A MASTER SUPPLY LIST

 THE ARTS CAFE operates as a bring-your-own-supplies program. We provide this list as a master list - a dream list - as it were of all the wonderful supplies.  Many times there will be a need for more of one item than another. Start small, simple, and build as interest and opportunity allows. 

BASIC BEGINNING ART SUPPLIES

RECOMMENDED FOR EACH ART METHOD – A GENERAL IDEA OF THE TYPE OF MATERIALS USED

Drawing

Black and White Drawing

1. 3 or 4 quality ‘soft graphite’ drawing pencils: the 2B, 4B, and 6B.  

2. A regular #2(HB) pencil (buy in packages and they cost less)

3. A sketchbook (with good thick covers for support); but others will work

4. Several erases: a pink pearl, a vinyl eraser, and a kneaded eraser

5. High quality drawing paper of at least 11″ by 14″ but  8” by 10” works too

6. Vine charcoal

7. Compressed charcoal (black)

8. A blending stump or two

Color Drawing

1. Higher quality colored pencils if possible. The cost more but the results are nicer.  If price becomes an issue, buy a pack that contains less colors.  Be aware there can be wide variety of quality among companies selling ‘color pencils’ for art work. Some aim for the grade school market and are less quality.

2. Colored drawing paper.  Nice ones to try first are gray tones and the black.

3. Chalk pastels

4. Oil Pastels

5. Blending stumps

Watercolor Painting

1. A pan of watercolor cakes (the highest High Quality available) or a set of watercolor tubes-primary colors. Add some basic colors such as Paynes Gray (dark gray), Indigo blue, and Burnt Umber (brown)

2. A variety of nylon or sable brushes

3. An 11” by 14” or larger pad of paper designed and marked as suitable for “Watercolors”

4. A palette: can be a plastic mixing tray, a suitable tray, plate, or other item to  your taste

Acrylic Paint

1. A set of paints in primary colors (tubes) plus extra White, Gray and Burnt Umber

2. A variety of Nylon brushes

3. A palette: can be a plastic mixing tray, a suitable tray, plate or other item fitting your style

4. Assortment of stretched canvas or canvas board (larger boards can be better to begin; boards are  usually less expensive than the stretched canvas)

5. Floor or table top easel

Oil Painting

1. A set of oil paints in basic primary colors (tubes) plus additional Titanium White, Paynes Gray, blue, green, and Burnt Umber

2. Small bottle of linseed oil and then add paint thinner and cleaner

3. Several small glass bottles or jars (recycle kitchen jars)

4. A collection of several sizes of Bristle brushes and sable brushes

5. A disposable palette pad or paper plates to use to hold paints and serve as palette

6. Odorless mineral spirits

7. Several rags (old t-shirts and cotton cloth items work well)

8. Assortment of stretched canvas or canvas boards 

TIP: Clean brushes with Dawn liquid dish soap or common household hair conditioner. These do an able job of cleaning and conditioning most brushes and are much cheaper than retail ‘art’ products having the same ingredients.

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