Supply List
Please note you do not need to run out and buy all these new supplies (unless, of course, you were hoping for an excuse and then by all means), this supply list is for your reference and to make things a bit easier (clickable images & links). Quite often you can make do with what you have or swap out one brand for another although it is always fun to experiment and play with different materials and see what different artists are using. Often on our journey its easy to think that if you just had the right this or that, or new this or that, then your work would progress. The most important thing is showing up to the practice of creating. The odd supply might be essential for one lesson here or there but if you have a general supply of basics you should be fine- improvise & experiment like an artist. Down the bottom you will find the supply lists from the presenters but remember you can swap things out, choose your own colours and improvise.
Be sure that this supply list doesn't overwhelm you- use what you have :) Don't let not having the "right" supplies stop you from creating. This list is just a reference.
Also note- this list is subject to grow as the presenters add bits and bobs :)
Basic Supplies:
Here is a general list of supplies which will cover most lessons. Each presenter may use a range of specific supplies but most can be improvised with the following.
Substrates of choice- Art journal, watercolour paper, sketchbook, canvas, canvas board (also a note pad, or copy paper)
Gesso, white
Paints- A collection of colours
Inks- India ink, acrylic ink, alcohol inks
Brushes
Adhesives- gel medium, modge podge, glue (one not all)
Drawing supplies- pencils, charcoal, crayons, pens, markers, Stabilo Aquarelle marking pencils, pastels
Ephemera- collaging papers
Found images and text, photos (personal), favourite quotes
Optional Supplies:
Make Create Express Supplies:
Denise Daffara:
Lesson 1:
strathmore journal page / mixed media paper
acrylic paint in colours from your inspiration pieces. I used : ultramarine blue, teal, copper, white, unbleached titanium, paynes grey, burnt sienna
gell pens : silver, copper, gold, white
black fine line permanent pigment pen
Lesson 2:
1 sheet of A4 paper per ‘Little Book’
various paints - heavy body acrylic (white, paynes grey, sand)
white gesso
matte medium
gel medium
old brush
plastic card for spreading
acrylic inks (I used daler rowney - burnt umber, paynes grey & indigo
Laura Horn
Lesson 1:
Gathered nature for inspiration e.g. sticks, stones, feathers, seeds, pods
Sketch paper and pen or pencil for quick compositional sketches
Watercolour Paper for the main piece- I use Canson Heritage 300gsm in cold press (A4 size)
Painter's tape (optional)
Selection of brushes suitable for watercolour- I mainly use a 1/2 inch mop brush and a small round brush for finer details
Paint palette, water container and paper towel
3 - 5 Watercolour paints and or acrylic inks. I use: Art Spectrum Watercolour - Indigo, Australian Leaf Green Dark, Daniel Smith Watercolour - Pthalo Turquoise and Autumn Mystery, Daler Rowney Acrylic Ink - White
A few Mark-making supplies e.g. paint pens, oil pastels, water-soluble crayons etc. I use:
Posca Paint Pen - Beige
Caran D'Ache Neo Color II Crayon - Salmon and Cobalt Blue
Lesson 2:
Gathered nature for inspiration e.g. sticks, stones, feathers, seeds, pods
Sketch paper and pen or pencil for quick compositional sketches
Watercolour Paper for the main piece-I use Canson Heritage 300gsm in cold press (A4 size)
Painter's tape (optional)
Selection of brushes suitable for watercolour
I mainly use a 1/2 inch mop brush and a small round brush for finer details
Paint palette, water container and paper towel
Variety of watercolour paints and or acrylic inks. I use:
Art Spectrum Watercolour - Indigo, Australian Grey, Permanent Rose, Burnt Sienna, Daniel Smith Watercolour - Transparent Red Oxide, Moonglow, Autumn Mystery, Daler Rowney Acrylic Ink - Quinacridone RoseA few Mark-making supplies e.g. paint pens, oil pastels, water-soluble crayons etc. I use:
Posca Paint Pen - Beige and Gold
Oil Pastel - Grey
Galia Alena
Lesson 1:
Substrate of your choice (I used a timber board)
Glue (I used Golden’s Gel medium)
Ink (acrylic, alcohol)
Acrylic paints (your choice of colours)
Pencil (ruler and compass)
Ephemera
For the encaustics- encaustic medium, encaustic brushes, heat gun, and gridle to heat wax, oil paint in accent colour.
