Portable easel (French easel,
half easel)
Container for washing brushes
(Holbein brush cleaner, Newton airtight brush washer, Silicoil jar, or
something similar)
Gamsol or Turpenoid
Portable palette or paper palette
Paper towels and a small trash
bag
Sketch book and pencils
Natural bristle brushes: Flats 2,
4 and 6 (at least 2 each)
Palette knife
Small Pocket mirror
Recommended Paints: I usually buy
my paints and supplies, except easels, at Utrecht (800-223-9132) for
catalog and store locations
Colors:
Cadmium Yellow Pale
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light
Pthalo Red Rose or Quinacradone
Rose (or something close)
Alizarin Crimson (optional)
Dioxazine Purple (or something
close)
Ultramarine Blue and/or Cobalt
Blue
Cerulean Blue Hue
Viridian
Sap Green
Thalo yellow green
Earth tones:
Yellow ochre or raw sienna
Raw Umber
Titanium white (large tube)
Any specialty colors you like. If
you’re more comfortable with certain colors than what I have listed
here, that’s fine; I do recommend a range of colors and not just a
limited palette.
Panels: Assortment of portrait
canvases (smooth), 8x10 to 18x24 (up to for per day; cotton or linen)
Camera and laptop with Photoshop
(optional)