WE WILL BE STARTING 4 TO 8 PAINTINGS - WE WILL NOT BE COMPLETING ALL OF THEM.  IF YOU TEND TO WORK SLOWER - YOU MAY WANT TO USE THE SMALLER 18X24 PAPER AND ONLY BRING 4 OR 6 PIECES OF PAPER.  IF YOU TEND TO WORK A BIT FASTER AND LIKE LARGER WORK BRING 8 PIECES OF 22X30 PAPER.

4 - 8 sheets of paper:  either 18x24 or 22x30 Lenox 100 or other watercolor paper

Drawings:  Please bring 3 or 4 simple contour drawings of any subject you want -something with a nice division of space and rhythm or movement

1 Disposable Palette for Acrylic Paint (needs to be water resistant)

1 Roll of Masking Tape or Drafting Tape for edges of paintings

Soft cloths for water

Acrylic Paint:

cadmium yellow light

yellow oxide or yellow ochre

mars black

French ultramarine blue

thalo blue or pthalo blue - green shade

thalo crimson - made by Grumbacher only

or Quinacridone Crimson by Liquitex

or Quinacra Red by Utrecht only           

cadmium red light

napthol crimson

thalo green or pthalo green - blue shade

dioxzine purple

titanium white - a large tube (do not buy liquitex basic)

hookers green

raw sienna

You may bring any other colors you wish - but this gives you a basic color spectrum.

Brushes:

Chip Bristle Brushes (available at Loew’s or Home Depot)

1 - 3 inch brush

1 - 2 inch brush

Any other bristle brushes you have - you’ll want a variety in size and kind

Any other kind of brush you have that you want to use with acrylic paint

You will want several brushes so that you have access to dry brushes

Mediums:

1 pint either matte or gloss medium

1 pint modeling paste

Drawing Materials:

Char-Kole sticks by Alpha Color - 2 or more

1pencil - 2B, 4B or 6B

1 white wax crayon or white candle or wax resist stick

1 white pastel

1 magic rub eraser

1 box or package of kleenex

Texturizers:

1 plastic fork

1 plastic serrated knife

1 old expired credit card - driver’s license - scraper

Bubble Wrap

Corrugated Cardboard

Stiff Wire Brush - used to clean a grill

Rough Sandpaper

Old toothbrush

Collage Materials:

white tissue paper

brown paper bag

2 old magazines

Optional Items:  You do not need to buy these - bring only if you have them and want them.  You will only need one or two of any of these.

Oil Pastels - any color

Colored Pencils - any color

Watersoluble Colored Pencils or Watersoluble Lead pencils

Soft Pastels - any color

Children’s wax crayons - any color

Palette knifes or plastic scrapers (different kinds of edges)

Templates

Archival Magic Markers such as Le Plume

Watercolor

Inks - acrylic or otherwise

Colour Shapers - any kind

Foam Brushes or Rollers

Gesso - pint or small bottle

Things to print with - bottle tops, boxes, bubble wrap, stamps. etc.

Rice papers

spray bottle for water or paint