***all supplies included for in-person workshops unless otherwise noted***
Suggested Materials
Pet Painting Workshop Supplies
Reference Photo (digital or printed, cropped to the shape of your canvas)
Red/Pink, Blue, Yellow, White Acrylic Paint (but can use colors other than paint)
Paint Brushes (3-4 options of various sizes, if using paint)
Canvas or paper
Additional: water in a cup for cleaning brushes, palette, paper towels, optional easel (disposable plates or wax paper work for a palette)
Portrait Painting Supplies
Same as Pet Painting Supplies in addition to…
Lime Green Paint
Cadmium Red or Vermillion Paint
Ivory Black Paint (might use a tiny amount)
Amy’s Exact Supplies
Digital Reference Photo (best for cropping and zooming to see details)
Acrylic Paint
GOLDEN Brand quinacridone magenta // fluid acrylic
GOLDEN Brand phthalo blue (red shade) // fluid acrylic
Liquitex Brand Indian yellow // heavy body
(Any Brand*) titanium white // heavy body
For Portraits:
Liquitex Vivid Lime Green OR GOLDEN Light Green (yellow shade) // heavy body
any brand Cadmium Red Light or Vermillion // heavy body
any brand Ivory Black
4 Paint Brushes
tiny detail brush (for signing your painting and any small hair strokes, liner or round detail brush)
small brush to draw with (same mark thickness as a felt tipped sharpie end, I use an old worn down brush with somewhat hardened bristles)
1/4” flat or filbert brush (for most of the painting, ex: size 6 short handle filbert)
1/2”-1” flat or filbert (brush for washes, ex: size 12 short handle flat)
Stretched canvas (recommend square at least 10"x10")
Additional: water cup, palette, paper towels, easel
* Recently I’m using less “any brand” titanium white as the student grade paints are getting seeming and less potent. I’m currently using Liquitex Heavy Body Titanium White.
Reference Photo Tips
The photo of your pet or animal you'd like to paint should be of good quality and close up of the face (cropped to a square if you're painting on a square shape, cropped to a rectangle if you're painting on a rectangle shape). Remember digital is great to be able to zoom and filter colors, but you are welcome print your photo.
Here's an example of photo edits that make great paintings! Notice how 2-3 parts of the animal hang off the edge of the canvas.
