Material List
NOTE: $15.00 of your material fee goes to pay for the classroom space and to support the Friendly House. The other $8.00 is for class materials and teacher’s demos.
IMPORTANT: Do not buy Himi gouache, or Acryla gouache, Acryla can not be reactivated with water once it has dried up on your palette
BRUSHES
- Round 2, 4, 8
- Flat 1/4 and 1/2
Princeton Velvetouch Synthetic Brushes
Princeton SNAP! Series 9650 Golden Synthetic Brushes
GOUACHE TUBES – I would recommend Daniel Smith, Holbein. M. Graham, Schmincke Horadam and Winsor and Newton
- Primary red or Quinacridone Magenta
- Primary blue or Ultramarine Blue
- Primary yellow or Cadmium-free Yellow Pale
- Titanium white
- Black
PAPER OPTIONS
- Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Pad – 9″ x 12″, 15 Sheets
- Fabriano Studio Watercolor Pad – 9″ x 12″, 300 gsm, Hot Press, 12 Sheets
Hot press – no texture, great for detail work. - Canson Artist Series Mix Media Pad – , 9″ x 12″, Portrait, Wirebound, 20 Sheets
This paper tends to warp and buckle more than the others.
PALETTE OPTIONS
- Masterson Stay Wet Painter’s Pal Palette – 13″ x 12 1/2″
- Richeson 12-Well Plastic Palette with Cups
- Richeson Butcher Tray Palettes
- Or a large flat white ceramic plate that can be cover with a plastic bag after class. The most important thing is to have enough space to mix colors.
TWO WATER CONTAINERS easy to transport and not too big for your class table
ERASER
PENCILS OPTIONS
- Water Soluble Sketching Pencils
- Watercolor pencils, red, or blue, or sepia
- Soft lead – HB, 2B
RULER
RAGS preferably to avoid the use of paper towels
TAPE
Pieces of thick cardboard, or drawing wood board, to tape your paper, do not buy expensive drawing clip board.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES
- Apron
- Atomizer Bottle/ Spray bottle
- Painting Knife – Small Trowel, 6 or similar – optionals
- Bulldog clips, or binder clips or similar – optional instead of taping your paper
- Dorland’s Wax Medium – optional
- Exacto knife – optional
- Masking Fluid W&N or Masquepen Art Masking Fluid or Molotow Grafx Art Masking Liquid Pump Markers – All are optional
- Plastic card/expired credit card or similar + Scissor to cut plastic shapes
- Sharpie
- Wax crayon from a children’s crayon box
- White color pencil – optional