A Basic Palette

For those of you who want to explore painting for your projects--

Oil Colors:

The indented ones are on MY palette--you may or may not need. Also, I don't use black. Ultra + burnt sienna OR pthalo blue + burnt umber make good mixed blacks.  You could add payne's gray if you want. Oil colors last years in the tube, if you keep the lids on.
Utrecht Art Supplies (on University near MLK) carries there own very serviceable brand, and they're inexpensive.  (Now Blick Art Supplies, but they carry Utrecht brand paints.)

cadmium red (medium) or hue
cadmium yellow (medium) or hue
alizarin crimson (permanent)
phthalo blue
phthalo green
    (sap green)
ultramarine blue

    (burnt sienna)
burnt umber
   (yellow ochre) (yellow oxide)
   (raw sienna)

titanium white (opaque)
zinc white (transparent)

If this is overwhelming, then get a tube of burnt sienna and ultramarine, or burnt umber and pthalo, plus white. That way you can make warm-cool shifts, mixed with white. Or just a tube of black and a tube of white, plus Galkyd. That will also get you started. Note that pthalo blue is a very strong chroma, so a little goes a long way.

medium: 1 part linseed to 1 part turpentine is a basic medium--OR gamblin alkyd resin (dries overnight). Galkyd's an easy way to start.
If you use galkyd, you must wash brushes VERY thoroughly--it's similar to Verathane

thinner: paint thinner to wash brushes; there's an odorless variety

brushes: 1/4 to 3/4" hog bristle, inexpensive are ok, 2 of each size
palette: wax paper pallets will get you started (tear-off sheets) or a sheet of glass

pallette knife
paper towells or (some people use) squares of newspaper to wipe brushes between colors
small jars with lids (for medium) plus wash-up cans (I use coffee cans with covers, so that paint from washing settles out)

GET CHAET'S BOOK (I assume it's in library and read basics). Or, I'm sure there's a lot of instructional stuff on youtube--pick someone whose vibe you like--and work. I haven't tried YouTube for this--so explore. I like Chaet's book.

You can use pre-primed canvas (or canvas board or primed panels) which they'll have at utrecht.

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the double yellow ochres are inadvertent

Acrylic Colors and Materials   from SP2011

Cadmium Red Medium (hue is okay, less expensive)
Alizarin Crimson (hue) (Liquatex makes one in acrylic)
(Cadmium Orange hue) helpful but not essential
Yellow Ochre
Raw Sienna

Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber

Ultramarine Blue
(Pthalo or Prussian Blue) not essential; strident
Jenkins Green
Cadmium Yellow Medium  (hue is okay, less expensive)

Titanium White (opaque)
Zinc White (Translucent—best for tints)

Gesso  (titanium white with diatomaceous earth flattener)

Glazing Medium, satin  (Golden Acrylics makes this)

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Palette knife
Brushes
Palette (a white plate is fine)
Wash up containers

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Your general materials tool box
Matt knife
Push pins or small nails

Hair dryer (optional)

Lamp, extension cord, bulb

Copy of H.W. Janson, The History of Art (or equivalent )
Reading stand for the Janson

Corrugated cardboard supply

Put up your work on wall vertically, at first…then let it expand. One painting each day.