Robert Liberace
Materials List

DRAWING SUPPLIES
Rives "BFK" or Canson "Mi Tientes" drawing paper
Vine charcoal sticks: soft
Charcoal drawing pencils: soft, medium and hard
Newsprint pad, 18" x 24"
Drawing board, 18" x 24"
Kneaded eraser
Chamois cloth

Lunch (coffee and tea and snacks will be available at the studio)


PAINTING SUPPLIES
(nearest art store a bit of a treck from the studio)
Paint colors (oils): burnt umber, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange, cadmium red light, permanent rose, alizarin crimson, manganese violet, diozixine violet (also called Windsor violet), ultra marine blue, cerulean blue, phthalocyanine blue, viridian, phthalocyanine green (Winsor & Newton calls their's Winsor blue -It comes in two shades, red and green. Either if fine but if you are newly purchasing it, get the green. and Winsor green), titanium white, lead white or lead white replacement (flake white). Rob likes Winsor & Newton oils, but any brand above student grade is fine.
Brushes: hog bristle filbert shaped bristle brushes: #2, #4, #6, and #8 Any brand of hog bristle is fine but Rob likes Silver Brush "Grand Prix" type Filbert Series 1003
filbert shaped Sable brushes: #2 and #4 Rob likes both Silver "Renaissance" sable brushes or Escoda Brand sable brushes.
Wood palette
FCFAS PROVIDES EASELS AND PALETTE TABLES
Palette knife (optional for mixing colors or cleaning your palette)
Medium: stand or linseed oil (or medium of choice)
Odorless Solvent plus covered container: Gamsol brand ONLY.
For those traveling by air, solvent will be available for a small fee at the studio (PLEASE LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME) so you might just want to bring a covered container. Please no regular (hardware store variety) turpentine which has a strong smell.
Rags or good paper towels (Rob likes either Viva or the blue ones from hardware stores)
Canvas: need at least five medium or fine 16"x20" or 18" x24" canvases toned mid-gray with acrylic paint. You can tone them with white plus a little ivory black and a hint of burnt umber or use "Golden Heavy Bodied Neutral Gray N6" premixed acrylic. Canvas should look similar to this box: