at the Norman Long Studio School
2020
Unit 118 Oyston Mill, Strand Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR18UR
Oil Painting with Norman Long
Tutored Class: MONDAY MORNINGS 9.30am to 12.30pm
10 weeks
20th Jan 30th March 2020
Oil Painting with Norman Long
Tutored Class: MONDAY AFTERNOONS 1pm to 4pm
10 weeks
20th Jan to 30th March 2020
Studio Days
with feedback from Norman Long
Studio Thursdays
10 weeks.
10am to 3.45pm
23rd Jan to 2nd April 2020
Studio Fridays
10 weeks.
10am to 3.45pm
24th Jan to 3rd April 2020
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Suggested Oil Painting Materials
OIL PAINTS
You can paint perfectly well with a small number of colours – even four primaries (in bold) and white. So you don’t need all these colours, but because people ask, I list below the full range I use. Winton brand are fine for most colours, whereas Cadmium colours (Yellows, Reds and Oranges) are much stronger in artist’s quality if you can afford them.
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- Titanium White – Large tube(200ml)
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Chromatic Colours
- Cadmium Yellow Light, Lemon Yellow or Winsor Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow
- Cadmium Orange
- Cadmium Red or Cadmium Scarlet
- Permanent Rose or Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Magenta or Quinacridone Purple
- Phthalo Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Viridian Hue
- Permanent Green Light
Earth Colours
- Yellow Ochre
- Indian Red or Mars Violet Deep
- Burnt Sienna or Transparent Oxide Red (Michael Harding)
- Raw Umber or Van Dyck Brown
- Ivory Black
SUITABLE SUPPORTS
Hardboard primed with Acrylic Primer (Gesso). I use white – faced hardboard primed twice on the brown side.
Stretched Canvas
Canvas Board
NOTE: Many cheaper canvases and canvas boards are very absorbent and would benefit from an additional coat of gesso.
BRUSHES (The artist sells sets of 12 professional quality brushes at £60)
Long handles preferred
Hog hair brushes sizes between 2 – 10
Synthetic hair sizes between 0 – 2
PALETTE KNIFE
PALETTE (any smooth, non absorbent surface, preferably 12” x 16” or larger)
DIPPER (container for holding solvent)
WHITE SPIRIT / Low Odour Thinners / Zest It
LINSEED OIL
RAGS / Good quality kitchen tissue (such as “Plenty”)
OLD TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (if you can find any)