Supply List

This is the complete supply list for the course. Click here to see what you'll need for each week.

• Matte latex paint in the sample size from Home Depot: black and white plus 3 other colors (more information about how to pick particular colors will be discussed in the first class)‍
• Acrylic paint: gold and silver (not latex) - optional but recommended (not to replace latex house paint but in addition to latex);
• 5-6 small plastic cups with airtight lids (you can also use disposable sauce containers or baby food jars), to preserve unused paint mixtures;
• 2-3 sponge brushes or house-painting brushes for the last week of the project;
• Cup for water
• Rags or paper towels
• Primed canvas roll, 12oz, 100% cotton - you will need 2 yards and pushpins. ‍
• Workable fixative spray (for when you're done with your drawing)
• Willow charcoal
• Compressed charcoal sticks
• Dowel (approx. length 40-60”) to make an extension for sketching with charcoal;
• Masking tape (regular type) - for taping charcoal to the dowel;
• Pencil‍
• Eraser
• 9x12in drawing pad (or any size you’d like)
• Brown craft paper in a roll (or it can be substituted with 5-6 brown grocery brown paper bags); 
• Gloves in your size
• Clothes you don't mind getting paint on
• Fashion magazines, personal photographs, handheld mirror.

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You will need an area that you can make large art in. You also want to protect walls and floors if necessary. You can use newspapers, or plastic sheet, or dropcloth, to protect your space.

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When working with unstretched canvas, if you're painting:

• on an easel, you'll need a large support board and clamps
• on the wall, you'll need push pins (we recommend colorful pushpins because they're easier to see if they are dropped or fall)