Karen Sako Supply List: OIL & COLD WAX

OIL PAINTS – ARTIST GRADE 
I use Gamblin of Holbein oils but any quality oil paints works well. Please do not bring student 
grade with extenders and fillers – there is a difference. Bring a variety of opaque and 
transparent colors for building layers. A selection primary and secondary colors is best for 
mixing and experimenting. Bring your favorite colors!  

My Palette : Quin. Red, Ultra Blue, India Yellow, Cad Yellow, Cad Orange, Cobalt Teal, White 
White – Titanium or Titanium Zinc, Chromatic Black (Gamblin) – a neutral, transparent 
black that is great for mixing/tinting 

Gamblin or Dorlands Cold Wax Medium 16 oz.  

Gamblin Galkyd 

Small portable palette, glass or wood. Disposable paper palettes are okay. Freezer paper. 

Gamsol odorless mineral spirits. This is the best and truly odorless. 

Stainless steel leak-proof brush washer. 

Vinyl gloves. Do not bring latex as they don’t stand up to solvents. 

Paper towels/rags for cleanup and effects. 

Box tops or Plein Air panel packs or wet paint carriers to carry and stack wet painting.   

Wax paper 

Freezer paper for a palette 

PAINT SURFACES Ampersand Gesso Boards 
One of each: 11 x 14” and 16 x 16“ 
Available in a variety of sizes and pre-primed and high-quality. You can purchase cradled or not. 

Multi Media Boards 
www.multimediaboard.com 
All mediums, one board. Formulated to hold up to oil and solvents. 
We will use this for multiple studies and exercises. Tape to a wood panel or drawing board for 
experimenting and less costly than primed wood panels.   

Bring a few old oil or acrylic paintings to rework and keep building layers! An old canvas 
painting is ok.  
  
***Please do not purchase canvas paper pads, stretched canvas panels, or canvas covered 
board.  

TOOLS/SUPPLIES 
Brushes - bring your favorite oil brushes or at least one large brush for oil.   

Brayers - The types used for printmaking, available in a variety of sizes and widths. 4” or 6” 
soft rubber brayer. Speedball brand is best and most durable.  

Catalyst Tools/Silicone Squeegees/Messermeister Silicon Bowl Scraper Silicone Color Shapers 

Palette Knives. Any combination of shapes and sizes for scraping, gouging, etc. 

Painter’s tape.  

OPTIONAL MATERIALS These items help make a complete toolkit for creating paintings using oil 
and cold wax medium in your studio. Not all of these items are needed for workshop use. If you 
have them, bring them.  
Gold leaf, pan pastels, charcoal, tissue paper, powdered pigments.  
Spectra Fix Fixative if using pastels or powdered pigments. 

2-3 oil paint sticks (Shiva dries the fastest) 

Other useful tools for textures and effects, such as cheap chip brushes, vegetable scrubbers, 
steel wire brushes, pot scrubbers, toothpicks, wood skewers, metal picks, 
textured paper scraps, steel wool, string, cheese cloth, stencils, old toothbrushes, 
and other mark-making tools.