REQ Need Acrylic and Oil paint art course

sedohre

Hi, I'm starting a portfolio preperation course in NCAD in june for a month.

I need to get Acrylic & Oil Paint, Brushes, Charcoal, Conte Pastels etc

I want to know what brands should i be looking to get, I would like to get these as cheap as possible, even second hand..

Any help with regard to where to buy and get would be appreciated. I read the sticky on suppliers at the start of this forum but it was started back in 2005 so I was hoping for more up to date ideas

thanks

Sed

oil painting

hi,there is a shop run by ncad students on thomas st. they have all the paints etc you would want at a short distance,we often used evans off capel street aswel -it gives 10% off for students....

evans had reasonable priced acrylics,the cheapest ones they sell are fine...if you want any second hand paints you could put up a sign on the ncad notice board under the archway entrance someone might have some to sell,but evans is prob your best bet....

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good luck with the course xx

sedohre

Thanks very much for your reply.

I went down to Evans and found that their own brand was the cheapest around. I think I will end up starting there anyway.

Sed

oil painting

hi i actually did that course in the summer years ago-i was 16 at the time and have since done my degree there,i am 30 now!....

it is a good course to do and i remember it was challenging enough....i had none of the paints etc and remember trying to get everything together...

from what i remember it covered a range of mediums,painting,drawing,sculpture,using alot of different mediums like,paper,card,wire,glue,its always handy to have your own,scissors,stanley knife,glue,paper-etc-we had home work to bring in also which would be part of the discussion in class... e.g an art project,if you need any advice-give me a shout,and good luck xx

sedohre

Thanks for wishing me luck and offer of advice Oil-Painting.

Very kind of you

Sed