Class Supply List

**All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged, but not required. 

Please also plan for:

• Plastic sheets to cover work
• Drywall board or plywood (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 
• Plastic trash bags (please bring 3 or 4 to first class, additional as needed)
• Old dish towel(s) for drying hands while throwing

• Medium grit sandpaper sheets (100 – 150 grit) – a few small sheets
• 2 or 3 Green Scotchbrite pads

**All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

Please plan for:

• A ceramic supply kit
• Plastic sheets to cover work (dry cleaning bags or trash bags work great!)
• 12″x12″ drywall board to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 

*All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

Please plan for:

• a ceramic supply kit

Since this class uses both clay as well as additional items to create assemblage work, you will need to resource much of what you want to incorporate into your pieces. In the class, we will discuss what items/ideas such as “found objects” that you will want to bring on a week by week basis to complete your projects.  In some cases, the instructor may have items for inclusion in your pieces and advise you if there is a small charge to purchase them.  We will discuss where and how you can find nearby shops, etc. to mine items for mixed media/assemblage work.

Please also plan for:

• 12″x12″ drywall board to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing.

Please plan for:

Acrylic paints (colors suggestions you can use what you have if you want):

• White
• Magenta
• Cadmium Red
• Lemon yellow or cool yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Cerulean blue
• Ultramarine blue
• Dark brown
• Gel matte medium

Thin papers to create printed/painted papers such as:

• sketching paper or similar thin paper
• thin-medium weight watercolor paper
• rice paper
• deli paper
• toddy paper (used to make tea bags)

You don’t need all of these. Try to get paper whose weight is less than 100 lb. It’s best to get acid free paper, so not copier paper.

Suggested substrate choices to apply your prints and painted papers to:

• Mixed media paper approximately 180 lb or higher preferred for smaller collages. Size can be 9×12 or 12×16” or what you prefer. Thick watercolor paper can also work.
• Canvas board
• Cradled wood panel, primed

Other supplies:

• Various flat brushes like 2”, 1”, 1/2″, 1/4″, a few small round brushes of your choice
• Medium sized palette knife
• Something to cover the table while painting such as newspaper or an old tablecloth
• Paper towels
• Baby wipes for cleaning gel plates and brayers

**All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged, but not required. 

Please also plan for:

• Plastic sheets to cover work (dry cleaning bags or trash bags work great!)
• Drywall board (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 

Please plan for:

• Mixed media book – Strathmore 5.5” by 8.5” (or similar)
• Paint marker set – posca or target brand mondo llama 8 count set or more
• Gel pens – white, gold, silver
• Collage materials such as magazines, various papers, etc
• Newspaper or scrap paper to cover work area

Please plan for:

• Sketchbook – 9 x 12 inches, such as: Canson® Universal™ Sketch Pad | Michaels
• A set of graphite pencils that contain at least HB, B, 2H, 2B, 4B, and 6 or 8 B, blending stumps, a gum eraser and a pencil sharpener, such as:  Sketching & Drawing Set by Artist’s Loft™ Fundamentals™ | Michaels