The studio has a set of tabletop easels that will sometimes be used during this class. We will also be using table space. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Papers

Each student will need a newsprint pad and other sketch paper. For some students, 50 pages is plenty, while others will need a pad with 100 pages.

• Newsprint pad in 9"x12" or 14"x17" size (50 or 100 sheets) – Canson XL

• Sketch paper pad in 12"x18" size – At least 70lb weight. Any brand works. Strathmore Series 300 or Series 400 are recommended. Sketch paper is slightly heavier than drawing paper and works best.

• Strathmore Toned Sketch Pad (24 sheets) in toned tan or toned grey

Drawing Supplies

Each student will go through materials at different rates. These are suggested materials and quantities. You may need more or less depending on your drawing style.

We recommend:

• Notebook for notetaking throughout the class

• Vine Charcoal Pack – Medium hardness

• Compressed Charcoal – Any hardness

• Conté à Paris Crayons in Black (B hardness), White (2B hardness), Sanguine, and Bistre — Conté à Paris sells a 4-pack with one of each color

• Graphite pencils in 4B, 2B, HB, 2H, and 4H

• Blending stump

• Kneaded eraser

• White eraser (Staedtler Mars plastic erasers recommended)

• One or more black bleed-proof pens (Micron size 05 is a great all-around size to start)

• Tin or box to carry all drawing supplies

Optional Supplies

• Feel free to bring in other drawing materials or papers you’d like to try.

• Some students may choose to work in chalk or oil pastels (Prismacolor pastels work well).

• Colored pencils

• Your instructor will share other options throughout the semester.

Note: You are not required to purchase additional materials if you are not interested.

This class will use tabletop easels provided in the studio. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Paints

Notes on acrylic paints: Purchase either professional grade or student grade (a mix is also fine). We recommend Golden or Liquitex brand options. Acrylics can be thin or heavy-bodied — heavy body is usually a good place to start since it’s thicker and more pigmented.

• Medium tubes (about 5–8 oz) in the following colors:

  • Burnt Sienna

  • Burnt Umber

  • Mars Black

  • Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, or Phthalo Red (warm red)

  • Quinacridone Magenta (cool red)

  • Cadmium Yellow Lights, Chrome Yellow, or Lemon Yellow (light balanced yellow)

  • Cobalt or Phthalo Blue

  • Ultramarine Blue (leans violet)

  • Titanium White (likely used the most — buy a larger tube if possible)

• Small tubes (about 2 oz) in the following colors:

  • Deep Yellow

  • Phthalo Green

  • Violet or Dioxazine Purple

Brushes

Purchase various sizes of synthetic brushes for acrylic paint. While we prefer short handle, you’re very welcome to bring long handle brushes if that’s your preference. We recommend at least these four brush sizes, and include links to a purchasing option underneath each brush type:

• 1"–1.5" Flat or Square Edge brush:

  • Liquitex Basics Synthetic Brush - Large Scale Flat, Short Handle Set of 2 (1.5” AND 2”)

  • Blick Scholastic Wonder White Brush - Flat Foot, 1"

• 1.5"–2" Flat or Square Edge brush:

  • Liquitex Basics Synthetic Brush - Large Scale Flat, Short Handle Set of 2 (1.5” AND 2”)

• Medium round brush - generally size 8 or 10 (brand dependent):

  • Blick Scholastic Short Handle Wonder White Brush - Round: size 10

• Small round or liner brush (for details) - generally size 1:

  • Blick Scholastic Short Handle Wonder White Brush - Round: size 1

Painting Surfaces

• Two (2) 8×10 or 9×12 canvas panels for the first 1-2 classes

• As the class continues, you may use a variety of surfaces and sizes based on your preference. You might like to purchase your additional painting surfaces after the class has started and you have talked with your instructor for a better sense of what you’d like to work on. We recommend stretched canvases, canvas panels, or other painting surfaces of your choice in the following sizes: 9"x12", 11"x14", 12"x16", or 16"x20" (or similar).

Other Supplies & Optional Items

There are many extra acrylic materials you can explore. Your instructor may suggest more during class.

