Color Mixing & Theory

Instructor: Bobbi Baldwin

You may work with any medium you wish for this class.  If you choose another medium besides oil or acrylic, (Watercolor, or pastel) please look for comparative colors in your medium to match whatever color is listed below.  Ask the store employees to help, if you do not know what to choose.  I have given a warm or cool note for help with choosing. 

If you are using oils, I suggest not buying Windsor & Newton’s “Winton” or Grumbacher’s “Pretest” line of paint– they are very low grade and the colors will fail our color tests.  Don't substitute colors with any tube that has the word "Hue" in the color name. 

 Please: Buy their higher “Artist’s” grade paint.

Required Materials and Equipment:

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Supply List:

Oil Paint

•          Alizarin Crimson Permanent (cool red – has blue in it)

•          Grumbacher Red (warm red – has yellow in it)

•          Cerulean Blue (cool blue – has yellow in it)

•          Cobalt blue (warm blue – has red in it)

•          Dioxazine Violet (purple)

•          Cadmium yellow medium (warm yellow – has red in it)

•          Permanent Lemon yellow (cool yellow – has blue in it)

•          Cadmium Orange

•          Permanent Green (not too blue or yellow)

•          Phthalo turquoise (cool green – very turquoise)

•          Mars Black (any black is fine)

•          Titanium White

Other supplies

•          Thick Paper Towels, or Rags    

•          Odorless paint thinner or Mineral Spirits in a jar with lid

•          Palette knife (metal - looks like a trowel)

•          Palette (paper pallet is best - find the waxy type. Don’t get trays with cups) 

Brushes:

•          Various Sable or synthetic sable flat, firm brushes, Filbert or Flat (ranging from 1/16” to 1/2”)

Canvas pad or canvases -

•          1ea. 16 x 20” canvas, canvas paper, or board

•          1ea. - canvas boards – 11 x 14”

Supply List:

Acrylic Paint

•          Alizarin Crimson Permanent (cool red – has blue in it)

•          Permanent Red (warm red – has yellow in it)

•          Cerulean Blue (cool blue – has yellow in it)

•          Cobalt blue (warm blue – has red in it)

•          Lavender (purple)

•          Cadmium yellow medium (warm yellow – has red in it)

•          Permanent Lemon yellow (cool yellow – has blue in it)

•          Permanent Yellow deep (orange)

•          Permanent Green Light (warm green – has lots of yellow in it)

•          Phthalo turquoise (cool green – very turquoise)

•          Mars Black (any black is fine)

•          Titanium White

Other supplies

•          Thick Paper Towels, or Rags    

•          Water container

•          Water in a squirt bottle                                                    

•          Palette knife (metal - looks like a trowel)

•          Palette (paper pallet is best - find the waxy type. Don’t get trays with cups)  

Brushes:

•          Various Sable or synthetic sable flat, firm brushes, Filbert or Flat (ranging from 1/16” to 1/2”)

Canvas pad or canvases -

•          1ea. 16 x 20” canvas, canvas paper, or board

•          1ea. - canvas boards – 11 x 14”