DRAWING SUPPLIES (you will only need these at first. Painting supplies are not necessary the day, or maybe even at all- depending on several factors)

•Drawing board

•A pad of Strathmore 400 series drawing paper, 18 x 24

•At least two of each: HB, H, 2H and 4H graphite pencils (I like the Staedtler brand that are painted blue and black at the back end…the ones made of real wood. Oher brands are fine though).

•Gray Kneaded eraser

•Tombow MONO Zero Refillable eraser. Here’s a link if you are not familiar with them… http://www.dickblick.com/items/21576-9330/

•X-acto knife or box cutter and extra blades for sharpening pencils (you can also bring sandpaper in addition to the blades)

PAINTING SUPPLIES: (don’t get these for the first day- they will come into play later)

• 9 x 12, canvas (smooth surface, or portrait grade pane or canvas) For the first class have one canvas, toned to a medium value #5, neutral tone. If we do other paintings together, we can go larger in size.

•Odorless Mineral Spirits

•Wooden Palette

•Linseed Oil or Medium made of 1/2 stand oil and 1/2 mineral spirits

•Little cup for medium (metal or glass)

•Paper towels

•Cloth rags

Brushes:

•A variety of Round and Flat brushes, ranging in sizes 1 – 12

• One large soft Fan Brush (Princeton brand brushes are good and relatively inexpensive but other brands are good too.)

Paints: *Note I use a large variety of paint brands. My personal favorites are Holbein, Old Holland and Williamsburg, however these tend to be expensive so I recommend buying Windsor Newton and/ or Gamblin which are also very good. Colors:

Black

Ivory White (Titanium and or Flake)

Raw Umber

Van Dyke Brown

Raw Sienna

Yellow Ochre

Alizarin Crimson

Ultramarine Blue

Cadmium Red or Vermillion

Transparent Red Oxide

Transparent Yellow Oxide

Burnt Sienna

Venetian Red

Naples Yellow

Caput Mortem or Mars Violet

Online Art Store: http://www.jerrysartarama.com

You can get these supplies at a discount on Long Island:

Blick Art Supplies
168 B Glen Cove Road
Carle Place, NY 11514

Robert Zeller founded The Teaching Studios of Art® in 2009. He is both a visual artist and a writer. His second book, New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting for The Monacelli Press/Phaidon International (pub date late 2023-early 2024), offers an overview of contemporary and historical Surrealism, profiling many of the original Surrealists: Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Kay Sage, Leonora Carrington and others. Additonally, the book features a survey of contemporary artists influenced by the vestiges of the movement, including Rosa Loy, Glenn Brown, Ewa Juszkiewicz, Arghavan Khosravi, Ginny Casey and many others.

His first book, The Figurative Artist’s Handbook,(Monacelli Press-2017) provided a survey of figurative art, from the Egyptians and Greeks through contemporary artists like David Salle, Lucian Freud, John Currin, Kurt Kauper and many others and includes a discussion on studio practice and academic figure drawing techniques.

Zeller also contributed a chapter on Surrealist photography to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia's new book, Photography: Real and Imagined (pub 2024). He has written for the Brooklyn Rail other influential art periodicals and blogs. He received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. He is the recipient of two Posey Fellowships, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and he has curated and/or exhibited at galleries in Los Angeles, Houston, Paris, and New York.