Welcome! & Supply List
"Crab Cake" will be a fun-filled two hours of brushstroke by brushstroke instruction with Debra Huse!
• Paint Water & Sky Like a Pro – Discover simple tips for capturing the sparkle of sunlight on the water and the expansive feel of a brilliant sky.
• Master Light & Shadow – Bring dimension and drama to your paintings by balancing bright highlights with quiet, moody shadows.
• Create Clean, Vibrant Color – Say goodbye to muddy paint and hello to fresh, bold hues that pop off the canvas.
• Elevate Your Brushwork – Explore dynamic strokes that add energy and life to your paintings.
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To prep for our Paint Parties, Debra's recommended palette includes Da Vinci oil colors such as Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Red, Raw Sienna warm, Alizarin Permanent Deep, Ultramarine Blue, Viridian, Paynes Grey, and Titanium White.
https://davincipaints.com/debras-da-vinci-oil-palette/
Huse Hues Marine Violet, Anchor Green, and Signal Flag Red Oil Paint. Debra Huse Basic Brush Set includes long flats, sizes 2, 4, 6 and short flats 4 & 6. A rigger or script brush.
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Optional colors include Gamblin Warm and Cool Grey, also Portland Dark Medium and Light Grey. These can all be mixed from our basic colors and are simply for convenience.
In addition to paint, participants will need Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits or oil for cleaning brushes, a metal or glass brush washer container, a small palette knife (1"), an easel, and a paint palette.
Debra also recommends using linen panels instead of canvas panels for a better primed surface. Recommended panel brands include Raymar, Multimedia or Fredrix.
Debra uses #13 Claussens Linen Panels. The linen will not soak up the oil in the paint like canvas panels will. The linen is also more slippery and will not grab at your brushes so much. Linen panels can also be purchased at www.paintlikeapro.us/shop.
Debra recommends the Debra Huse Signature Blue Edge Pro easel box, available at edgeprogear.com/paintbookstore/debrahuse.
Additional supplies for the workshop include tissue (preferably tissue with lotion for cleaning brushes) and Clorox wipes for cleaning hands and palette.
Or use what you have on hand that is similar. :-)