Equipped to Oil-Paint

Counting down to my first part-time oil painting class at NAFA, I was happy to find my way to two arts shops, Art Friends and Straits Art in the Bugis area with the pre-lesson material list prepared by NAFA. I had been to Art Friends before for some craft materials; Straits Art was totally new-to-me but still, good to start with as it had knowledgeable staff and gave 10% discount for cash payment :)

The starter shopping list wasn't too long, yet rather explorative. I realised that oil painting isn't a pocket-friendly spare-time activity at all. Oil paint of the student-range brands "Winsor & Newton - Winton", "Daler-Rowney - Georgian" and  "Talens - Van Gogh" were recommended by the teacher. I got myself "Georgian" since it seemed to be the cheapest among the three, at S$5.35 per 38ml pc. Colours necessary for the class are Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Ultramarine Blue. Beautiful names, aren't they?



Brushes themselves were confusing. There were different types and sizes. I hope I didn't pick wrongly for Flat #4, Round #4, Filbert #5 and Flat #8. Ending the list were a wooden palette, a small canvas of 12" x 16", linseed oil, turpentine and palette knife. Now I'm beginner-ly well-equipped to oil-paint! So, let's see!