Oil Painting

Brushes

Oil Paints

Canvas & Panels

Mediums

Drawing

Pencils

Watercolor

Charcoals

MATERIALS BY COURSE

All Hannah’s Art Place classes provide the materials you need. These lists are for practicing at home or building your own kit — don’t buy everything at once, and email us first if you’re unsure.

DRAWING — ACADEMIC DRAWING & FIGURE DRAWING

• Graphite pencils: 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
• Vine or willow charcoal, plus compressed charcoal or charcoal pencils
• Kneaded eraser and plastic eraser
• Blending stumps
• 9×12 sketchbook and a drawing paper pad (Strathmore 300/400 series or similar)
• Pencil sharpener or utility knife, small ruler

PORTRAITURE

• Everything from the drawing list above
• Toned paper pad (tan or gray)
• White charcoal or chalk pencil, Conté

OIL PAINTING I & II

• Colors: Titanium White, Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red (student-grade is fine to start)
• Hog bristle brushes: filberts and flats in a few sizes (#2–#10), plus one small round
• Palette knife and palette (disposable pad or glass)
• Odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol) and a small jar with a lid
• Canvas panels: 8×10 and 9×12
• Rags or paper towels, apron

WATERCOLOR

• Watercolor set, pans or tubes (Winsor & Newton Cotman or similar)
• 140 lb cold-press watercolor paper pad
• Round brushes #6 and #10, one flat wash brush
• Masking tape, two water jars, mixing palette

WHERE TO BUY

• Blick Art Materials in San Francisco, or online at Jerry’s Artarama.

Papers

Erasers & Sharpeners