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About ARA Workshops
Group sizes are kept quite small, so each paticipant gets lots of one-on-one attention from our superb instructors. ARA instructors teach year round so, unlike many artists who offer summer/holiday workshops our instructors are professional teachers as well as successful award-winning artists Whether you are an award winning experienced artist or have never painted before, our instructors will tailor to your skill level.

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Materials list:

GRAPHITE PENCILS: Two each of: 2H, HB, and 2B
Oil colours:
• Titanium White, Lead White
• Cad Yellow Med
• Ivory Black or lamp black
• Raw Umber
• Red Umber
• Cad Red Med
• Burnt Umber
• Cad Orange
• Yellow Ochre light or Pale
• Earth Red: (Venetian, Persian, or, Indian red)
• Ultramarine Blue
• Alizarian crimson Mediums and solvents:
• Linseed Oil: Any good brand such as Winsor & Newton, Gamblin, or Old Holland. A small bottle will suffice.
• Stand Oil: Again, only use the best brands. Winsor & Newton is widely available and of good quality.
• OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits) The best on the market is Gamblin’s OMS. However, most any other will be fine. Brushes: (All brushes should be soft-haired yet springy—not bristles)
• One large (1 to 2-inch) painting brush
• One small synthetic round pointed brush
• Synthetic filbert brushes ranging from very small to about ½ inch across. Preferably, two of each size. Range of number 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18.
Other materials
• Palette: Either a traditional wooden palette or disposable white paper palette sheets.
• Palette knife
• Medium cups
• Clean rags or a paper towel roll
• Masking tape (3M High tack is best)
• Prepared canvas (acrylic) 18 x 24
• Aluminum pie plate
• Mahl stick

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