Lesson 2:
Ephemera, especially personal
substrate of your choice
paints, pastels, inks, pens, mark makers etc etc for embellishing
Glue (I used Golden’s Gel medium)
Amy Steinberg:
A favorite paint brush, I use a very worn Escoda size 14 flat brush
An old credit card, used gift card. I also use a silicone paint shaper, 1”
Gloves if you choose.
Quick dry spray fixative - Face mask for using while spraying fixative.
Art journal and/or scratch pieces of paper for quick sketches and/or note taking
A bin of water, paper towels, old rags or baby wipes, your choice
Soft vine charcoal
Caran d’Ache neocolour ii crayon Artists’ Crayon -Assorted
Golden Acrylics - Heavy Body - Assorted
Gesso Utrecht professional grade, I buy in the gallon buckets but any gesso will do for this project
Yvonne Morell:
Lesson 1:
Acrylic paint
Acrylic binder
White drawing ink
Bambus
Lesson 2:
Cotton paper from Indian (any paper or canvas will do)
Acrylic paints
Tracy Verdugo:
Lesson 1:
Watercolour paper cold pressed 140lb
2b lead pencil for sketching
Optional: nature tools, twigs, flowers etc.
Daler Rowney Acrylic artists inks; Indian yellow, flame orange, lemon yellow, white, paynes grey,
A small selection of brushes. One wide flat approx. ¾ inch, medium flat brush, number 8 round brush, fine detail brush, bamboo skewer
Gel pens in white and other colors to match your palette (optional) I use signo uniball pens
Black gel pen (I use Pentel Tradio pen)
Oil pastels in orange and yellow, pinks (optional)
Gel medium for use as collage adhesive
Collage elements; magazine images of flowers
Lesson 2:
Watercolour paper cold pressed 140lb
2B lead pencil for sketching
Daler Rowney Acrylic artists inks;; Indian yellow, flame orange, fluorescent pink, antelope brown, white, paynes grey,
Golden Fluid acrylic; Quinachridone magenta, green gold, titan green pale, nickel azo gold
A small selection of brushes. One wide flat approx. ¾ inch, medium flat brush, number 8 round brush, fine detail brush, bamboo skewer
Gel pens in white and other colors to match your palette (optional) I use signo uniball pens
Black gel pen (I use Pentel Tradio pen)
Oil pastels in orange and yellow, pinks (optional)
Mindy Tsonas:
Lesson 1:
Magazines
Ephemera
Scissors
Glue stick
Art journal or card stock (these are the art journals I use)
Journal + pen
Lesson 2:
Acrylic paints in rainbow colors (this will not work for oil paint)
Gemstones (buy a rainbow kit in my shop $15 includes US shipping: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MindyTsonas)
Small paper cups
Jars - these are perfect
Stirrers
Matte Medium (optional)
Eye dropper or straw
Small labels
Fonda Clark Haight
Deli Paper
Paints
Ink pens- white
Marielle Stolp:
Lesson 1:
Black paper; I used black watercolour paper by Van Gogh.
White (watersoluble) pencil
Ruler
Eraser
Paintmarkers in white + colour of your choice; I used purple and indigo.
Coloured pencils in colours of your choice
Pan Pastels + soft tools; you can also use regular pastels!
Fixative
Lesson 2:
Watercolour journal or watercolour paper
Graphite pencil, ruler, eraser
Waterproof fineliners in black + colour of your choice
Watercolours
Waterbrushes and/or watercolour brushes
A palette and bowl with clean water
Piece of cloth to wipe your brush
Coloured pencils + blender
A white paint marker
Optional: Pan Pastels + soft tools + fixative
Mary Beth Shaw
Lesson 1:
Dura-Lar by Grafix Clear .005 sheets 8.5”x11” sheet (Cut the sheets down if you wish.)
Alcohol Inks
Golden High Flow Acrylic Paint
Black and White Gesso
Permanent Ink Pads
Waterproof India Ink
Magazine pages with intense color
Vintage Beeswax & other colors of Embossing Powder by Seth Apter for Emerald Creek
Embossing Ink
Packing Tape (Inexpensive tape seems to work better.)
