SAMANTHA HARING: COLOR & LIGHT
MATERIALS LIST

Sketchbook and colored pencils for notes and preliminary thumbnails

At least 4 painting surfaces – three for value and color sketches, one for a final painting. I like arches oil paper sheets, 22×30” (you can tear down two sheets into four good sized surfaces). Canvas, panel, or your favorite substrate are all fine.

Brushes: A range of sizes (small #2-4, medium #6-8, and large #10-12) of rounds and flats or brights, either bristle or synthetic

Palette knife for mixing color

Palette (glass, palette paper, or handheld is fine, as long as you have a relatively large surface on which to mix color. 16×20 is a good minimum size for a palette)

Gamsol or turpenoid in a plastic jar with a lid

Double primary palette:

  • A cool and a warm yellow (i.e. bismuth yellow, cadmium yellow medium)
  • A cool and a warm red (i.e. quinacridone red, cadmium red light)
  • A cool and a warm blue (i.e. cobalt blue, ultramarine blue)
  • Titanium white
  • Other useful colors: viridian, sap green, raw umber, burnt sienna or venetian red, yellow ochre, mars black

Rags

Painters tape

Optional: painting medium of your choice, gloves