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Students: Keep your supplies in their original packaging and keep all receipts until your instructor
confirms the supplies will be used (in case any need to be returned). Occasionally Extended Studies
must change an instructor from who was advertised. Because that may cause a change to the course supply
list, we recommend that you wait to purchase supplies for your first night until about one week prior to class
start and that you purchase your remaining supplies after your first class (unless your course is a weekend
workshop).
SUPPLY LIST:
Course:
35050 – Colour Theory for Painters
Instructor: Alicja Swiatlon
Date:
Wednesdays, Feb. 11 – April 1, 2015
Time:
6:30 – 9:30 pm
Please note you may use acrylic or oil paints in this course. Please choose just
one type of paint and work in that paint for the entire course.
Below you will find the supply list for acrylic paint which is then followed by the supply
list for oil paint.
Art materials are not cheap but you do need them if you want to make art. Expect to
spend about $250 if you are starting from scratch. Some things last long like soft pastels,
palette, brushes ( if you take good care of them), paints and mediums you might need to
replace more often.
Most art stores offer a 10% student discount but prices can be varied from brand to
brand. If you have time I recommend inquiring at art stores to find out about sales or
price range.
Prices of paints depend on the pigment of which the paint is composed, to complicate
matters the same colour may be named differently from brand to brand. Less expensive
student brands/colour may have for example less body which means it will require
several coats to cover the paper.
If need an assistance before you purchase art materials please feel free to email me at
[email protected].
If you already have paints, brushes, mediums please bring them to the first class
especially if these are materials you like to use.
If your choice is determined by budget, I will respect that and assist you to make the
most economical choice.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Updated 19/Jan/2015
Required for FIRST class: ACRYLICS
ACRYLICS-ACAD bookstore prices
 Watercolur paints 12 colours $16.50 at ACAD bookstore or colored pencil
crayons prismacolor set of 12, $16.50
 1 sketch book: Studio Art $5.451 pencil HB drawing pencil $1.05
 1 eraser, $ 0.50
 1 fine sharpie, $1.50
 1 watercolur paper, fabriano, $6.75 (optional)
cost 31.75
PAINTBRUSHES
 Taklon filbert #2, $2.70
 Taklon filber #8, $3.80Taklon bright ¾'', $7.85Gold sable angles ¼'',
$5.95Gold sable round #0, $ 4.45
Paint brushes cost $24.75
ACRYLIC PAINTS
Golden acrylic 2 oz tubes. You are welcome to buy Acrilex which is a cheaper
student quality brand
 Titanium white (large), $17.15
 Carbon black, $6.35
THE PRIMARIES
 Primary yellow, $ 8.30
 Primary magenta, $11.95
 Primary cyan, $ 8.30
primaries cost $24.75
TRADITONAL PRIMARIES,
 Hansa yellow medium, $8.95 or cadmium yellow medium, $.13.40
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Quinacridone red light, $9.15 or cadmium red medium, $16.65
Dioxazine purple, $11.95 or permanent violet dark, $13.40
ultramarine blue, $8.30
Phtalo blue (green shade), $9.70
Light green (blue shade), $8.45 or Permanent green light, $9.70
Cost $ 56.50
PAPER, PALETTE and KNIFE
4 sheets (approx.) per class of 20''x26'' white myfair, $1.05
1 paint knife#3 ( plastic), $1.50
PALETTE please select one
 large, $13.95
 medium, $2.15
 palette paper Jack Richerson 50 sheets $5.20
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optional stay wet palette ( if you can afford it) $21.75
Medium select one or wait for advise before you purchase
Atrilex gloss or matt 473ml, $12.65
SUPPORTS OR GROUNDS FOR PAINTING
For the first class select support from one listed below
 1 pad canvas paper not available at ACAD, Sunnyside Art Supplies, Canson
16''x20'', $26.35
 two canvas boards 16''x20'', $4.35
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two thin prestretched canvases 16''x20'', $5.20
MISCELLANEOUS
 rags or toilet tissue or paper towels
 water containers e.g. margarine, yoghurt containers
 A cardboard portfolio to carry large sheets of paper 23”x31'', $9:95
 1 art bin or other plastic box in which to store materials, dollar store or
hardware store, $20
Required for remaining classes:
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4 more prestreched canvases 16''/20'' ($5.80each) or canvas boards 16''/20''
($4.35each), if you bought canvas paper for the first class you are welcome to
use it for the rest of the course
Estimated Total Cost of Supplies:
$250.00 depending on what students already
own
Optional supplies:
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Steel ruler 24'',
painters tape or masking tape,
camera (to take photos of still lifes),
view finder (easy to make I will explain how to make it at the first class),
paint and varnish remover ( to clean brushes on which the paint hardened
may be purchased from a hardware store-this should be done out of class in a
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well ventilated area).
