Supply List for workshops

Neal Hughes Supply List
9/10/26

Below is a basic supply list that I use.  I try different colors and other supplies often so this list will change often.

Painting surface:
I mostly use oil or acrylic primed linen. Larger sizes are stretched canvas and smaller sizes are usually Centurion linen panels. Other types of canvas board, wood panels or stretched canvas are fine.

Brushes:
Bristle – These are the standard oil brushes with white bristles. Rosemary and Co. and Davinci Maestro are two brands I use. Other brands will work too. Flats – various sizes. Rounds – size 3 and a few larger sized rounds.

Rosemary and Co. Eclipse extra long combers – various sizes. The 1/4″ is good for details.

Rosemary 279 masters choice brushes – they are no longer available with mongoose hair so I am substituting the Eclipse combers or using the older ones I have.

Sable round – I am using Old Holland (7001 fine sable) size 10 for details. Rosemary and Co. cannot ship sable to the US.

Paints – Basic oil colors that I am currently using:

titanium white, cadmium yellow light or a lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, indian yellow, naples yellow, yellow ochre, cad. red (or permanent red), alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and thalo turquoise, terre verte, sap green and raw umber.

Paint brands I use include Charvin, Rembrandt, Winsor Newton, Gamblin and others. Any quality oil paint will work.

palette – I have a painting box with a palette.

paint thinner – I use Gamsol by Gamblin.

paper towels

cup for thinner

easel – Portable easel. I am using a Gloucester style (Take It easel).  I also have an Art Pro Easel made by my friend Vlad Duchev. Other types such as a tripod mounted or French easel are fine too.

medium – Liquin impasto and a 3 part mixture of Galkyd Light, Gamsol and linseed oil or linseed stand oil. I use Old Holland painting medium when I am outdoors.