(Most materials can be purchased at Michael's, Jerry's Artarama, or DickBlick.com)
Apron, Smock or your painting clothes
Art Journal Strathmore water color 400 series or Strathmore mixed media 500 series
The Art Journal will hold ideas, techniques, exercises and mini paintings. A great reference to have at end of class
2 canvases or canvas board 16x20 or 20x24
18"x24" Strathmore 180 lb white mixed media pad or Canson XL Heavy Weight 140 lb white Watercolor Pad Students may want to split a pad
Collage materials- we will paint our own in class
Sketch paper/Drawing paper –copy paper works
2 Water jars. Mason jars are perfect
3 Acrylic Brushes- Small, Medium and Large will do
Small- round for detail
Medium- flat brush and or round brush
Large -like hardware store paint brush1.5 to 2” wide
Optional - a filbert, a mop, a larger flat
Variety of foam brushes SML
Brayer (optional)
Scraping tool, old credit card, spackle knife,
Palette knife
Acrylic paint
We are working with families of Red, Blue and Yellow, i.e. Ochre can represent your Yellow.
4 warm colors -
Warm Color Stories
Brown, gold, orange, peach, red (such as scarlet),rose pink, tan/beige, taupe, terra-cotta, yellow, diarylide yellow, lemon yellow hue, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red light, opera rose, quinacridone magenta, burnt umber, yellow ochre and ultramarine (considered a warm blue.
4 cool colors -
Cool Color Stories
Blue, burgundy (a purple-based red), cyan, emerald, fuchsia, green, indigo, magenta (a red with blue undertones), mint green, purple, teal, eggplant, emerald, aqua, prussian blue, cerulean blue, alizarin crimson (considered a cool red), turquoiseand cobalt.
Titanium white, carbon black and Paynes gray, ochre, burnt sienna
A few tubes of Acryla gouache (optional)
Gesso (optional)
Matte gel medium
Palette for paint- paper palette pad, freezer paper, old dish, plastic lid, I use an enamel tray
2 White gel pens #10
Stabilo pencil white and black
black markers, med point Faber Castell or 0.8 Le Pen
Oil sticks Black, white and color(s) of choice Sennelier or Shiva
Posca pens-medium tip black, white and color(s) of choice.
Caran d'Ache artist crayons (optional)
1 China marker
Artist vine Charcoal stick
Paper towels or rags
Glue stick
Scissors
Exacto knife (optional)
Pencils
Metal ruler
Sprayer bottle
Painter's tape or masking tape