Materials Lists

 

FALL 2023

 

IN-STUDIO

Painting Fundamentals for Beginners

INSTRUCTOR: THERESA EISENBARTH

A photo reference for this class will be provided.

We will be going to Michael’s on Friday night to cover the topic of art supplies. 


If you would like to only have the basic paint colors, Theresa will have some paint and brushes that  you can purchase at the first session (Friday evening). All other supplies on the list, you can likely get locally or order online.

*IMPORTANT* PLEASE EMAIL INSTRUCTOR AT: THERESA@EISENBARTH.CA if you are purchasing your basic paint and brushes through her so that she has enough for the class. Please send your email NO LATER than September 3rd.

General supply list:

Acrylic Paint

  • Quinacridone Magenta (cool) or buy a Process Magenta

  • Cadmium Red Medium ( warm)

  • Cadmium Yellow Med ( warm)  or buy a Process Yellow

  • Ultramarine Blue (warm)

  • Cobalt Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) or buy a Process Cyan (cool)

  • I also add a feature colour like Teal or Turquoise (both have warm and cool undertones)

  • Titanium White

  • Black or Process Black

Blue Paper towels, plastic water container

Gloss Medium

3 brushes, diff. Sizes for Acrylic painting

1 Sketch book

Note book for taking notes 

3 Pencils for sketching (light, med, and dark grey markers are optional)

In-Studio

Making painting happen (oil or acrylic)

INSTRUCTOR: Doug SWINTON

50% of learning to paint is in the supplies you use. If you use inferior grade products expect inferior results with your painting.

OIL PAINTS:

What ever you use but here is a list of the least expensive colours the make the most amount of mixes. (Follow also for Acrylic )

  • Cad yellow light

  • Cad yellow or Deep Yellow ochre

  • Cad orange

  • Pyrlyne maroon

  • Quinacridone rose or permanent rose

  • Ultra blue

  • Manganese blue hue

  • Viridian green

  • Titanium white

Try to use artist grade paints (Gamblin or M Graham etc) Please no student grade or craft paints

PALLETTE:

The bigger the better. Strip off palette pads are great. Please NO egg cartons or Styrofoam meat trays.

BRUSHES:

Good quality bristle brushes. No Dollar store brushes.

  • 2,4,6,8,10, Flats.

  • 1- 3” cheap big bristle brush for blending.

  • A good metal leak proof bush washer is a very good item to invest in. You will thank me for it.

  • Four acrylic yogurt containers with a kitchen scratchy in the bottom.

CANVAS 

Do not bring dollar store canvases or cheap three-for-one sale type canvases! You will be disappointed.

Smaller canvases are easier to get finished in class; large canvases will allow you less time to try things.

  • 6x8, -8x10, - 9x12, - 11x14 econo canvas boards

You will be painting up to 2- 4 paintings a day

OTHER MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

  • Gamblin solvent free gel or Liquin

  • Retarder medium for acrylic

  • Eco house or Gamsol odorless non toxic thinner

  • Sketchbook for thumb-nails and taking notes

  • Vine charcoal

  • Blue shop towels (hardware store)

  • Garbage bags (Safeway bag)

  • Wet painting carrier

  • If you doing Acrylic , gouache or watercolour you will want some kind of foldable or collapsible water containers.

  • Spritz bottle for keeping things moist

IN-Studio

Geometric Pyrography Painting

INSTRUCTOR: Brian Sloan

  • Acrylic paints in the basic colours (three primaries, bring both a cool and warm of each;  yellow, red and blue) plus titanium white and a black

  • Paint brushes  minimum of three different sizes, small, medium and large

  • Wood burning tool (if you have one, if not one will be provided)

  • One 8x10 wood panel or slab of wood

  • Black or white carbon paper,

  • Pencils and eraser

  • If you prefer, students can purchase a kit from the instructor which includes the  8X10 wood slabs and carbon paper.  Bring $10 cash to pay the instructor for your kit(s).

Participants can bring their own reference photo or they are welcome to use the templates provided by the instructor. 

IN-STUDIO

Creative Landscape Painting

INSTRUCTOR: SHARON LYNN WILLIAMS

PAINTS: use colours you love to paint with. You should have ARTIST quality acrylics in a minimum of a warm and cool of each of the primaries, plus titanium white and black

SUPPORTS: We will use 2-3 supports over the 2 days. You can work on panels (if using wood, please seal with a layer of GAC100 before class to seal in acids), canvas or 140lb watercolour/mixed media paper (if using paper, please give it a coat of gesso and have a board to tape it to). Size should be 12x12” to 16x16”. Please bring some extra paper to test on.

BRUSHES: Bring your favourites. Having some bristle and synthetic brushes will give you a nice range of marks. Michaels sells a level 1 angled acrylic brush that I just love. Have at least one brush that is bigger than 1”

DRAWING MATERIAL: bring whatever you have to draw on your support. Suggestions: white chalk, chalk pastels, watercolour pencils, graphite, inks, acrylic markers

REFERENCE MATERIALS: Photos that you have taken that interest you. If you like, you can work from your old paintings/photos of your own work. This will really bring the teaching home.

MISCELLANEOUS: large water bucket (preferably with a screen at the bottom), paper towels, large palette (preferably Grey Matters palette paper 12x16”), a stay wet palette if you have one (with pre-soaked palette paper or a butcher tray inside OR a tray with 2 layers of wet shop towels with a large piece of parchment paper on top) so your paint won’t dry out on you, Acrylic Glazing Medium if you like to use it, spray bottle with water, rubbing alcohol for texturing, rubber or silicone tools to apply paint with, sticks, mark making tools, old credit card, palette knife, apron, gloves if you wear them, sketchbook and pencil

IN-STUDIO

Explore Alcohol Inks

INSTRUCTOR: Cindy Shropshire

All supplies provided for $20. Please bring cash to pay the instructor.

Also, if you have them, bring a hair dryer and small lazy susan.

IN-STUDIO

Learn to Draw from Beginners to Masters

INSTRUCTOR: Judy Russill

Buy The Book - “Drawing On The Right Side of The Brain WORKBOOK” by Betty. Edwards or borrow a copy.

Copies are available on line and please purchase prior to the first class.

Pencils:

  • #2 writing pencil with eraser

  • good quality #4B drawing pencil, (Staedler, Turquoise, Fabre Castell brands) 

Erasers: a white plastic eraser (Staedler) or pink pearl eraser 

Good quality Hand Held Pencil Sharpener

Graphite Stick: #4B

Charcoal Pencil: #4B

Synthetic Charcoal, 1 stick

Conte Crayons: one #3 black and one red (Sanguine)

Dry Erasable felt-tip marker: 1 black

Ink: 1 small bottle of India Ink

Brushes: #7 or #8 inexpensive watercolour brush

Mirror: a lightweight unframed mirror - 5” x 7” or 6” x 8”

Masking Tape: Artist’s Low Tack or low tack painters tape (cream or white colour is best) 

Timer: phone or kitchen timer

Paper towels or blue shop towels 

Sketchbook: 9 ½” x 12” or 12 sheets of white bond printer paper

IN-STUDIO

Drawing from the Model

INSTRUCTOR: RUTH ADAMS

  • Sketchbook 9x12” / 11” x 18”(sold at MHC bookstore or office supply stores)

  • Pencils for sketching and erasers

  • Charcoal, willow sticks,  pencils, as desired

  • Newsprint (MHC bookstore)

  • 2 BullDog clips for holding newsprint