In-Studio

Mixed Media with a Dash of Realism

Instructor: Ruth Adams

• Paper towel

• Garbage bag

• Small paint roller

• Selection of paints, brushes, pallet knives, old credit cards or rubber ribs, sponges

• Acrylic paints (a good selection of paints and gloss medium and any other acrylic mediums you may have)

• Pages from old book (preferably aged and yellowed, or could be made to look that way with soaking in coffee)

• Perhaps old maps

• Any other interesting collage papers

• Tissue paper

• 2 canvas or wooden panel any size (artist’s choice)

• Reference images of either animals, plants or flowers (I will bring reference images, but people may want to bring their own)  

 In-Studio

Sparkling Highlights and Luminous Shadows: Oil or Chalk Pastels

Instructor: Judy Russill

• Sketchbook

• 2B/4B pencil

• Plastic eraser

• Gum eraser (for chalk pastels)

• Masking tape

• Rags/ paper towels for cleaning hands

• Mask (if sensitive to dust)

• Sketching paper

• Old bristle brushes (Size 2 to 4)

• Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper – DO NOT PURCHASE but if you have this, it is excellent for practice and thumbnail sketches

• Personal photo reference – select a picture that SPEAKS to you with excellent lighting and strong shadows

***IF USING SOFT CHALK PASTELS***

Soft chalk pastels – Nupastel by Prismacolour - as large a set as you can afford. The whole pastel painting can be completed with these which are available at 10% off at the Medicine Hat College bookstore. Sennelier, Unison, Rembrandt, and Schmidke are wonderful to work with but not necessary in trying out this medium as they are quite expensive. Available in sets or Schmidke individually at The Paint Spot for $8.95 each. The instructor will make her soft pastels available for use.

Pastel pencils – General’s, Conte, Or Caran d’Ache in white, black, sand, violet, ultramarine blue are useful. Sets of inexpensive General’s pastel pencils are available at Michael’s with a coupon. Individual Conte Pastel Pencils or Caran d’Ache are available in art supply stores in Calgary, Edmonton or on the Internet. Complete soft chalk pastel paintings can be completed with pastel pencils. If planning to share the cost of shipping, check out “The Paint Spot”.

Please do not buy any chalk pastels other than these brands.

Pastel paper – U-Art, Pastel Premier - all sanded pastel boards which need to be secured to Matboard or Illustration Board. Illustration board is available at the MH College Bookstore. Sand, white, or navy available from the instructor - 9” x 12” for $10.00 each, or 12” x 18” for $18.00 each.

***IF USING SOFT OIL PASTELS***

Oil pastels – Gallery, Monte Mart (HomeSense), Paul Ruebens are inexpensive for a set of 24 to 50 and provide a good colour selection and these brands are reasonably colour stable. Available on the Internet for under $50.00. Sennelier, Neopastel (by Caran d’Ache) are expensive but buttery soft with excellent colour stability. Available on the Internet. Individual colours and sets are available at: “The Paint Spot” (Edmonton).

Pastel paper – Pastelmat is an excellent oil pastel surface allowing numerous layers, also needs to be secured to Matboard or Illustration board. Sand, wine, dark blue, and light blue available from the instructor - 9” x 11.5” for $10.00 each or 11 1⁄2” x 11 1⁄2” for $18.00 each. Oiled water-colour paper (treated for oil pastels) is also a choice.

 In-Studio

Glorious Waterfalls: Celebrating Alberta’s Beauty

Instructor: Heather Pant

• 1 box of 24 tubes of acrylic paint (22 mL)

• 1 canvas 15” x 30”, either 1-inch depth or 1.5-inch depth

• 4 pack brushes that include 1-inch angle brush, ½-inch angle brush, #2 liner brush, and a 2- or 3-inch wide flat brush for underpainting

• Apron – optional, but a good idea

Feel free to bring any of the listed supplies you already have – they do not have to be exact, but close!

In-Studio

Sunflower Craze: A 2-Day Acrylic Painting Workshop

Instructor: Theresa Eisenbarth

Sketching Materials:

• Willow charcoal, pencils, and erasers are used to sketch the initial layout.

• White chalk for layout corrections.

• A sketchbook or a notebook

• Tracing paper (if you need it for layout)

Reference Images:

• A photo reference for this class will be provided for the project. Everyone will work from one or two examples of sunflowers I provide to students.

• An iPad (if you have one) for editing photos (but not necessary if you don't have one, you can use your phone)

Acrylic Paints:

• A basic set of Liquitex or GOLDEN acrylic paints in PROCESS colours (Process Magenta, Process Cyan and Process Yellow) and essential tones (Titanium White, Process Black) for mixing. A necessary six-pack of Liquitex or GOLDEN HEAVY BODY is another good brand. The brand TRI-ART is great too, and can also be ordered online

•  1 gloss medium (DO NOT BUY retarder)

Bring what you have for other paints, mainly if you have attended my class previously. I use a variety of Golden Acrylic Fluids in my demos.

Brushes:

• Assorted brushes in various sizes (small, medium, and large) – 2 flat brushes for broad strokes and detailing, 2 angle brushes, 1 round brush for fine details, and a medium-sized filbert brush for blending

Palette:

• A palette paper for mixing and blending colours

• Stay Wet palette

Canvas or Canvas Board:

• 2 stretched canvases, canvas boards or a birch cradleboard (1 of each will do as well) in 11”x 14” or 12” x 12” size. (Consider the size – more significant means more time to finish the project comfortably)

• 1 canvas pad (or at least six sheets for practice). You can buy an acrylic canvas pad of sheets, as this works for practicing.

• 2 small paint panels (Fredrix is a good brand). No larger than 9” x 12” or 10” x 12”

Surface Preparation:

• 1 Gesso (a primer to prepare the canvas surface)

Clean-Up and Maintenance:

• Water container

• Blue shop paper towels

• A dog pee-pad – YES!!! Suitable for cleaning your brushes for dry brushing

Protection and Comfort:

• Apron or painting shirt to protect clothing from paint splatters

• Palette sealable bags – optional; but helpful in preserving leftover mixed colours for the next session

Extras for Creativity:

• 1 green painter’s tape – used to create clean edges or define specific areas on the canvas.

• Spray bottle

Bring a HUGE smile :)

 In-Studio

Watercolour Playbook Part 2

Instructor: Cindy Shropshire

• Canson 7”x10” – 140 lb watercolor coil bound (or similar). Use last year’s if possible

• Watercolor paints - basic beginner tube paints, Payne’s grey

• Watercolor brushes - approximately 1 each of round brushes (fine-(3/0); medium-10; large-20) and 1 each of square brushes (small, medium and large)

• Pencil

• Kneaded eraser

• Masking tape

• Ceramic palette/tile

• Water container

• Spray bottle

• Additional from last year: masking fluid, white gouache, black & white gel pen, graphite paper

 IN-STUDIO

Introduction to Linocut Workshop

INSTRUCTOR: Janine Samuelson, Press and Relief Studio

All materials included.