Tracy Felix Acrylic Palette Selections
Sometimes students want to know what colors the instructor uses. This is the list of supplies I keep on my palette for my contemporary style painting techniques. I have also listed the mediums I use most often, and preference for canvas style. Please note: This is for your reference only - it is not required for each student to have all these colors.
Tracy’s uses Golden’s Heavy Body Acrylics in the following colors:
Basics:
- Titanium White
- Titanate Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow light (any cool yellow)
- Cadmium Yellow Medium (any warm yellow)
- Cadmium Red or Napthol Red Light
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Cerulean or Manganese Blue
- Ultramarine (or Anthraquinone) Blue
- Phthalo or Cobalt Blue
- Burnt Umber
- Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna
- Carbon Black
- Optional Additions (some of my favorites):
- Buff White
- Zinc White
- Naples Yellow
- Cadmium Orange
- Burnt Sienna and Quinacridone Burnt Orange (side by side on palette to mix)
- Cadmium Green Light
- Dioxazine Purple
- Green Gold
- Micaceous Iron Oxide
Any color that inspires you is a good color!
Plus one of my Must Haves: Golden’s Buff Titanium in Fluid Acrylic
Mediums:
- Golden Acrylic Gel Mediums and Molding Pastes
- Soft Gel Gloss
- Regular Gel Gloss
- Heavy Gel Gloss and Matte
- Regular or Light Molding paste
- Tar Gel
Supports:
- Heavy Cotton stretched canvas in 1 ½ inch depth so I can continue my painting around to the sides. No framing required for this depth of canvas.