ABSTRACT ACRYLIC MIXED MEDIA
Please have the following materials:
Surfaces: Your choice- Canvas boards, Canson Mixed Media Artboard Pad / 10 shts, Canson Canva Artboard Pad / 10 shts, or stretched canvas- medium size approx: 9" x 12" or smaller 8" x 8", 10" x 10" etc.
PAINTS: acrylic heavy body paints (recommended- M. Graham or Golden, or Golden fluid acrylics)
Choose two complementary colors: see colors to choose for these complements below:
Red / true green (Analogous color choices = Purple,Orange,Blue or Yellow)
Primary Yellow / Purple (Analogous color choices = Red, Orange,Blue or Green)
Primary Blue / Orange (Analogous color choices = Purple,Red,Green or Yellow)
*For our color study above please choose from the following pigment colors for the truest mixtures
Reds: Cadmium Red or Napthol Red
Orange: Cadmium Orange
Yellow: Cadmium Yellow or Hansa Yellow
Green: Permanent Green Lt.
Blue: Ultramarine Blue
Purple: Dioxazine Purple
One analogous color (colors next to each other on the color wheel) from your choice of primaries.
Titanium White
Acrylic Matte Medium- 1 small bottle
Brushes- #6 or #8 round or 1/4' or 1/2" flat/bright synthetic mixed media/acrylic brushes ( I prefer stiffer bristle brushes)
Drawing Tools- 2 or more Caran d'ache Neo Color II ( water-soluble crayons) (at least two colors of your choice) , 1 water-soluble graphite pencil (medium or dark), 1 General Layout pencil or comparable
Water soluble pencils: your choice- Stabilo Aquarelle, Stabilo Woody's, Inktense, etc.
Gloves- if you are sensitive to any of these materials
Palette paper
Palette knife (not too small)
Shop Towels (substitute for paper towels)
any other tools you like to use for making marks ie. Paint pens, scraping tools etc
Scissors
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