• Notebook for notetaking throughout the class

• Different painting surfaces (e.g., clayboard, masonite)

• Palette paper

• Plastic palette knife

• Additional brushes (choose as you discover what you like)

• Matte gel medium

• Flexible modeling paste

We provide all clay, tools, and supplies needed during the session. You will have access to clay on a take-what-you-need basis throughout the session.

Community Paint students may purchase and/or bring materials based off your medium choice, and what materials you might need to supplement — as long as they are not solvents or thinners. Materials should not have a strong smell or be harmful to the environment. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Paints & Brushes

• Bring any paints you’d like (acrylics or oils).

• Both mediums are supported in this class.

• For guidance, you can review the other materials lists for suggested colors and brands.

• As you experiment, you may choose to purchase additional paint colors, brushes, etc.

Other & Optional General Supplies

• Plastic sealable brush holder

• Palette paper

• Metal palette knife(s)

• Different sizes of canvases, canvas panels, or gesso boards — you will need additional painting surfaces throughout the class. Only sizes up to 16"x20" may be stored at the studio

• Sealable box to store your palette in

• And more!

Other & Optional Acrylics Supplies

• Different acrylic mediums

• Gesso

• And more!

Other & Optional Oils Supplies

• Mineral spirits (for more thorough cleaning at home if painting in oils)

• Jar with a metal grate and solvent in the bottom

• Latex gloves or barrier cream

• And more!

The studio has stand-up easels that will be used during this class.
For the first class, please bring:

• A newsprint pad (from the Paper section)

• Drawing supplies

Other papers will be introduced throughout the semester.

Paper

Each student will need a newsprint pad. For some, 50 pages is enough; others may need 100 pages. Newsprint will be used for warm-ups and early in the semester. Longer poses and studies will require other papers.

• Newsprint pad – 18"x24" size (50 or 100 sheets) – Canson XL

• Canson Mi-Teintes Toned Drawing Paper – 2–4 pieces, 19"x25", in brown, gray, or both. Recommended colors: Felt Gray and Sepia. Your instructor will let you know when to bring this paper.

• Strathmore 80lb Smooth White Drawing Paper – 2–3 sheets of 18”×24” or a pad, based on personal preference.

  • Note: this is a nicer paper used for more completed drawings or drawings that you want to have a more finished quality to them based on paper type. Some students might just use a couple sheets and their newsprint pad for the rest, while others prefer to have several of their works on this paper.

• Watercolor paper – Canson XL, 140lb, size 9"x12" or 11"x15"

Drawing Supplies

Each student will go through materials at different rates depending on drawing style. We recommend:

• Vine Charcoal Pack – Medium hardness

• Compressed Charcoal – Any hardness

• Conté à Paris Crayons: Black (B hardness), White (2B), Sanguine, Bistre (comes as a 4-pack)

• Graphite pencils: 4B, 2B, HB, 2H, 4H

Other Supplies

• Kneaded eraser

• White eraser (Staedtler Mars plastic erasers recommended)

• Small bottle of India Ink

• Medium-size sumi brush

• Tin or box to carry drawing supplies

Optional Supplies

If you’d like, you are welcome to bring additional drawing materials or papers to explore such as:

• Chalk or oil pastels (Prismacolor pastels work well)

• Colored pencils

• Additional options will be introduced throughout the semester

Note: We use Walnut Oil as a thinner in our studio (instead of mineral spirits). We will provide students with a mason jar containing ~3 oz of walnut oil.

Paints

We recommend purchasing either all professional grade or all student grade oil paints. Recommended brands: M. Graham (made with walnut oil) or Gamblin.

1.25 oz tubes in the following colors:

• Raw Umber

• Ivory Black

• Cadmium Red Deep (warm red)

• Quinacridone Magenta (cool red)

• Cadmium Yellow Light (or Azo Yellow)

• Phthalo Green

• Ultramarine Blue (leans violet)

• a larger tube of White – Permalba White is less expensive and comes in a larger tube. Titanium White or Titanium Zinc mix also work well.

