Pen & Ink with Oil Rouging Basic Supply List
Once you have made the initial investment with all the tools and supplies to get started.
The “maintenance” spending isn’t bad at all. You will go through a lot of matte spray, but the
paints and medium lasts a long while. If you treat your brushes right and use them
properly they will last a long time too. The pen has a lifetime guarantee from ChartPak so just don’t loose it.
If you don’t want to invest in everything at first....I recommend your first purchase be the pen
and a bottle of ink. Inkings are beautiful on their own and with just a few patterns you can ink
wonderful gifts or pieces to sell.
¨ Koh-I-Noor Rapidiograph Technical Pen (I recommend starting with the size 1/.50)
¨ Daler Rowny FW Ink or Higgins Black Magic
¨ Glass cleaner with Ammonia (the ammonia is the secret)
¨ Plastic film container to hold the glass cleaner
¨ Cotton Swabs
¨ 6oz. size paper cup to hold swabs
¨ Paper towels
¨ Tracing paper
¨ Transfer paper-Graphite. Never- ever- ever- ever use carbon or other transfer paper that has wax in it.
¨ Stylus
¨ Magic Rub eraser
¨ Click eraser
¨ Dollar store blush brush
¨ Styrofoam plates (dinner size) this is your palette.
¨ Palette knife
¨ Matte spray (Liberty, Americana or Folk Art)
¨ Fredrix Red Label Medium Texture Canvas (panel, sheets, or stretched). Fredrix is the only canvas that allows the ink to be correctable without any prep work.
¨ Pattern
¨ Masking Tape
¨ Mary Owens Starter Set -Paints (contains Martin/F. Weber Permalba paints and the transparentizing medium)
¨ Transparentizing Medium if you already have oil paints.
¨ Oil Paints If you already have oil paints you will need these colors: Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Cad Yellow Medium , Alizarin Crimson and Paynes Gray.
¨ Brushes: Princeton Select Round Blenders sizes 4,6,10,12
¨ Princeton Select Bristle Scumblers sizes 2,6
¨ Princeton Select Liner size 0
¨ Optional for some projects...Princeton Select Bristle Fan size 10/6 & size 2 round blender Optional Items:
¨ Mary Owens Kopy Art Opaque Projector (though it’s not a necessity, once you use one you will appreciate its many uses. I hate using graphite paper; my projector saves me time and frustration).
¨ Kemper Wipe-out Tool a.k.a. double-ended eraser. Makes rouging correction in tight corners or along an edge easy.
¨ Tube squeezer (not a chintzy tooth paste type...a good one)
¨ Hard board or plexiglass cut to fit behind canvas sheets to give it a stiff backing while you work.
¨ Turn Table...(flat, large enough across to set your projector or your piece on while you are inking and rouging...it makes life easier!) you can sometimes find them at Home Depot. I use a heavy duty plastic one I found online at jimdandyproducts.com.
Judy Butler 281-331-2928 *