TRANSFORMATION 2020
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
I have created a recommended materials list on Blick.com.
For advanced students wanting to work in oil - there are recommendations at the bottom of this list.
Take inventory of what you already have and only order/buy what you need or can afford.
I am much less interested in your materials being all the same and more interested in using what we have and putting them to use.
Depending where you are in the world it may be challenging to find some materials.
Ask questions via email or better yet in the Facebook Group so others can learn from your questions as well.
For those outside of the US, I advise to find the closest Art supply store and support them or order from a reliable source online.
https://www.dickblick.com/lists/blicku/J8U212LYFOU88/publicview/
For the first session on July 4th you will only need drawing materials.
For the second you will need acrylics, canvases and drawing materials, for the 3rd and 4th you will need all your painting materials.
Saturday July 4th - Drawing & Composition
Saturday July 11th - Transferring of Drawing / Imprimatura & Decalcomania
Acrylic Brushes
Most important in the Mischtechnik is that the brushes are soft. Hard bristle brushes will not work - for glazing and for painting.
Acrylic Paint (recommended for beginners to stay with acrylic)
Acrylic Paint:
Color is a very subjective thing and you will be attracted to colors almost like pheromones are attractors.
You do need the basics, and you may be surprised how some of the greatest work is done with an incredibly limited palette. So before you go out and buy a bunch of paint… start with 5-8 colors and keep building your color profile as you grow, especially if you have a limited budget.
Super minimal would be yellow, red, blue, white and black. Of course there are so many variations of these pigments and colors and you will learn more about all of this during the course.
I was advised by my teachers to never buy student grade paint. Because the pigment count is so much lower. When you invest in really good acrylic paint such as Golden or in oil paint Old Holland, Williamsburg or Rublev oil paint, it will also last you for a long time.
For beginners I recommend this basic set from Golden of 10 colors.
You may want to supplement this set with a few extra pigments and some extra titanium white though it is not essential for this course:
Heavy body acrylics will not be ideal for this technique, but all is possible so work with what you have and remember this is all about learning and not being perfect ;)!
ADVANCED
For those interested in exploring the Mischtechnik in acrylic, casein & oil
Brushes:
Remember:::: Most important in the Mischtechnik is that the brushes are soft. Hard bristle brushes will not work - for glazing and for painting.
I keep my acrylic, casein and oil brushes separate. Though when you are starting out you don’t need a different set for each medium. You can totally get away with the brushes I listed in the Acrylic section, you will just want to clean them well between using the different mediums.
If you do want to invest in some brushes for painting with oil here are some that I like:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/utrecht-manglon-synthetic-brushes/
Of the Manglon brushes I only use the filberts. I like the long handle and brush shape. I would recommend a 4, 6, 8, 12, 14 as a nice variety here. And a couple Flats would be nice as well: 8, 12, 16.
These are also great rounds, which I prefer to be short handle for precision and detail:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/princeton-series-4050-synthetic-sable-round/
Glazing Brushes for Oil:
You can use the glazing brushes in the Acrylic section, though they will fall apart pretty fast as they are not made to withstand the solvents. Best brushes that will last LONG time (though an investment are):
Da Vinci Cosmotop Spin flat wash 40
https://www.dickblick.com/products/da-vinci-cosmotop-spin-brushes/
Casein
Egg Tempera
Oil Mediums
extra:
If you want to dissolve your own Dammar:
Dammar in Turpentine (in case you want to try the original Dörner version of the Misch)
if you go this way then you don't need to buy Dammar already dissolved.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/michael-harding-dammar-varnish/
together with the following solvent:
https://www.dickblick.com/products/winsor-newton-distilled-turpentine/
or
https://www.dickblick.com/products/chelsea-classical-studio-lavender-spike-oil-essence/
Oil Paint
(best paint Old Holland, Williamsburg, Rublev or Holbein. Winsor Newton is also quite good and anything that isn’t the cheapest;).
