Six Approaches to Portraiture
Overview
You can use the brand you already have, however, if you are buying your paints for the first time, we recommended – ’Liquitex Basics’, especially if you are on a budget. Liquitex Basics is high quality, highly pigmented, and large in size – a perfect brand for absolute beginners, that will allow you to achieve high saturation of color, with very nice viscosity, and enjoy generous and rich brushwork. If you want to get a more professional quality brand, we recommend Golden acrylics. This brand is more expensive and colors come in smaller tubes, but due to its highest pigment content, it is preferred by professional artists.
Required
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Titanium white acrylic paint
8 oz Titanium white acrylic paint. White is the most used color.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Cadmium Yellow Medium acrylic paint
4 oz Cadmium Yellow Medium acrylic paint.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Cadmium Red Medium acrylic paint
4 oz Cadmium Red Medium acrylic paint.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Cobalt Blue acrylic paint
4 oz Cobalt Blue acrylic paint.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Mars Black acrylic paint
4 oz Mars Black acrylic paint.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Gold acrylic paint
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Set of bristle paintbrushes
Variety of sizes and shapes
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 6x6" stretched canvas
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Cup for water
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 9x12" 50lb sketch paper pad
Sketch pad to develop ideas
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Palette paper
Blick Palette Paper Pad, 12 x 16 inches, 50 sheets. Can also use freezer paper, paper plates, etc.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Paper Towels
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Willow Charcoal sticks
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Compressed charcoal
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Handheld mirror
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Apron or Clothes for Painting
Clothes you don't mind getting paint on.
Optional
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Masterson airtight palette holder
New Masterson palettes come with 5 sheets of palette paper.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Gloves
Choose gloves in your size.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Table easel
You may not need an easel if you can paint on the wall or table, feel free to reach out if you have questions.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Standing easel
You may not need an easel if you can paint on the wall or table, feel free to reach out if you have questions.
Recommended quantity: 1×Recommended quantity: 1 Mist bottle
Delta Artist Ultra Fine Mist Water Sprayer, to keep your paints wet.

