Class Supply List

**All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged, but not required. These can be purchased at your first class.

Please also plan for:

• Plastic sheets to cover work
• Drywall board or plywood (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 
• Plastic trash bags (please bring 3 or 4 to first class, additional as needed)
• Old dish towel(s) for drying hands while throwing

• Medium grit sandpaper sheets (100 – 150 grit) – a few small sheets
• 2 or 3 Green Scotchbrite pads

**All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged, but not required. These can be purchased at your first class.

Please also plan for:

• Plastic sheets to cover work (dry cleaning bags or trash bags work great!)
• Drywall board or plywood (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 

*All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

Basic Hand Building clay tools are required. These can be purchased at your first class but does not include items such as:

• a slip/scoring tool
• a small knife such as a scalpel or paring knife
  
  

Since this class uses both clay as well as additional items to create assemblage work, you will need to resource much of what you want to incorporate into your pieces. In the class, we will discuss what items/ideas such as “found objects” that you will want to bring on a week by week basis to complete your projects.  In some cases, the instructor may have items for inclusion in your pieces and advise you if there is a small charge to purchase them.  We will discuss where and how you can find nearby shops, etc. to mine items for mixed media/assemblage work.

Please also plan for:

• Drywall board or plywood (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing.

*All students will need to purchase clay directly from the arts center.

A supply kit is also highly encouraged, but not required. These can be purchased at your first class. Please note this kit does not include:

• a slip/scoring tool
• a small knife such as a scalpel or paring knife
  
  

Please also plan for:

• Plastic sheets to cover work
• Drywall board or plywood (12×12 or 18×18 or 12×18) to dry work on. Hardware stores sell small squares of drywall.
• Newspaper to place work on for drying and for glazing 
• Plastic trash bags (please bring 3 or 4 to first class, additional as needed)
• Old dish towel(s) for drying hands while throwing

• Medium grit sandpaper sheets (100 – 150 grit) – a few small sheets
• 2 or 3 Green Scotchbrite pads

Please plan for:

Please plan for:

PAINTS:

Choose one or two mediums from this list:

• Acrylics (fast-drying, vibrant colors, good for beginners)
• Tempera (affordable, water-soluble, good for blending)
• Watercolor (transparent, washes create soft effects)
• Latex (common household paint, thick consistency)
  
  

BRUSHES:

• Round brushes (sizes 6, 10, 12) – for various applications, lines to washes
• Flat brush (size 1 inch) – for covering larger areas
  
  

OTHER SUPPLIES:

• Canvas panels or stretched canvas (in various sizes, please choose a size suitable for you)
• Watercolor paper (if using watercolor paints, 140lb cold-press recommended)
• Palette (for mixing paints)
• Charcoal 
• Cups or containers for water (if using water-based paints)
• Paper towels (for wiping brushes)
• Rags (for cleaning spills)
• Masking tape (optional, for creating clean lines)
• Regular HB Pencil and eraser (for sketching)
• Reference photos (optional, for inspiration)
• White latex/nitrile gloves. (These thin disposable gloves are designed for the medical industry, but they also have their place in the paint shop or home decorating kit.)

Please plan for:

• Sketch book (9″ x 12″ or 11″ x 14″ with at least 60 pages)
• Pencils: 3B, 6B, H, HB (at least one soft and one hard type pencil plus the H and HB)
• Gum eraser
• Kneaded eraser
• Soft eraser
• Pencil sharpener
• One large shopping paper bag (example here.)

Please plan for:

• Medium size sketch pad 11″ by 14″
• Sketching graphite pencils ranging from soft to hard (ie. 6B, 2B, HB, 2H, 6H)
• Charcoal pencils
• Vine charcoal
• Colored pencils
• Colored pens

Please plan for:

• Mixed media or similar thick paper (16″ x 20” or larger, 140 lbs or thicker)
• Canson (or similar) paper pad 14″ x 17” (you’ll need at least 90 lbs weight for creating collage papers)
• Various flat brushes  (1″, 1/2″, 1/4″) & a few round brushes of your choice
• Medium sized palet knife
• Rice paper or toddy paper — only a few sheets (optional)
• Oil pastels and/or water- based crayons like neocolor 2 (optional)
• Heavy gel matte medium 1: 16″ x 20” cradled wood panel (optional)
• Pallet paper (ex. Grey Scissors) (optional)

Please also plan for the following acrylic paints:

• white
• magenta
• cadmium red
• lemon yellow or cool yellow
• cadmium yellow
• phthalo blue or phthalo bluegreen
• ultramarine blue
• burnt umber

Please start thinking about fabrics or other paper or cardboard you may want to incorporate into a collage, even things like burlap, gauze or music sheets etc.