ivory, carbon black
• Acrylic Mediums
  • Heavy Gel (semi-gloss or gloss) to seal any watersoluable media
  • Glazing Medium/Liquid (satin or gloss)
• Stretched canvases (no smaller than 12 inches on the shortest side, but I recommend you get as large as your space will accommodate so that you have freedom of movement)
• Spray bottle filled with water
• Workable fixative spray (if you are using dry media in your work)
• Lint free paper towels or shop towels
• Something to use as a palette to mix paints on
• Wide mouthed jar or container to rinse brushes
• Old hair dryer for speeding up drying of paint
• Apron or old clothing to paint in
• Gesso (optional, for adding additional coat to canvas, if needed)

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Mark Making Tools & Supplies

Not all of these are necessary. Choose which ones you'd like to use for creating your paintings during our class.

• Assorted paint brushes for use with acrylic paints
  • Different sizes, shapes, and stiffnesses of flats, rounds, brights, fans, and/or filberts in both synthetic and natural bristles; make sure you have at least one flat wash type brush, 1" minimum/or larger
  • For glazes with transparent/semi-transparent colors, brushes similar to these round domed sash brushes* or a large round fitch brush (See my Amazon page* under art supplies) are good to have for blending and covering large areas of the canvas
    • If you're in Canada, you can find them here
    • If you in Europe, you can find them here
  • Sumi brushes*
  • Liner/Rigger brushes for thin linework
• Wide rubber colour shapers, important if you're using the Stabilo Woody pencil in your work (See my Amazon page* under art supplies)
• Catalyst brand wedge W06 is my favorite (Check my Amazon page* under art supplies)
• Palette knives (metal or plastic)
• Printmaking squeegee (See my Amazon page* under art supplies)
• Stabilo Woody pencil in black
• Neocolor II watersoluable wax pastels
• Graphite pencils in varying softness
• Extra-fine tipped acrylic paint pen (to sign your finished painting)

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Varnishing

This is what I use and will be demoing. You do not have to use these to varnish your work, but I do recommend that you use some kind of varnish as a final protective layer.

• Isolation Coat (Golden brand product)
• Medium to large flat brush like these for applying isolation coat only, 1 inch or size 30 at a minimum (affiliate link)
• Gamvar Picture Varnish (Satin or Gloss)
• Gamsol (for cleaning varnish brush or removing varnish)
• stiff brush to use for varnishing only (I use these - affiliate link), 1 inch minimum
• Two lidded disposable/reusable plastic containers to pour isolation coat and varnish into for application