Clear Contact Paper
Assorted Papers: Tissue, Deli, Printer
Optional: Calligraphy pens, leaves, found objects
Paint brushes, variety of sizes
Skewer
Gloves
White Felt
Scissors
91% Alcohol in a Spritzer
Fine Line Applicator (fluid acrylic)
Paper Towel
Basin of and Cup filled with water
Rubber Stamps
Heat Gun
Sand Paper
Paper Towels
Lesson 2:
Golden Paint: Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, Quinacridone Magenta, Turquois (Phthalo), Titanium White
Paper Artsy Paints: Pumpkin Soup, Midnight Blue, Claret
Dina Wakly Paint: Eggplant, Cheddar, Marine, Ruby, Lemon
Complementary Stencil S116 by Pam Carriker for StencilGirl®
Palette Paper
Mixed Media Paper
Sharpie an or pencil
Paint Brush
Large Water Cup
Paper Towel
Palette Knife
Natalie Eslick
Strathmore Toned Grey paper, 27.9 x 34.6cm (11 x 14 inches)
Various coloured pencils in Sparrow shades: White, Black, Brown/s, Sienna/Terracotta, Light pink, Grey – dark and light, Beige
White Gel Pen
Various charcoal pencils, vine charcoal, charcoal pieces
White charcoal pencil
Graphite pencil to sketch out design
Tiare Smith
Lesson 1:
Big Brush Markers in May Green, Maganese Violet, Cobalt Turquoise, Light Cobalt Turquoise, Brown, Gold Green.
Washi Tape
Water brush
Gesso
Black and White Pens Posca Pens
Palette Knife
Brayer
Black and White Ink Sprays
Lesson 2:
Acrylic paints Indian Turquoise. Winter Blue, Prussian Blue, Cocoa, Black, Pink, Antique Gold
Gesso
Black and White Pens Posca Pens
Palette Knife
Stipple Brush
Katrina Koltes:
Lesson 1:
A 9x12" sheet of gray tinted pastel paper (I used light warm gray tint from the Flecked series of Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper)
a light colored pastel pencil for sketching
Oil pastels. I used the Sennelier oil pastels in these colors (but please use what you have, or whatever colors you are inspired to use) Black, white, gold, grayish white or off white, warm yellow, Prussian green (or deep turquoise), Turquoise blue, charcoal blue, celestial blue, cobalt violet light,
Rag or napkins, palette (I used a sheet of glass)
Brown Conte pencil or pastel pencil
Lesson 2:
A 9x12" sheet of black pastel paper (I used the black from the Flecked series of Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper)
If you can't find pastel paper you can also paint a regular paper with mat acrylic or black gesso to tint it and give it a tiny bit of tooth.
a light colored pastel pencil for sketching
Oil pastels. I used the Sennelier oil pastels in these colors (but please use what you have, or whatever colors you are inspired to use) Black, white, Moss green, turquoise blue, emerald green, turquoise deep, celestial blue, light gray, teal
Rag or napkins to clean both your hands and the pastels
Porcupine stick, skewer or something pointed to scratch into the pastel
Tortillions or blending sticks (optional)
Hali Karla
Lesson 1:
copy paper,
watercolor paper,
Canson mixedmedia paper, 100 lb vellum bristol,
art tape,
patterned scrapbook paper or fodder (blue, green and gray shades),
matte gel medium,
ebony graphite pencil,
derwent graphite,
white stabilo
pencil,
assorted acrylic paints (fluid, soft/heavy body, high-flow, inks),
big + small brushes - mostly round and flat, plus a liner
Lesson 2:
11”x14” vellum bristol,
art tape,
gesso,
collage fodder,
assorted acrylic inks and paints,
big to small paintbrushes,
babywipes,
matte gel medium,
brayer,
derwent inktense blocks (just for sketching)
Leslie Wood
Lesson 1:
Strathmore Cold Press 140lb Watercolor Paper 9x12in cut into 6x9in
Water spritz bottle
Paper towels
Wax Paper
Daler Rowney Acrylic artists inks: Paynes Grey
