Drawing & Painting the Portrait
Timothy Chambers
email: studio@timothychambers.com
PLEASE NOTE- for just getting started with drawing, only the items marked with an asterisk * are needed!
DRAWING MATERIALS:
• Vine Charcoal- packages of medium and hard grades
• Kneaded Erasers, medium size (get a few)
• Chamois (small size, approx. 6" x 6")
• Sharpening pad (sandpaper)
• Plumb line- e.g. knitting needle, thin long brush, etc. for checking drawing angles, etc.
• Small hand-held mirror
• Small sable brush- #2 or 3 round or filbert, long handle
• 2 Bulldog or Binder Clips for holding paper to board
• Paper- purchased in class (100% cotton rag, smooth, approx. 19" x 25")
• Support board- purchased in class (foamcore, larger than paper size)
• Notebook- you must have this in my class to succeed! Very important.
Value Checker (obtainable in class)
PAINTING MATERIALS:
• Glass Palette- approximately 16 x 20 x ¼”. Any glass shop can cut and fit a piece to the size of your plastic container. Why glass? Cleans easily and quickly.
• A rectangular plastic container (i.e. Rubbermaid, etc., approximately 17 x 21”) with a low profile to hold your palette and keep the paint fresh and secure during transit.
• Oil Paint (37 – 40 ml tubes except as noted) I use Rembrandt and Vasari Oil Colors except where noted:
Cadmium Yellow Light , Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Earth Red (e.g. Venetian, Terra Rosa, Red Ochre), Cadmium Orange, Caput Mortuum Violet (English Red can substitute), Cadmium Red Light, Chromium Oxide Green, Winsor Newton Bright Red, Viridian, Permanent Rose, Cad. Green Light; Yellow-Green for outdoors only, Cerulean Blue, Burnt Umber (for hair; used infrequently), Cobalt Blue, Ivory Black, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White (150 ml tube)
• Medium- Maroger medium* or Linseed/Turp/Damar mix (1/3 of each) *Ask for ordering details.
• Solvent-Pint or quart of low- or no-odor turpentine or mineral spirits
• Paper Towels- get a good towel such as the Bounty brand.
• Small tin palette cups (one for medium, one for turpentine). Cups are about an inch in diameter.
• Thin blade palette knife- blade should be about 3/16" wide x approximately 1" long; oval shaped.
• Medium blade palette knife. Shaped like a long diamond, maybe a 1'2" wide at its widest point x 1 1/2" long.
• Brushes- bristle filberts. Two each of #2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. (Robert Simmons, W/N, Rafael, Blick Masterstroke etc.)
• Brushes- sable or synthetic sable filberts or flats. One each of #2 and 4. I like W/N Monarch Series.
• Razor Blades and holder for cleaning palette (get at hardware store)
• Quart of gesso to prepare panels for painting (use a 2” wide smooth brush)
• 11 x 14” Gessoed Masonite (hardboard) panels. Any lumber store will cut down a 4 x 8’ sheet of hardboard into 27 small (11 x 14”) panels. Take these home and put 2 – 3 coats of gesso on them. Then rub a thin coat of your medium on them at least a couple days prior to painting. Tint if you like with a mix of umber and blue.
• Bar of soap to clean brushes at home (important to do this immediately after painting!)
• Notebook- bring to class with you; very important to your success in painting.
Value Checker (obtainable in class)
Artist's materials can be purchased at most art stores. I shop online at www.dickblick.com, www.misterart.com, www.fineartstore.com, or www.pearlpaint.com.
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