Class Supply List

• Oil Paints (basic colors)
• Odorless mineral spirits
• Pallet knife
• Big & small round brush 
• Big & small flat brush
• Zero brush
• 1″ – 2″ brush
• Pencil
• Canvas 16in x 20in
• Painters tape
• Recommended you bring a bag (i.e. gallon Ziplock) to transport wet/used
  brushes

• Sketchbook
• Ruler
• Compass
• Eraser
• Any brand is perfect – use what you have. Please bring items to our first class!

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

A supply kit is also highly encouraged but not required.  The studio does supply
community tools that can be borrowed, but recommends buying your own tools.

Recommended tools:

• Needle tool,
• Wooden/Polymer/Metal ribs
• Wire cutting tool
• Paint brushes
• Pencils
• Wooden modeling tools
• Scoring tools

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

**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 

Additional Recommended Supplies

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

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

Recommended tools:

• Basic pottery tool kit
• Drywall board or plywood to use as ware board
• Plastic sheets/bags to cover work

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

A supply kit is also highly encouraged but not required.  The studio does supply
community tools that can be borrowed, but recommends buying your own tools.

Recommended tools:

• Needle tool,
• Wooden/Polymer/Metal ribs
• Wire cutting tool
• Paint brushes
• Pencils
• Wooden modeling tools
• Scoring tools

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

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

This class requires use of an electronic device to edit photos on, ex. a
smartphone, ipad or tablet.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged but not required.  The studio does supply
community tools that can be borrowed, but recommends buying your own tools.

Recommended tools:

• Small sponge
• Soft polymer Rib
• Carving tools

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.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing
• Plastic trash bags

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

A supply kit is also highly encouraged but not required.  The studio does supply
community tools that can be borrowed, but recommends buying your own tools.

Recommended tools:

• Small Sponge
• Needle tool
• Wooden Rib
• Soft Plastic Rib or Metal Rib
• Wire tool
• Loop Tool(s) for Trimming Suggested Kits:
  o https://www.kempertools.com/products/ptk-pottery
  o tool-kit https://www.baileypottery.com/c-090-002.html

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

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

A supply kit is also highly encouraged but not required.  The studio does supply
community tools that can be borrowed, but recommends buying your own tools.

Recommended tools:

• Small Sponge
• Needle tool
• Wooden Rib
• Soft Plastic Rib or Metal Rib
• Wire tool
• Loop Tool(s) for Trimming Suggested Kits:
  o https://www.kempertools.com/products/ptk-pottery
  o tool-kit https://www.baileypottery.com/c-090-002.html

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

Palette Knives – A comparable set would work. Hobby Lobby has great options as well: Amazon.com: JYN-ANREN 5-Piece Stainless Steel Palette Knife Set | Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor Painting, Cake Decorating, Art & Mixing Tools, Texture Creation 

Canvases

8×8 Canvases:  https://www.michaels.com/product/12-pack-8-x-8-super-value-canvas-by-artist’s-loft-10654631?michaelsStore=1232&inv=6 

This is for the final project, so we recommend waiting until you know what you want to paint. A smaller size might be desired depending on what techniques you would like to use.

12in x 16in -this style canvas comes in a variety of sizes: https://www.michaels.com/product/level-3-gallery-wrapped-heavy-duty-canvas-by-artist’s-loft-10472532 

Heavy Body Acrylic Paints: https://www.michaels.com/product/liquitex-basics-acrylic-5-color-paint-set-10765670?michaelsStore=1232&inv=1

Mason Jar for washing palette knife 

Paper towels 

Light Modeling Paste (You can also use Liquitex Light Modeling Paste, but it is thinner. Any other brand will risk your artwork cracking.) We recommend starting with 32 oz. Depending on how you’re inspired, you may want to purchase more.

Amazon.com : GOLDEN Artist Colors Light Molding Paste, 32 fl. oz. Jar | Artist grade lightweight texture medium; thick builds, absorbent matte surface. Opaque : Art Paint Sealers : Arts, Crafts & Sewing 

https://www.dickblick.com/items/liquitex-light-modeling-paste-32-oz-jar/?fromSearch=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fsearchword%3Dliquitex%20light%20modeling%20paste

Extra Fine Marble Dust: Amazon.com: Greenway Biotech, Inc. Calcium Carbonate Powder- Natural Antacid Limestone Rock Dust Very Fine Powder for, Home, Chalk Paint Texture Additive, and Other DIY Projects (2 Pounds) : Arts, Crafts & Sewing 

Piping Bags: https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-10Inch-Decorating-Thickened-Anti-Burst-Anti-Slip-Cakance/dp/B09QZSHN3Y?th=1 

Palette: https://www.michaels.com/product/15-butcher-palette-tray-by-artist’s-loft-10720096  

Containers to hold excess paint. Does not need to be this specific set: https://a.co/d/05Gu8XpP 

Watercolor Paints: Recommend Winsor and newton https://a.co/d/0alH7t98 or https://a.co/d/0d8eCUPs  

Palette: https://a.co/d/09wBWo71  

Watercolor Brush set: https://a.co/d/0bdbMrX2  

Cold Pressed watercolor paper: https://a.co/d/02TZl3b3 or https://a.co/d/0ca8krY9 

Pencils

Eraser

Water jar 

Color Pencils of your choice (working with Prismacolors in class): https://link.amazon/B0arSP6da  
Strathmore Bristol Paper: https://link.amazon/B0gxRnbwY  
Kneaded eraser: https://link.amazon/B0htp9s8s  
White vinyl eraser: https://link.amazon/B0118Fncb  
Mono Tombow Zero eraser: https://link.amazon/B06y419Ci  
Tracing Paper: https://link.amazon/B00fTgeFW  
Sharpener: https://link.amazon/B0i63VLIr 

Several pieces of thick watercolor or mixed media type paper, preferably over 180lbs. (300 lbs. paper in a block, not required), or wooden primed panel or illustration board. Size is up to you (recommend 9X12″ – up to 16×20).  

