• Surface Canvas panels, gessoed hardboard panels (for example: “Gessobord”), stretched canvas, or “oil paper” (for example: “Arches Oil Paper”) 2 at either 8x10 or 9x12 (larger if you like, but use larger brushes)
• Brushes I recommend stiff, long handled synthetic brushes for water mixable oil. There are many good brands; two I happen to like are the Princeton 6300 or 6500 lines of synthetic oil painting brushes. Sizes #4 (1/2”) flat (ideally 2 of these) #2 (1/4”) flat #2 (1/4”) filbert #2 round
• Palette Melamine, wood or tempered glass palette, or a pad of disposable palette paper.
• Painting/palette knife Recommended: round tip elongated diamond shape, roughly 1 1/2” long
• Containers Thinner & medium cups, one for each, or a dual cup Water jar for cleaning brushes
• Wet panel carrier, cardboard box or plastic bin for carrying wet panels, canvas or oil paper
• Shop or studio apron (optional), or smock or suitable clothing
• Table Easel (optional) Portable easel, tabletop easel, bamboo book rack or similar for working at a table.
• Paints, thinners & mediums I don’t recommend W&N Artisan paints because they are student grade. You can certainly use them if you have them, but I think the investment in artist grade paints is worth it. Here are two good brands that I can recommend, but they have to be ordered online.
• Colors We will be using a limited palette of five colors. You can bring other colors if you like, but I will be teaching color mixing in these colors (the two brands are slightly different): If using Royal Talens Cobra water mixable oil (Note: not labeled “Study”, which is their student grade version) Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Yellow Medium* Rose Madder Transparent Oxide Red (or Burnt Sienna) Titanium White Plus: Royal Talens Cobra or W&N Artisan Water Mixable Solvent-Free Paint Thinner (* Cadmium Yellow is now $30, if that feels too expensive, you can substitute Permanent Yellow Light) If using Holbein Duo Aqua water mixable oil Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Yellow* Rose Madder, Imidazolone Brown (or Burnt Sienna) Titanium White Plus: Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paint Thinner (* Cadmium Yellow is now $30, if that feels too expensive, you can substitute Imidazolone Yellow Light)

My assessment: Royal Talens Cobra is less expensive, and has a nice flowing consistency out of the tube. Holbein Duo Aqua is stiffer in consistency but highly pigmented. Both are good artist quality paints. W&N Artisan tends to be a bit gummy and is less pigmented.