“Painters who are not colorists produce illumination and not painting….color gives the appearance of life.”
Monday, February 23, 1852 from the Journals of Eugene Delacroix, French Painter
Beginning Painting
The Equipment
a portable easel
for beginners I recommend 3 colors: cad yellow medium, grumbacher red, cobalt blue and white, a small jar of oil painting medium and some gessoed boards, a few brushes (boar bristle is fine)
if you try painting and want to continue, you will want to invest in more colors, brushes, medium and an easel for outdoor painting
Here is My Paint Box and supplies;

Here’s my french easel set-up for painting:
a few big brushes, a few rounds, maybe a filbert, a small brayer.
My colors:
cad yellow light
lemon yellow
cad yellow medium
yellow ochre
raw sienna
burnt sienna
grumbacher red (napthol red)
alizarin crimson
pthalo green
winsor blue (pthalo blue)
cobalt blue
ultramarine blue
grumbacher pre-test white, original formula (titanium white)
medium: 1 part stand oil, 1 part damar, 1 part turp
thinner for cleaning brushes
If you need more info on Painting supplies and where you can purchase them, or how to join the Sunday Morning Painting Class (7am Cripple Cove Parking Lot, weather permitting) contact me at: elli01930@yahoo.com