Inexpensive wide brushes from Lowes or similar, 1″, 2″, or what you prefer.

Also from Michaels a 1/4″ flat, 1/2″ flat, and round pointy brush of your choice. Do not spend a lot. 

Pad of sketch paper to mix paint. 

Paints: Please bring only simple colors listed so you can mix your own desired colors that are not muddy. 

• Titanium White
• Cadmium yellow LIGHT or Lemon yellow 
• Yellow Ochre
• Quinacridone Red
• Phthalo blue
• Raw umber or Dark brown 

Pencils can be purchased after class started after you try some. 

Simple stencils are optional; some will be available. 

Paper Towels, table covering, water cup 

To succeed in watercolor do not buy student grade materials. 

Brushes: (Brushes are a personal choice but we suggest these below as basics: 

#4, #6 or #8, #10 Round watercolor brushes. At least 2 sizes.  

Loew-Cornell 7020 ultra round series is a good inexpensive brush. You can find these online. 

Any other brush that intrigues you, you can bring.  

1” or 1 ½” Flat brush 

Optional: 1 angled flat brush 

Paper: Types of paper 

Cold Press – most used. Has a texture to it. 

Hot Press – Smooth. Great for detailed illustration work.  

Rough – Very textured.  

We will work with cold Press #140 Wt. paper.  

Our class will use up to 15 -20 sheets suggested 9 x 12 size. 

Block or pad paper: 9in x 12in, 11in x 15in, or 12in x 16in 

Sheets of paper are 22 x 30 gives you 4 /6 sheets to work with. If you purchase sheets, we will learn in class how to tear the paper – do not cut it. 

Suggested brands are 140# Arches Cold Pressed watercolor, Fabiano 140# cold press paper.  

Paints: 

It is suggested to purchase tubes versus pan paint. 

Name brands are Windsor, Daniel Smith, Holbein, and more. 

Low cost but professions grade is needed to learn properly. 

Artist/professional grade paint has more pigment. 

Below is a suggested list of paints.  

To begin you will need 1 warm and 1 cool color of each – yellow, red, green and blue. If you see paints in a group, make sure you get the required colors listed.

Daler Rowney Watercolor 20 colors for $12 – a great starting kit. (Check Walmart or Amazon) Below is a list to guide you in your purchase.  

• Warm
• Yellow: Cadmium Yellow Light, Hansa Yel Dark, or New Gamboge
• Red: Cad Red Light, or Cadmium Red Medium
• Green: Hookers Green or Sap Green
• Blue: Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine Blue
• Cool
• Yellow: Lemon Yellow or Cad Lemon
• Red: Permanent Rose, Quin Rose, or Alizarin Crimson
• Green: Viridian
• Blue: Cerulean Blue or Phthalo Blue 

Optional 

• Burnt Sienna
• Titanium White
• Cobalt Blue
• Payne’s Grey
• Yellow Ochre 

Any other color that may strike your fancy.  

Other Supplies: 

Palette with a minimum of 10 – 12 wells for paint and mixing areas. Get one with a cover.  

2 containers for water, paper towels, shower curtain liner for table cover, artist tape, ruler, kneaded eraser, small light weight drawing board you can tape your paper to, HB drawing pencil, toothbrush, tissues (does not have to be name brand). Apron or old shirt for protection.  

Binder – A place to have all your charts to use for referral when painting. Also a great place to keep any notes. 

Watercolor Paints – Recommend Winsor and newton https://a.co/d/0alH7t98 or https://a.co/d/0d8eCUPs  

Palette: https://a.co/d/09wBWo71  

Watercolor Brush set: https://a.co/d/0bdbMrX2  

Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper: https://a.co/d/02TZl3b3 or https://a.co/d/0ca8krY9  

Pencil, Eraser, Water jar. 

16 x 20 canvas 

This class is designed for “soft pastels”. It must be soft pastels, not hard or oil pastels. They should be cylindrical not square 

Here are a few suggested products from Amazon:

• Paul Ruben soft Pastels
• Artecho soft pastels
• LightWish soft pastels
• Paper should be at least 9 x 12 or 11 x 14in (Strathmore or Canson is fine)
• Kneaded eraser
• Color wheel
• Stumps for blending
• Rag or soft sponge. 
• Drawing board and tape
• Pastel pencils are optional 

Acrylic Paints: 

• Titanium White
• Lemon yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Quinacridone Red
• Phthalo blue
• Ivory black 

Surface: 

Any thick paper, canvas, or canvas board

Instructor suggestion: Thick watercolor paper, 9in ×12in 
200 to 300 pounds so it won’t warp easily, but you can use 150 pounds if you don’t mind some degree of bending 
primed canvas or illustration board, up to 16×20″ 

Brushes:  

• 2″
• 1″
• 1/2 “
• 1/4″
• Flat brushes
• Small round brush 

Pallet Knife: Home Depot or Lowes Metal Pallet knife for mixing paint (optional, you 
can use a brush) 

Other Tools: 

Palette paper or sketch paper for mixing paint approximately 9×12″ 

Cup for water 

Table cover (every student gets 3’x6′ table and easel)