Brushes

Purchase various sizes of synthetic brushes for oil painting. We recommend 5 brushes total:

• Filbert shape brushes – sizes 2, 4, 6, 8:

  • Softer option (recommended): Princeton Velvetouch Series 3900 Synthetic Brush - Filbert, Long Handle

  • Stiffer option (if preferred): Princeton Catalyst Polytip Brush - Filbert, Short Handle

• Liner brush - size 2:

  • Princeton Velvetouch Series 3900 Synthetic Brush - Liner, Long Handle, Size 2

Painting Surfaces

• Two (2) 8”×10” or 9”×12” canvas panels for the first 1-2 classes

• As the class continues, you may use a variety of surfaces and sizes based on your preference. You might like to purchase your additional painting surfaces after the class has started and you have talked with your instructor for a better sense of what you’d like to work on. We recommend stretched canvases, canvas panels, and/or gesso boards of your choice. For gesso boards, we recommend Ampersand or Richeson brand in 8"x10" or 9"x12".

Other Supplies

• Warm White paint

• Raw Sienna paint

• Palette paper and/or reusable box to store palette in

• Metal palette knife

• Plastic sealable brush holder (optional)

• Mineral spirits (for at-home thorough cleaning)

• Jar with metal grate & solvent in the bottom (optional)

• Latex gloves or barrier cream (optional)

• Murphy’s Oil Soap (optional, for brush cleaning at home)

Paints

If you prefer to paint with pan/dry watercolors, that’s also an option. To help beginners getting started with watercolors and purchasing supplies, we only list tube watercolors here. Please reach out if you’d like to use pan watercolors and need any purchasing guidance.

• We recommend: Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolors - Set of 12, Assorted Colors, 8 ml Tubes.

  • The colors in this set occasionally change slightly. As of this writing, the set includes: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue Hue, Sap Green, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, and Chinese White.

  • Supplement this set by purchasing individual tubes of: Viridian Hue and Yellow Ochre

• If purchasing individual tubes, here’s a list of colors to purchase: Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Ultramarine, Viridian Hue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, Chinese White, Prussian Blue

Paper

You may bring any heavy-weight, cold-press, 100% cotton rag paper. We recommend a 9”x12” size.

• For practice, exercises and studies we suggest one of the following. You may purchase one or both of the following options to try out different styles. If purchasing one pad to start, you’ll likely need to purchase another pad part way through the class.

  • Canson Montval Watercolor Block - 9" x 12", 15 Sheets (blocks have wax-bound edges)

  • Canson Montval Watercolor Tape Bound Pad - 9" x 12", 140 lb, 12 Sheets

• For finished paintings we recommend one of the following. There are a lot of watercolor paper choices and price ranges. You will find what paper works best for you.

  • Strathmore Ready Cut Watercolor Sheets

  • Arches Watercolor Paper – Pads or Blocks

  • Fluid Watercolor Pads

  • Legion Stonehenge Aqua Watercolor Sheets

• Masonite board larger than your paper and 1” - 2” painters tape to tape down the individual sheets — NOT needed if using a block (with wax-bound edges)

Brushes

• Synthetic hair watercolor brushes

  • One #8 round (fine point):

    • Blick Masterstroke Golden Taklon Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 8 (more budget friently option)

    • Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 8 (higher quality for just a bit more)

  • One liner brush (size 2):

    • Blick Masterstroke Golden Taklon Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 2 (more budget friently option)

    • Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 2 (higher quality for just a bit more)

  • One large round or mop brush (up to size 16):

    • Silver Brush Black Goat Silver Mop Brush - Oval, Size 1", Short Handle

Other Supplies

• A ceramic palette or mixing dish

• Small bottle of masking fluid, and any cheap/old small brush for applying

• One 4H pencil for drawing

• Kneaded eraser

• One waterproof black ink pen (Micron #05 recommended)

Optional Supplies

Your instructor may share additional options throughout the course, such as:

• Additional brushes (e.g., size 6 flat synthetic animal hair)

• Exacto knife for sgraffito

• Small container of table salt

• Toothpicks

• Isopropyl alcohol

• Paper towels

• One small spray bottle for water