Checklist for Painting with Acrylics

Look over this handy list of supplies before you start an acrylic painting. Whether you're taking your first art class or painting a masterpiece at home, this checklist gets you prepared.

• Brushes: You need a couple of sizes (small and larger) of each of the following:

  
  
  
  

  • Pointed round brush (#4, #8)

    
    
  
  

  • Flat (quarter inch and half inch)

    
    
  
  

  • Liner (#0000, #1)

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Palette Knife

  
  



• Paints:

  
  
  
  

  • White: Titanium White

    
    
  
  

  • Black: Mars Black

    
    
  
  

  • Red: Primary Magenta, Quinacridone Red or Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light

    
    
  
  

  • Yellow: Primary Yellow, Diarylide Yellow, Yellow Ochre

    
    
  
  

  • Blue: Primary Cyan, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue

    
    
  
  

  • Orange: Pyrrole Orange or Cadmium Orange

    
    
  
  

  • Green: Permanent Green

    
    
  
  

  • Violet: Dioxazine Purple

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Palette

  
  



• Surface to paint

  
  



• Water container and water

  
  



• Paper towels

  
  



• A tote bag or toolbox to carry all your supplies

  
  

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