Class Supply List

Materials List:
My favorite spots for materials = Blick Art Supply and Make & Mend (2nd hand supplies Somerville)
You will need the following materials during the first class:

• 1 piece white paper
• 1 fluid acrylic soft body paint color
• 1 brush (painter’s flat head bristle brush 1.5” wide)
• Small plastic container for water
• 2 magazines
• Small paper scissors
• Palette knife (plastic, with diamond shaped head, for applying acrylic gel medium)
• Acrylic gel medium
• 1 pen, pencil or marker

During Class 1 we will review the syllabus, and demonstrate and discuss the materials below.
You will need the following for classes 2-8:

• A base material for your collages – this depends on how you like to work, and what you intend to do with
  your creations. Options include:
  • a) spiral-bound multi-media pad of paper if you like to keep your work
    journal style
  • b) wood boards or canvas boards if you plan on presenting your finished works [these do not
    warp like paper will]; Yupo paper if you enjoy working with acrylic inks/paints
    Lots of paper (white acid-free printer paper; the following are options for textural variety: rice paper, tracing
    paper, journal pages, sheet music, ink paper that has a mild vellum quality...)
• 1oz bottles Fluid soft body acrylic paints (Utrecht, Blick, Liquitex and some brand options). Colors are
  personal preference; the most basic palette could include Black, White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, and
  your favorite accent color; for mixing all shades you would also include: Cadmium-free Medium Yellow,
  Cadmium-free Medium Orange, Cadmium-free Medium Red or Alizarian Crimson; Ultramarine Blue,
  Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Teal or Aquamarine, Quinacridone Magenta;
• A 1-3 square bristle brushes, 1.5” wide... for quickly spreading a wash of acrylic paint
• At least 3 plastic pint containers for paint mixing
• Small brayer
• Gel block [size = your personal preference]
• Collection of image-rich magazines [gather from friends, free “bird-house” libraries on sidewalks all
  around town, hair salons, Dr. offices, libraries often have a give-away magazine bin)
• Pencil & Black Ball Point Pen
• Black Stabillo “All” pencil (water activated)
• White Uniball Signo gel pen
• Liquitex acrylic matte gel medium (adhesive) *if you are working on canvas with light papers, you
  could use Blickrylic polymer gloss water-based adhesive
• 2 Plastic palette knives
• 2 small paper-cutting scissors
• Painters tape
  You have material EVERYWHERE ☺ Journals, letters, photos, newspaper articles, magazine articles ,books, children's’ books, magazines ... all of which you can use directly, photocopy, paint over, write over; rice paper applied over all of the above to give different texture, provide variety within a repeated pattern...Absolutely optional Acrylic Inks, Washi tape, Stickers, sturdy metal ruler (ideally with non-slip material on the back side), Scalpel & cutting mat (if you prefer this method vs. using scissors)