Oil Painting for All- Jackie Kane
Class | Registration closed 3/25/2025
Fun, informative and suitable for all levels. Students will benefit from an overview of techniques, mediums and equipment while getting started on their own individual projects. You will learn the basics of oil painting along with intermediate and/or advanced techniques, tips and tricks, suitable for your own level. Most importantly you will get individual attention for where you are in your own oil painting journey and guidance for projects of your choice.
NOTE: Portraiture will not be covered.
Former and New Students Welcome!
- Suggested MATERIALS LIST :
(contact instructor with questions: jackiekanestudio@icloud.com)
BLICK.com for best prices/quick ship:
Bring paints and brushes you have plus the following:
Two quality stretched pre-primed canvas such as BLICK Premier Traditional Profile 9” X 12”, 11” X 14” or square or 12” X 12” or larger.
ARTIST’S QUALITY PAINTS**:
(M. Graham or Winsor Newton is most affordable. Michael Harding, Williamsburg and Old Holland brands are great, Vasari is the ultimate and most expensive, although it will outlast others - Avoid Utretch)
If you prefer not to invest in additional paints at this time, the colors below will allow you to work with a “Limited Palette.”
Quinacridone Rose
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Yellow
Titanium White
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna
Please do not purchase Student Grade paints as they will cost more in the long run. Artists’ Professional Grade paints are recommended for their pure pigments, consistent colors, years longer shelf life, less prone to drying out - longer workable time between painting and no fillers.
M. Graham is a great, more affordable Artists’ brand along with Winsor-Newton. Higher priced excellent brands include Michael Harding, Williamsburg, etc. and top of the line Vasari Oil Paints. (Utrecht not recommended.)
FOR OPTIMAL COLOR MIXING:
(Otherwise bring what you have)
NAPTHOL RED
QUINACRIDONE ROSE
CADMIUM ORANGE or PERMANENT ORANGE
CADMIUM YELLOW (Pale if Winsor-Newton)
MICHAEL HARDING BRIGHT YELLOW LAKE
YELLOW OCHRE
M. GRAHAM - PTHALOCYANINE GREEN
SAP GREEN
ULTRAMARINE BLUE
DIOXAZINE VIOLET
TITANIUM WHITE
BURNT UMBER
RAW UMBER
IVORY BLACK
We work solvent free without compromise, so no Gamsol, Turpenoid, Mineral Spirits or Liquin.
Painting Mediums / Brush Cleaners solvent free alternatives:
- Two small or medium size glass jars with lids
Paper towels
Masterson’s Palette Box (Optional but very useful)
Gray Palette Paper Pad size to fit Palette Box
Palette Knife (with good “spring”) for paint mixing
Gamblin Solvent Free Gel in convenient tube / fast drying adds gloss OR M.Graham Alkyd Walnut Oil (fast drying medium)
M. Graham Walnut Oil (to clean brush in between colors while painting)
Master’s Brush Cleaner 2.5 oz. cake - non toxic
For underpainting: Liquitex Heavy Body Artists Acrylic tube of: Transparent Burnt Sienna
OPTIONAL - Liquitex WHITE Gesso for extra layers of priming canvas
BRUSHES: Rosemaryandco.com
Brushes Ivory or Eclipse line recommended in a range of flats or filberts in sizes in 2, 4, 6, 8 . Add a larger flat for backgrounds if you like to work large.
Essential for blending: Rosemary.com MUNDY MOP 3/8" goat hair brush. ADD the larger size if you work large. (Mundy Mops come in five sizes.)
OPTIONAL: 2 or 3” brush for applying (acrylic) GESSO
Add a smaller pointed round for smaller details unless you work loose. Choose other Rosemary brushes to your preference as long as they are for oil painting. This brand is excellent quality at the best price even with shipping.
OR Bring what you have.
QUESTIONS: Contact jackiekanestudio@icloud.com