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Julio Reyes & Candice Bohannon Materials List
Portrait In Egg Tempera

STUDENTS BRING:

  • 1 Artefex Tempanel  9” x 12” 
  • Paper towels
  • Palette:  Either a Small Butcher Tray Palette (7.5” x 11) OR a sheet of glass with white paper taped to the back (any size between 8” x 10” and 11” x 14”)
  • Small 1-4 oz mist spray bottle
  • Palette knife
  • Tooth brush
  • Makeup sponge
  • 1ml measured dropper – Plastic is preferable
  • Measuring spoons – especially ½ tablespoon and 1 tablespoon
  • Nitrile Gloves (optional)
  • 1 Flat single edge razor blade (optional)
  • 1 3H or 4H pencil OR silverpoint pencil (optional),
  • 1 2B pencil
  • clean white eraser.
  • India Ink (small bottle)
  • Fine grit sandpaper (400 or 600)
  • A piece of silk cloth (such as an old scarf), or fine cheese cloth
  • Portrait reference photos of your own choice (optional, bring if you prefer to work from your own reference materials – Julio and Candice will have their own reference to share with you)
  • Brushes:  Sable, synthetic, and/or squirrel.  We suggest bringing a variety of your favorite water media brushes, especially those that are small and extra small in size.  We will be using mostly rounds and flats..  Rounds, flats and mops in synthetic, squirrel and red sables are very useful. If you don’t have brushes like this already, here are some good recommendations:
  • Synthetic Flats:  Mimik Creative Mark Flat ½”, ¼”
  • Synthetic Rounds:  Mimik Creative Mark Round 8, 6
  • Synthetic sables:  Blick Masterstroke Golden Taklon Flat ¾” and  Blick Academic Sable – Red Sable – Oval Wash ½”
  • Squirrel Hair Mop:  Raphael Pure Squirrel Hair Mop  – Size 2
  • Small red sable rounds: Kalish Series 8, round sable sizes 0, 2, 4   or   Raphael Kolinsky Red Sable Brushes 0, 2, 4
  • Paper Towels

JULIO & CANDICE WILL GENEROUSLY BRING (enough for every student!):

  • Raw Pigments from Natural Pigments: Titanium White, Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Cad Red Med, Ultramarine Blue Green Shade, Blue Ridge Hematite, Cypress Umber Medium, Bone Black, Hematite, Chrome Yellow Light.
  • Small Sauce Cups
  • Stir sticks
  • Portrait reference photos
  • Samples of egg tempera surfaces and gesso.
  • Samples of finished egg tempera paintings

ALIA FINE ART STUDIOS WILL PROVIDE

  • Fresh Eggs
  • Distilled Water
  • Easels & Tables for every student

If you have any questions about the materials listed above, where to acquire them, or substitutions, please feel free to email Julio and Candice at:

julioandcandice@gmail.com

questions?
info@alia-fineart.com