Class Supply List

Supply List for Monotype Three Ways -- Laurie Sheffield and Susan Rice

Session 1 Monotype Basics

All paint supplies for this class are water-based and water cleanup!

Essential supplies:

• A small newsprint pad or other inexpensive drawing paper (9x12 or 11x14 size)
• Ideas and/or reference images for your prints
• Water soluble crayons - NOT pencils. The usual brand is Caran d’Ache. These can be purchased in small sets or even bought singly. More intense colors work best.
• Tube watercolors or gouache paint – inexpensive brands ok. Also available in single tubes (three primary colors okay).
• Speedball water based block printing ink, small tubes:
• 1 black small tube minimum
• Several colors depending on your preference (primaries are good for mixing).
• Speedball printmaking mediums (for rolling out ink):
• 1 small tube Extender (makes ink transparent)
• 1 small tube Retarder (makes ink dry more slowly)
• Available in the studio for purchase:
• Rives BFK printmaking paper – $5 for a large sheet
• Plexiglass plates of various sizes can be purchased and prepared in class with our tools – strongly suggest buying at least one.
• We have 8x10 plates to use during class time.

Session 2 Masks, Stencils and Trace Transfer

• In addition to the supplies for Session 1, you will also need:
• Mask and stencil materials, such as waxed paper, file folders, mylar, plastic folders or thin cardboard
• Lace or netting --flat textured items
• A craft or Xacto knife
• A drawing or visual reference to trace
• Thin paper such as printer paper

Session 3 -- Altered Prints -- using various papers (and printmaking discards!) to make new images

• Rice paper or other thin tissue or decorative paper in various colors - scraps or sample sizes
• Collage images to combine with prints if desired

Session 4 – Layering and Color Blending – using Daniel Smith inks(oil-based, water-soluable, intense colors, meant for multiple impressions) in combination with other techniques to build up layers of color.

• No new supplies– the studio has inks students can use for this session.

Session 5 – Layering and Color Blending Part II – your prints with oil-based ink from Session 4 can be layered with other techniques requiring soaked paper!

• We also have Gelli plates on hand for you to try. You can bring acrylic paints from home and/or use our studio supplies for this technique.
• No new supplies - bring what you would most like to work on, including collage materials and prints to alter.

Session 6 – Studio Time with instruction as needed!