Get Your Space Ready!

Veterans Intuition Painting® Classes with Montine Blank

I’m so glad you are joining us for the Veterans Intuition Painting® Online Series.

This page helps you prepare your studio space and gather any additional supplies you’ll need in advance of the course, since painting begins in the first session.

Getting Your Space Ready:

There is not one "right way" to create your space.  However, you will want the following elements to gain the full benefits:

  1. Good lighting

  2. Complete privacy

  3. An unobstructed area to stand and paint

  4. The basic supplies listed below

Basic Supplies Provided:

The supplies below will be mailed to the address you provided in your registration. If that address needs to be updated, please email vip@intuitionpainting.com promptly.

1) Paints

NOTE: IF YOU MUST ORDER YOUR OWN TEMPERA PAINTS FOR THIS CLASS, avoid “washable” paints. They will not work for our purposes.
Blick Art Supplies Student Grade Tempera Paints

This 6x 8oz. bottle set of opaque, tempera paint is ideal for our process. Colors include: white, black, blue, red, yellow, green, violet, and orange.

Outside of the US, I prefer these brands: Prang, Scola, or Giotto.

ALTERNATIVES: If you cannot obtain tempera paints, acrylic paints are a close substitute. The biggest difference is that you cannot manipulate acrylic paint once it has dried, whereas dried tempera paints can be reactivated with water. Also, tempera paints are made of sustainable substances pigment, clay, and water, whereas acrylics are plastic.

2) Paintbrushes

Blick Simply Simmons paintbrushes in these sizes:

  • 1 inch Flat Wash

  • Size 8

  • Size 3

We will use a few different sizes of brushes, all with a springy tip that bounces back well and mostly round so the paint flows well. Watercolor brushes work well with tempera paints. You are welcome to include more brush sizes in your set.

3) Paper Options

20 Sheets of 12x18” mixed media or watercolor paper will be provided in your kit. To order more, check here.

4) Tape

Included in your supply kit is one roll of masking tape. This will be used to both hang up your paper while painting, as well as to tape multiple sheets together for a larger painting space.

Additional Supplies Needed:

Please have these items available and your space completely ready for painting before our first class begins.

Palettes

Many items can serve as a palette so long as they are white, metal, or clear and have no texture where the paints will be mixed. Some examples are plastic plates, glass or ceramic plates, and pie tins.

If you wish to order your own palettes, we recommend these: Set of 2, compartmentalized plastic palettes

5) Easel

Standing while painting is preferable. Your painting may grow, so the confined area of a "regular" easel is not recommended. Find a wide, tall, smooth surface where you can attach your painting. Below are a number of options:

  • A shower curtain liner secured to a flat wall by strong tape or nails

  • A blank wall covered with plastic sheets taped up (10x25’ 4mil Plastic Roll)

  • 8’x4’ piece of plywood or foam board

  • Large cardboard sheets or flattened delivery boxes taped to the wall

  • Sliding glass doors, shower walls, the side of a refrigerator

  • 6’ plastic folding table leaned against a wall

6) Studio Items

  • Clothing/coverup/apron that can get paint splatters on it

  • Loose leaf paper (or journal)

  • Writing utensil

  • Good lighting (both for your painting and yourself on camera)

  • Old sheets or drop cloths as needed

  • Table to hold supplies

  • Jar of clean water

  • Rags or paper towels

  • Scissors

  • Blow dryer (optional)

  • Chair (for live online classes)

  • A meaningful or pleasing personal item (i.e. candle, incense, photo)

Optional Items:

The supplies linked in this list are all ones I've personally used and enjoyed, but please feel free to use your favorite brands too. This page contains affiliate links, which means if you decide to purchase some of these items, I may receive a small commission (at no extra cost to you). If you'd prefer not to use these links, you can look up the item names in your preferred search engine and find retailers who sell them.