As with the acrylics, it is better to invest in higher priced paint, you do not need all of these colors either, so start with a few and add more.
This would be a great beginners palette by Winsor Newton:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/00461-1010/
A nice minimal palette if you want to buy individual tubes of Old Holland etc:
Titanium White
Indian Yellow
Magenta
Prussian Blue or Ultramarine
Ivory Black
More extensive palette:
Titanium White
Naples Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Raw Sienna
Golden Baroque Red (by Old Holland color – one of my FAVORITES;),
Burnt Umber
Raw Umber
Ivory Black
Dioxin Purple
Magenta
Alizarin Crimson
Brilliant Pink (by Old Holland)
Cadmium Red
Indian Yellow
Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Pigment)
Lemon Yellow
Chrome Oxide Green
Schevenings Green (Old Holland)
Manganese Blue
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Prussian Blue
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
I have created a recommended materials list on Blick.com.
For advanced students wanting to work in oil - there are recommendations at the bottom of this list.
Take inventory of what you already have and only order/buy what you need or can afford.
I am much less interested in your materials being all the same and more interested in using what we have and putting them to use.
Depending where you are in the world it may be challenging to find some materials.
Ask questions via email or better yet in the Facebook Group so others can learn from your questions as well.
For those outside of the US, I advise to find the closest Art supply store and support them or order from a reliable source online.
https://www.dickblick.com/lists/blicku/J8U212LYFOU88/publicview/
For the first session on July 4th you will only need drawing materials.
For the second you will need acrylics, canvases and drawing materials, for the 3rd and 4th you will need all your painting materials.
Saturday July 4th - Drawing & Composition
- Sketch Book & variety of pencils & pens
- Sketching Paper size 16x20” approx.
- Graphite Pencil HB / 2B
- Charcoal Pencil 2B
- White Charcoal Pencil
- Vine Charcoal
- Pencil Sharpener or stanley knife
- Small piece of sandpaper for sharpening pencils (not essential)
- Kneaded eraser (can be any eraser)
- Toned Paper (Raw Sienna, Grey, or Watercolor paper toned with acrylic)
- Spray Fixative for Charcoal (not essential)
- Ruler (not essential)
- Compass (not essential)
- Mal-stick (need a dowel, paper towel, rag, masking tape or duct tape, scissors - will do video demo before class begins).
Saturday July 11th - Transferring of Drawing / Imprimatura & Decalcomania
- Transparent Tracing Paper
- Graphite Pencil HB or 2B
- Ballpoint pen (blue or red)
- Vine Charcoal
- Primed Canvas or panel - size 16x20” or preferred size (smaller or larger)
- 2 Practice panels 11x14” canvas or wood
Acrylic Brushes
Most important in the Mischtechnik is that the brushes are soft. Hard bristle brushes will not work - for glazing and for painting.
- Assortment of Brushes Snap Princeton brushes.
(I like the rounds and fiber’s especially. And they don’t say they are for oil but I use them with oil.) - Assortment of Glazing Brushes
Acrylic Paint (recommended for beginners to stay with acrylic)
- Acrylic Paint (Golden Fluid Acrylics or other acrylic) - see pigment list below
- Satin Glazing Medium from Golden
- Retarder from Golden (optional)
- Spray bottle for water
- Plastic wrap (example: from canvas packaging)
Acrylic Paint:
Color is a very subjective thing and you will be attracted to colors almost like pheromones are attractors.
You do need the basics, and you may be surprised how some of the greatest work is done with an incredibly limited palette. So before you go out and buy a bunch of paint… start with 5-8 colors and keep building your color profile as you grow, especially if you have a limited budget.
Super minimal would be yellow, red, blue, white and black. Of course there are so many variations of these pigments and colors and you will learn more about all of this during the course.
I was advised by my teachers to never buy student grade paint. Because the pigment count is so much lower. When you invest in really good acrylic paint such as Golden or in oil paint Old Holland, Williamsburg or Rublev oil paint, it will also last you for a long time.
