Ricky Mujica Portrait Materials List

The following materials are suggested, but if you have a palette and brushes you’re accustomed to, or other materials, then please use those. Below is my palette and the colors that I use. It’s a very powerful palette that has a gigantic range with relatively few colors, but if you have a set palette that works for you, then by all means, use that as long as you have the three primaries and white. For the yellow, I use Michael Harding Bright Yellow Lake, but Cadmium Yellow Light, or Cadmium Yellow Lemon will do just fine. For a red, I use Michael Harding Pyrrole Red, but Cadmium Red will work. For a blue, I use Ultramarine blue. For White I use Titanium White. I personally prefer Michael Harding colors. They are rich and buttery and perfect for the solvent free painting that I do. Of course it is important to use colors you feel comfortable with. However, I would urge you to stay away from student grade paints. In my experience, those are a waste of money. Below is my palette

Oil Paints:
Titanium White
Bright Yellow Lake or (Cadmium Yellow Lemon or Cadmium Yellow Light)
Permanent Orange or (Cadmium Orange)
Pyrrole Red or (Cadmium Red)
Magenta
Pthalo Green Yellow Shade
UltraMarine Blue

I have optional colors that I only use occasionally for convenience. They are:
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna

Brushes **Please note where I say ‘flats’. Please do not get ‘brights’
Bristles Flats sizes 2,5,8,11
Sable or Synthetic Sable round size 1 Sable flats, 1,3,6

Accessories:
Cold or Hot pressed linseed oil
A palette cup with a sealable lid
A paint box of some type that allows you to store your palette with your wet paint in it.
A palette that fits in the box
Rags or paper towels (Note, you can buy a box of rags at a hardware store for very cheap)
Palette Knife
Vine charcoal (very soft or extra soft)
Kneaded eraser
A cheap hardware store chip brush 1 to 2 inches wide
A cheap Newsprint pad
Extra scrap canvas or canvas pad for exercises.
Supports Canvas preferably linen either on stretchers or panel. 16×20 0r 20”x24”