Drawing
Watercolor
Color Mixing
For Drawing 101, all these supplies are included in the $25 Class Pack
Based on my experience, do not buy Artist Loft brand - they don’t perform well
Spiral Bound Drawing or Sketch Pad, 9x12"
Drawing Pencils: 6B, 4B, 2B, 2H (get Prismacolor Turquoise, Faber Castell, or Staedtler if possible)
Erasers: Gerneral’s Kneaded, white plastic
Pencil Sharpener
Box or Pouch to hold supplies
OPTIONAL:
Ruler (I keep a 6” size in my drawing box)
Any brand will do as long as it includes: 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
You are welcome to bring whatever supplies you have the first day of class before purchasing.
9x12" Cold Press 140lb Watercolor Pad like this Canson pad and/or this 100% cotton Arches Pad . Buy what you can afford. The Canson is great for practice and learning; The Arches is artist grade, paint will behave differently.
Brushes: synthetic assortment of flats and rounds (I really like this set from Amazon)
2" Brush from Home Depot or Ace Hardware (costs about $2) or this set from Michael’s
Paint: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light OR Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (There are two grades of paint: Student (where prices are uniform and less expensive) and Artist (pricier, better pigment content) Student grade is fine to start: preferably Cotman or I’ve found Dick Blick brand to work well.
Palette (larger is better) I use a 20 well white plastic palette
2 Water containers at least 8 ounce size
Paper towel, Pencil, Eraser
For both watercolor and acrylic painters
Watercolor Paints:
Alizarin Crimson or Winsor Red, Cadmium Red Light, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (bring what you have as well)
Acrylic Paints:
Quinacradone Magenta OR Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue, Black, White (bring what you have as well)
A couple of flat brushes: 1/2” works well
Palette (larger is better) I use a disposable paper palette pad for acrylics and a plastic palette with 20 wells for watercolor. You will be doing a LOT of mixing so you need room.
Lots of paper! A 9x12 pad of watercolor paper has about 30 sheets. Did I mention you will be doing a lot of mixing?
2 Water containers at least 8 ounce size
Paper towel, Pencil, Eraser
Acrylic Painting
Canvas Board, Stretched Canvas - wait to buy until after 1st class
AND/OR Pad of Mixed Media Paper or Canvas Sheets - 9x12 or bigger
Palette (disposable paper palette pad recommended - bigger is better 12”x 16”)
Brushes: Synthetic flats (size range 4-10), Synthetic round (size 4)
Michael's sells a few good sets: Princeton Art Brush Co. and this set
Paint: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium
Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (any brand will do as long as they are these particular colors)
Palette Knife (metal if you can afford it)
Spray Bottle, Large Water Container, Paper Towel
Paper Towel
4 Stretched canvas, Canvas boards or Watercolor Paper (size is your choice)
Acrylic paints - I use Golden Fluids or Heavy Body (bring what you have)
Brushes - 2" chip brush, 1" synthetic flat, #6 synthetic round to start (bring what you have)
Disposable paper palette 12 x 16”
Painting/palette knife
4" rubber brayer
Spray bottle, paper towel, large container for water
Pencil, eraser, ruler
Abstract Acrylics
Mixed Media Workshop
Acrylic Paints
Synthetic brushes
Palette (large paper palette pad is great)
Mixing knife
3-4 Canvases or Watercolor Sheets in sizes of your choice
Additional Surfaces: watercolor paper, unstretched canvas
White gesso
Liquitex Matte Medium
Paper towel
Spray Bottle
Water Container
Optional but cool to have: Liquitex texture gel, oil pastels, colored pencils, stamps, muslin, cheesecloth, bubble wrap, cardboard, and any nifty art supply you bought but never opened.
Journaling in Concertina Sketchbook
Link to Amazon to purchase your concertina sketchbook
Paints (watercolor or acrylic)
Brushes
Palette
Collage Papers: junk mail, magazines, tissue paper, and whatever else you have stashed
Bring any other art supplies you have: colored pencils, water-soluble crayons, drawing/charcoal pencils, markers, oil pastels, colored inks, etc.