For beginners I recommend this basic set from Golden of 10 colors.
You may want to supplement this set with a few extra pigments and some extra titanium white though it is not essential for this course:
- Indian Yellow
- Raw Sienna
- Quinacridone Burnt Orange
- Red Oxide
- Raw Umber
- Dioxazine Purple
- Manganese Blue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Titanium White 4oz (Titanium white is essential for this method)
- Carbon Black
- Paynes Grey
Heavy body acrylics will not be ideal for this technique, but all is possible so work with what you have and remember this is all about learning and not being perfect ;)!
ADVANCED
For those interested in exploring the Mischtechnik in acrylic, casein & oil
Brushes:
Remember:::: Most important in the Mischtechnik is that the brushes are soft. Hard bristle brushes will not work - for glazing and for painting.
I keep my acrylic, casein and oil brushes separate. Though when you are starting out you don’t need a different set for each medium. You can totally get away with the brushes I listed in the Acrylic section, you will just want to clean them well between using the different mediums.
If you do want to invest in some brushes for painting with oil here are some that I like:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/utrecht-manglon-synthetic-brushes/
Of the Manglon brushes I only use the filberts. I like the long handle and brush shape. I would recommend a 4, 6, 8, 12, 14 as a nice variety here. And a couple Flats would be nice as well: 8, 12, 16.
These are also great rounds, which I prefer to be short handle for precision and detail:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/princeton-series-4050-synthetic-sable-round/
Glazing Brushes for Oil:
You can use the glazing brushes in the Acrylic section, though they will fall apart pretty fast as they are not made to withstand the solvents. Best brushes that will last LONG time (though an investment are):
Da Vinci Cosmotop Spin flat wash 40
https://www.dickblick.com/products/da-vinci-cosmotop-spin-brushes/
Casein
- Shiva Titanium White Casein by Richeson 37ml or Plaka in Europe or alternatives.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/shiva-casein-colors/
Egg Tempera
- 1 Egg
- Distilled Water (or filtered)
- Small jar with lid
- Palette knife
- Titanium White Pigment (bought through Blick or any fine art store)
- Dammar Varnish https://www.dickblick.com/products/winsor-newton-dammar-varnish/
Oil Mediums
- Refined Linseed Oil
- Winsor Newton Painting Medium
- Odourless mineral spirit -( the harmful aromatic solvent component has been removed.)
extra:
If you want to dissolve your own Dammar:
Dammar in Turpentine (in case you want to try the original Dörner version of the Misch)
if you go this way then you don't need to buy Dammar already dissolved.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/michael-harding-dammar-varnish/
together with the following solvent:
https://www.dickblick.com/products/winsor-newton-distilled-turpentine/
or
https://www.dickblick.com/products/chelsea-classical-studio-lavender-spike-oil-essence/
Oil Paint
(best paint Old Holland, Williamsburg, Rublev or Holbein. Winsor Newton is also quite good and anything that isn’t the cheapest;).
As with the acrylics, it is better to invest in higher priced paint, you do not need all of these colors either, so start with a few and add more.
This would be a great beginners palette by Winsor Newton:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/00461-1010/
A nice minimal palette if you want to buy individual tubes of Old Holland etc:
Titanium White
Indian Yellow
Magenta
Prussian Blue or Ultramarine
Ivory Black
More extensive palette:
Titanium White
Naples Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Raw Sienna
Golden Baroque Red (by Old Holland color – one of my FAVORITES;),
Burnt Umber
Raw Umber
Ivory Black
Dioxin Purple
Magenta
Alizarin Crimson
Brilliant Pink (by Old Holland)
Cadmium Red
Indian Yellow
Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Pigment)
Lemon Yellow
Chrome Oxide Green
Schevenings Green (Old Holland)
Manganese Blue
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Prussian Blue