Putting Light into your Landscapes with Douglas Diehl- Supply List

Drawing Supplies:

  • HB, 2B and 4B pencils or your preferred sketching tools
  • pens for notes
  • pencil sharpener (if you are bringing pencils)
  • good eraser (kneadable or a white art eraser)
  • 9×12 Sketchbook, 100 sheets, 60 lbs (Strathmore 400 series, medium weight, lightly textured, acid free paper is a good one.)

Painting Supplies:

  • four panels, canvas or canvas board SIZES: 8×10, 9×12, or 11×14
  • Odorless Thinner (Gamsol is a good one. And obviously some sort of sealable glass or metal container to put it into as well)
  • Flat, long bristle Brushes, sizes: 2,4,6,8, 10, 12 (Filberts are okay, but I prefer to buy flats as they inevitably turn into filberts anyway.)
  • Paper Towels
  • Neo Megilp or Solvent Free Gel (Gamblin mediums)
  • plastic grocery bag for garbage
  • Portable Easel (preferably not a table top easel)
  • Surgical gloves (can protect you from becoming allergic to your paints)
  • Spray bottle of Simple Green (found at any grocery store)

Oil Paints:

  • Titanium White
  • Naples Yellow
  • Hansa Yellow Light (Gamblin Brand) or cad lemon yellow
  • Cadmium Yellow Light (unless it’s Gamblin brand, then it needs to be Cad Yellow Medium)
  • Ochre
  • Raw Sienna
  • Indian Yellow (Gamblin Brand)
  • Cadmium Orange Medium (In Utrecht brand it should be Cad Orange LIGHT)
  • Cadmium Red (LIGHT in Utrecht brand)
  • Quinacridone Magenta
  • Burnt Sienna (should be super dark and transparent)
  • Burnt Umber
  • Raw Umber
  • Sap Green (NOT Utrecht’s……it should look super dark)
  • Phthalo Green (Ambusson is also acceptable)
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Ivory Black (Mars black is ok as well)
  • Dioxazine Purple
  • Manganese Violet