Supply List
(updated 11/07)

Paper

•140 lb cold press Arches (preferred, but use what you like)
–10 X 14 or 12 X 16 block or 3 loose sheets  

Brushes (synthetic or blend is fine)

•Round - #6 and #10 or #12
•Flat – ½”, 1 ½” for washes
•Rigger

Paint (suggested colors - recommend tubes of Holbein or Winsor Newton brands, artist's quality preferable to student grade, but feel free to bring what you currently have)

Opera
Cerulean Blue
Cadmium Orange or Sennelier Red Orange
Cadmium Red
Cobalt Blue
Permanent Rose
Ultramarine Blue
Alizarin Crimson
Thalo Blue
Thalo Green or Viridian
 Aureolin Yellow
Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna
New Gamboge or Indian Yellow
Burnt Sienna
Sap Green
Sepia
Violet
Peachy Keen (Cheap Joes) or Jaune Brilliant

There are a lot of fabulous colors available for flowers: quinacridone red, lavender, rose colors; you may want to treat yourself to one or two to try out.

Palette

Recommend white plastic palette with cover (e.g. John Pike or Robert Wood) with compartments for paint and area for mixing.

Other

- Two containers for water 
- Masking Tape If you need to tape paper to board
     (not needed if you’re working on a block)
- Natural Sponge
- Synthetic sponge
- Tissues, paper towels
- Sketch paper, pencil, eraser

Subjects

-From week to week, you may be asked to bring in a painting subject (e.g. a flower, a flower pot or vase, reference photographs.)  These will be announced in class the previous week. For the first class, bring a single flower in a simple vase. For the first week, avoid white flowers and flowers with lots of petals (like a spider chrysanthemum) It will be easier to start with a colored flower and one that has a few petals- like tulip, Iris, lily