Supply list for Judy Takács’
Oil Portraits: Capturing Character from Life and Photography
Four days
Tuesday through Friday, June 7-10,
1:00 to 5:00 each day
This is only a suggested supply list.
As I demo, I’ll be referring to some of these supplies that I have in my arsenal. If you
have your own methods , mediums, supplies, preferred brushes, colors, palettes that
you are comfortable with please use them. You may want to try some of the things
I’ve listed here, but you certainly don’t have to.
• You can bring a camera to take photos as you paint so you can print photos at
home and work from them on Days 3 and 4. If you like, I will take photos for you and
bring prints for you to work from on Days 3 and 4.
• Two Stretched and pre-gessoed canvases, at least 18” by 24” size. If you get a prestretched canvas, it will already have gesso on it and won’t need more.
• Palete Box
Artist Palette Seal by Masterson Products. It has a blue lid. I use two of these
to house my complete palette. You can start with one and see how you like it.
• Palette Paper
12 by 16 paper palette by Canson. This goes inside the palette box.
• Viva Paper Towels
For managing the photo(s) you’ll be finishing the painting from:
• A stiff piece of foam core board that is approximately twice the width of your
canvas. This is to put on your easel behind your canvas with enough foam core
showing to tape your photograph to, when we’re working from photographs.
(e.g. If your canvas is 18 by 24, and you’ll be painting vertically, the foam core
should be 36 by 24.)
• Masking or Painters blue tape
• Scotch tape
• Good sharp scissors, the kind for scrap-booking are especially good
Brushes
Your collection should have at least one each of the following:
My favorite brush manufacturer is Rosemary & Co. and you have to order
them online (rosemaryandco.com) and they are shipped from England. This is not as
complicated as it sounds…you’re just ordering online like you would be from within
the U.S. Their prices are comparable to U.S. prices and the synthetic Ivory Filbert
brush is not their most expensive. The Kolinsky sable pointer is a few dollars, but
totally worth it for your tiny final details. Of course you can also get U.S. brushes like
this too.
• Synthetic Bristle, Flat shape
Nos. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10
• Nice new pointy Kolinsky Sable pointer size 3/0
• Bring your older brushes too for block-in and medium application. You
don’t need to start a painting with a new brush, but it’s good to have some for
middling and finishing.
• Palette Knife, metal with a wooden handle.
Medium
One jar:
• One jar: Walnut Oil, M. Graham has a nice one, but any brand will work.
• Two jars: Turpenoid, one for the canvas, one for your brushes.
Oil colors:
Here is my palette. You certainly don’t need all these colors, but you may want to
add a few to try. I’ve put asterisks by the most basic colors you need, if you don’t
want to invest in all of them. I’ve indicated manufacturer in italics when only one
paint company makes that color.
Titanium White*
Flake White
Holbein Jaune Brilliant 1
Holbein Jaune Brilliant 2*
Holbein Yellow Gray*
Yellow Ochre*
Holbein Coral Red*
Charvin Celadon Green Light
Cadmium Red Light*
Old Holland Flesh Ochre or any manufacturer Venetian Red…don’t need both
Rose Grey*
Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Magenta* and/or Holbein Perylene Red
Purple Madder
King’s Blue
Cerulean Blue*
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue*
Viridian Green*
Burnt Sienna*
Gamblin Asphaltum*
Mars Black
This is also the order in which I arrange my palette. If you have your own order,
please PLEASE don’t change for me. If you don’t have a palette order and just do
“squeeze as you go”…we need to talk!
BAYarts has easels and horses, and a limited supply of TV trays. You can also leave
your canvases there for the course of the workshop.
Day by Day Itinirary:
Both models will be very different from each other, to learn to paint a range of
characteristics.
Day 1: Live Model Number 1 posing today. One-hour demo from Judy Takács.
Students begin painting from Live Model Number 1.
Day 2: Live Model Number 2 posing today. Students begin painting from live Model
Number 2.
Day 3: No model today. One hour demo from Judy Takács usings photographs we
took when Model Number 1 was posing on Day 1.
Students continue work on their painting of Live Model Number 1 from
photographs.
Day 4: No model today. Continued demo from Judy Takács using photographs we
took when Model Number 2 was posing on Day 2.
Students continue work on their painting of Live Model Number 2 from
photographs. Critique and Discussion if the group wants it!
Any questions? Please email me at [email protected]. I am very much looking
forward to seeing you for first day of class…bright and ready to paint at 1:00.
Tuesday, June 7th at BAYarts.