Acrylic Materials List
Materials to get you started with Acrylic paint. Links to online shops have been provided to help you find the items. Some great places online to get art supplies are: officeworks.com.au, riotstores.com.au, artshedonline.com.au , ebay.com.au and arttoart.net You can find these items elsewhere but i’ve included links below from these 5 online shops.
Table easel
Desk easel from Officeworks - Find online
If you don’t get yourself an easel then you can easily lean your painting up against something from home
Palette paper
Palette paper - Find online
Clipboard to hold your palette paper in place
*you can use palette paper directly from pad and tear it off once you’ve finished using it instead of tearing it off prior and placing on clipboard
*you can use a variety of things found at home as you palette like plates, tiles etc. just be sure to clean up once finished so the paint doesn’t stick
Canvas
12”x16” 2 pack online at Officeworks - Find online
*The sizes that we use in class are 12”x16 and 16”x20”
*You may want to try a different size or surface to paint on while at home. Example: wood panel
Grey background paint
1L white acrylic paint - Find online option 1 or Find online option 2
small black acrylic paint - Find online
small or medium sized jar
palette knife - Find online
stirring stick
* To watch video of mixing the grey background please click here
Items you may have at home
Paper towel
pencil
pencil sharpener
ruler
Large plastic container to be filled with water
small plastic container for water
Paint
1L white acrylic paint (Same as above for background paint) - Find online option 1 or Find online option 2
Lemon yellow - Find online
Ultramarine blue - Find online
Cadmium red hue - Find online
Burnt sienna - Find online
* The above colours are the only ones you need for lockdown online lessons but if you have some other colours in mind that you want to try then have a browse and pick as many as you like
* there are many different brands and versions of each colour so if you can’t find the exact colour online its okay just as long as its a yellow, blue and red white and brown. All paints are different prices so have a look around to see whats right for you.
*If you’re interested in large 1L bottles - Find online
Brushes
You can find many different size and styles of brushes in stores and on the internet. I usually get my brushes from a variety store in St Ives called “Zap variety” and also Officeworks. I find the softer brushes are the best kind. Finding brushes of different size and shapes work well so have a look around online and see what you might like to try. Below are some options you may like to choose from. They are from Officeworks & arttoart.net
Large brush set for background - Find online
Paint brush value pack 1 - Find online
Paint brush value pack 2 - Find online
Paint brush value pack 3 - Find online
paint brush value pack 4 - Find online
Clean up
“The Masters” brush cleaner - Find online
detergent
* Remember steps for clean up include rinsing the acrylic brushes out in water then washing in warm soapy water. Let brushes dry flat
If you aren’t able to get “The Masters” brush cleaner this is okay you can use warm soapy water