Heavy body paints (Amsterdam, Liquitex Basics, SOHO, Master’s Touch, etc)
Matt craft paints (white and cream)
Matt or Gloss Gel Medium (I used Golden and Liquitex both)
Brushes: assorted
Water Pen
Uni-ball Signo gel inkpen 1.0 mm or 0.7mm
Water resistant black pen (Sharpie or Micron)
Old ball point pen or drawing instrument (I used a bamboo sketch pen)
Embossing Heat Gun (optional)
Old Credit Card
Lesson 2:
Strathmore Cold Press 140lb Watercolor Paper 9x12in cut into 6x9in
Strathmore Drawing Paper (optional)
Book Binding: Waxed Linen, awl, needle
Water spritz bottle
Paper towels
Unscented Baby Wipes
Wax Paper blotting sheets
Matt craft paints
Matt Gel Medium (I used Liquitex)
Brushes: assorted
Water Pen
Uni-ball Signo gel inkpen 1.0 mm or 0.7mm Water resistant black pen (Sharpie, Posca or Micron)
Embossing Heat Gun (optional)
Rubber brayer
Scrapbook or backgrounds sheets (lesson on these using printer paper)
Old Credit Card
Scissors
Melanie Rivers:
Lesson 2:
Wood cradle board (12 x 12)
Pattern paper and text pages
Tracing paper
Matte medium
White gesso and clear gesso
Acrylic paints (I used Golden Open Paynes Grey, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Red Oxide, Titan Buff, Amsterdam Grey/Blue)
Acrylic ink (Iridescent Rich Copper)
Grey palette paper
Brayer (soft)
Scissors
Pencil and eraser
Fineline applicator
White and black charcoal pencils
Assorted brushes (Filberts size 4, 8, 12), two flat brushes
Karine Bosse
Lesson 1:
cradled wood panel (can be done on canvas or
140lb or more mixed media paper)
used coffee filter (let dried with coffee grain in them)
fluid mat medium
clear gesso
watercolour of your choice
coloured pencils
Lesson 2:
cradled wood panel (can be done on canvas or
140lb or more mixed media paper)
used coffee filter (let dried with coffee grain in them)
fluide mat medium
absorbent ground
clear gesso
watercolour of your choice
coloured pencils
Renata Loree
Lesson 1:
Substrates of choice- Journal Page - Mixed media Paper
Gesso - white
Paints- Crafts Colors, The colors for the face I used were white, Jute and Khaki from Ceramcoat, then pink and cooler pink from Ceramcoat. I also used bright red and a berry red, bright green and forrest green, deep blue for Paynes Gray and black.
Medium gel matte - to apply finish to protect your page
Drawing supplies- Jell pens and markers, gels roll pens and acrylic markers
Ephemera - found images and text, photos (personal), favorite quotes,
washi tape
Brushes -3 different kind of brushes, small round brush #1 for detail work, flat or filbert brush #4 and larger flat brush for sweeping over larger areas.
Lesson 2:
Substrates of choice- Journal Page - Mixed media Paper
Gesso - white
Brushes -3 different kind of brushes, small round brush #1 for detail work, flat or filbert brush #4 and larger flat brush for sweeping over larger area
Magazine pages, scissors, glue
Paints- GP Purple - Cermacoat, Khaki - Ceramcoat, Succulent - Folkart, Pueblo - Folcart, Forest Green - Americana, Sephia - Golden Fluid acrylic, or brown from Americana
To create texture - Gesso, spatula, flowers stencil
Drawing supplies - Micron Pigma 05 pen in brown or black
Wilna Furstenberg
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Colors: Titanium White, Turquoise Deep, Prussian Blue,Deep Violet, Alizarin Crimson, Naphthol Crimson, Cadmium Yellow medium, Chromium Oxide Green, Brilliant Yellow Green, Transparent Viridian Hue, Hooker’s Green
Liquitex Acrylic Inks: Prussian Blue, Carbon Black, Titanium White, Vivid Lime Green, Quiancridone Magenta, Pyrrole Red
Kuretake Watercolor Palette
Gesso
Variety of Paint Brushes
Light Molding Paste
Stencils
Watercolor Paper (to paint flowers on)