|
Mixed Media
Instructor: Tony Wood
Soft Charcoal or 6B Pencils Kneaded Eraser
2 sheets min. of 140 lb. watercolor paper 22" x 30"
Min. Acrylic Painting Set of 6 (must have some kind of red, yellow, blue and white. All other colors are optional.)
Acrylic Paint Brushes, Min. #4, #8, #10
Acrylic gel or gloss medium (small container or tube)
Drawing
Instructor: Kimberly Miller
Drawing Pad (Minimum size of 8.5” X 11”) - Be sure to buy a “Drawing” pad as watercolor and other pads will not provide the best quality or smoothness needed for sketching and drawing.
Graphite Pencils: HB, 6B, 2H (Many hobby stores carry “Drawing Kits” that will contain various pencils that are a very good investment.)Additional Tools: Rubber Eraser, Blending Stumps, Pencil Sharpener
Pottery
Instructors: Tim Bullard
or Christie Rogers
Pottery tool kit
Hair comb
Apron or smock
|
Watercolors
Instructor: Gordon Meggison
Cold Pressed Arches Watercolor Block Paper suggested 10” X 14 “
Strathmore 8” x 11” watercolor (inexpensive) pad for sketches and practice pieces
Favorite choices of color
cadmium red, rose madder, cerulean blue, olive green, sap green, burnt umber, raw umber, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow
*we’ll refine this list in class based on the color wheel
Brushes- # 12 sable ,1” hake brush (Japanese brush for washes the art supply store knows what this is) (we’ll refine this list in class)
Palette pan - medium size folding plastic palette
X-acto knife, or single edge razor blades
Low adhesion masking tape painters style 1”-, or the drafting tape (can get at Publix)
#2 pencil and kneaded eraser
Salt in a small shaker
Masking fluid
I can guide you on this (option) in class later
Small flat (non scrubby) kitchen sponge
Plastic water cup for cleaning
Paper towels
|
Oil Painting
Instructor: Gordon Meggison
Set of white Bright nylons brushes - Flats #12, #4, #2, and rounds Filbert #4,& #2
Whale tale metal palette knife (other sizes and types optional)
Gamblin refined linseed oil,
Odorless mineral spirits
small pre-stretched canvases or canvas board
Paper palette tablet (for paint mixing)
Small oil cup
eyedropper (for small amounts of thinner)
brush cleaning bottle with a coil in it for thinner (or 2 empty bottles)
Paper towels and some old rags
cadmium red
naples yellow
titanium white
cobalt blue
burnt sienna
burnt umber
cadmium orange
cadmium yellow
Information on starter kits: gordonmeggison.blogspot.com
Oil/Acrylics Class
Instructor: Kimberly Miller
Please wear expendable clothing as paint may permanently stain clothing.
Canvas:
Minimum16”X20” (recommend wrapped edges without stapes on sides if a deep canvas)
Paint colors:
• White (Large Tube)
• Prussian Blue
• Ultramarine Blu
• Viridian Green
• Yellow Ochre
• Cadmium Yellow
• Cadmium Red
• Alizarin Crimso
• Burnt Sienna
• Burnt Umber and
• Payne's Grey or Black
Brushes:
When buying brushes to paint with acrylics or oil painting, choose according to medium (oil or acrylic) and purchase hog or sable for best painting quality as the value will prove most beneficial in your paintings. These brushes tend to last longer than the cheaper versions.
The following brushes must be bought according to your medium, Acrylic or Oil (Very Important).
Either medium will require a 2” flat brush that can be purchased at a hardware store with nylon bristles for painting your base, and a palette knife for mixing paints.
Brush Sizes (7 brushes needed for beginners)
Round: 0, 3, 10
Flat: (small, medium, large sizes- Numbers may range by your personal style so you can choose (#1-3 for small, #4-7 for medium and any number higher than #8 for your largest brush)
Angle: Require one #3 or #5 angle brush.
Mediums/Tools:
For Oil Painters: Turpenoid, Glass Jar (baby food jar or jam jar is sufficient), Paper Towels, Wax Paper or Palette Plate (plastic, wood or glass)
For Acrylic Painters: Glass Jar, Paper Towels, Wax Paper or Palette Plate (plastic, wood or glass)
|