Soft pastels reeves 24 colours $9.40
fixative $8.25 or hair spray
Required for FIRST class: OIL
OIL-ACAD bookstore prices
 Watercolur paints 12 colours $16.50 at ACAD bookstore or colored pencil
crayons prismacolor set of 12, $16.50
 1 sketch book: Studio Art $5.45
 1 pencil HB drawing pencil $1.05
 1 eraser, $0.50
 1 fine sharpie, $1.50
 1 watercolur paper, fabriano, $6.75 ( optional)
cost 31.75
PAINTBRUSHES
 hog hair flat #1, $5.10hog hair flat #6 , $7.40hog hair flat #10, $13.05
 hog hair filbert #4, $6.55hog hair round #1, $5.45
paint brushes cost $37.55
OIL PAINTS
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M. GRAHAM- traditonal artist quality oil colour in 1.25 oz tubes or you are
welcome to buy WINTON oil colour 6.75 oz tube at $14.80 each
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Ivory black, $6.45
Titanium white large, $16.40
THE PRIMARIES
 azo yellow, $ 8.85
 napthol red, $8.85
 phtalo blue, $9.40
primaries cost $27.10
SECONDARIES, TERTIARIES
 hansa yellow, $12.50 or cadmium yellow, $17.75
 alizarin crimson, $8.85
 dioxazine purple, $8.85
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ultramarine blue, $8.75
manganese blue, $9.00 or cobalt blue, $17.75 or cerulean blue $17.75
permanent green light, $8.85
Cost $ 56.80
PAPER, PALETTE and KNIFE
4 sheets (approx.) per class of 20''x26'' white myfair, $1.05
3 paint knifes #3 ( plastic), $1.50
PALETTE select one
 plexiglass palette, $5
 palette paper Jack Richerson 50 sheets $5.20,
Watercolour palette is not recommended because oil paint should be mixed with a
paint knife on a flat surface.
Select one of the non-toxic SOLVENT/MEDIUM
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walnut oil M. Graham 237ml $9.95
linseed oil 500ml, $9.55
Tri art oil medium $17.25
optional- fast drying medium walnut alkyd medium $6.75
odorless paint thinner Mona Lisa 909 ml ( not available at ACAD), at
Michaels about $16.50
SUPPORTS OR GROUNDS FOR PAINTING
For the first class select support from one listed below
1 pad canvas paper (not available at ACAD), Sunnyside Art Supplies, Canson
16''x20'', $26.35
two canvas boards 12''/16”, 4.10
two prestreched canvases16''x20'', $5.20
MISCELLANEOUS
 rags or toilet tissue or paper towels
 3 glass containers e.g. baby food jars
 A cardboard portfolio to carry large sheets of paper 23”x31'', $9.95
 1 art bin or other plastic box in which to store materials, dollar store or
hardware store, $20
Required for remaining classes:
 4 more prestreched canvases 16''/20'' ($5.80each) or canvas boards 16''/20'' ($4.35each), if
you purchased canvas paper for the first class you are welcome to use it for the rest
of the course
Estimated Total Cost of Supplies:
$250.00 depending on what students already
own
Optional supplies:
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Steel ruler 24'',
painters tape or masking tape,
camera (to take photos of still lifes),
view finder (easy to make I will explain how to make it at the first class),
paint and varnish remover ( to clean brushes on which the paint hardened
may be purchased from a hardware store-this should be done out of class in a
well ventilated area).
Soft pastels reeves 24 colours $9.40
fixative $8.25 or hair spray
COURSE WITHDRAWALS/REFUNDS/TRANSFERS
 See our Policies online at: http://www.acad.ab.ca/extn_policies_and_procedures.html
CLASS LOCATION
 Check the computer screen in the Extended Studies office window in the Main Mall area to view your studio room
number.
TRANSPORTATION: C-TRAIN + BUS
 The C-Train stops at ACAD. Walk up stairs and west over the +15 and then down through the Jubilee Walkway. You
will find an entrance to the college (Main Mall) halfway down the hall on the left.
 City buses also stop regularly on adjacent thoroughfares, i.e.16th Avenue and 14th Street.
PARKING
 See “Parking Options” document attached to your Course Confirmation Letter.
RESOURCES
 ACAD Bookstore, First Floor (403-284-7663), 8:30am – 4:30pm, Mon – Fri (September 1 – April 30), 8:30am –
4:00pm, Mon – Fri (May 1 – August 3)
 ACAD Luke Lindoe Library, Second Floor, use your activated ACAD Student ID for access to library resources. View
the current Luke Lindoe Library hours at: http://www.acad.ca/library_hours.html
 Food/drink vending machines are located on the second the third floor upper elevator lobbies.
INCOME TAX RECEIPTS – www.acad.ca > webservice login > student services> Canadian Tax Forms > T2202A Tax
Credit Form
 T2202 Income Tax forms for the previous January through December tax year will be available on-line by the end of
February. You may access this information by entering your student ID number which can be found on your course
registration confirmation or contact Extended Studies for your ID number.
 For further information see http://www.acad.ca/student_tax_information.html.