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Dear Parents/Artists,
After years of trial and error using several different
types and brands of art supplies, I have tried to find what
tends to work best (and what doesn't work well) for most of
my students. I have compiled a list of necessary supplies for
beginning artists in several mediums, listing recommended brands
in order of my preference. I have chosen all of these products
with the beginner in mind. Although other brands may be convenient,
more expensive, or less expensive, please realize that they
may be more frustrating for the beginning student to use. I
have selected these products based on their quality, ease of
use, and price for beginning artists. Once an artist has had
the opportunity to establish basic skills in their chosen mediums,
they may wish to try different brands to see what suits them
best. I would be more than happy to suggest other mediums and
brands for the developing artist to experiment with when they
are ready.
Please check with the instructor before purchasing
any of the optional supplies, to make sure that the student
is ready to try a new medium. All of these mediums use some
of the basic concepts and techniques used in drawing, so the
instructors like to make sure that the student has a good understanding
of these before moving on to other mediums to make the learning
process a little easier. You may also want to speak with the
instructor about the different mediums to see which would suit
the student best.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Thank you!
Carey-Lynn Melnychuk
Gail Adams School of Art
All of these supplies are available at
Colors or at Art Placement; some are also available at stores
carrying school/office supplies. To save you some time and
running around, I have given this list of supplies and brands
to both art supply stores. Colors will give our students a
20% discount on all art supplies.
Colours Art &
Framing
405 2nd Ave. N.
665-4911
www.artistsupplies.com
Art Placement
228 3rd Ave. S
Back lane entrance
664-3931
www.artplacement.com
Email: supplies@artplacement.com
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| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Pad of good quality drawing paper, approx.
11x14 |
Strathmore/any other good quality drawing
paper (not "sketch"), white |
Pad of newsprint, approx. 11x14 or slightly
larger |
Any brand |
2 HB pencils |
Staedtler/Derwent/any other brand |
2 white erasers |
Staples brand
/Staedtler Mars Plastic
(reg. Size) |
Roll of tape |
Scotch Magic tape, green label, wide (19
mm.), in plastic dispenser |
6B graphite stick |
General's/Cretacolor, wide, rectangular stick |
2 red pencils |
Verithin/Sanford Col-erase/Berol Eagle/Ticonderoga |
Smooth board, larger than drawing paper |
Canvas board, 12x16 or larger/any other smooth,
hard, flat surface |
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| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Small, assorted set chalk pastels, 12-24
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Pro-art/Demco semi-soft/Holbein (fr. Art
Placement)/Nu-pastel |
Small, assorted set pencil pastels, 12-24
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Carb-othello |
Sheet of pastel paper (not a pad) |
Canson/Degas |
Can of pastel fixative spray |
Lascaux/Krylon, workable, matte finish |
Any extra individual pastel colors for each
specific picture |
Carb-othello pencils/Holbein chalk pastels
(fr. Art Placement) |
| *Take your picture into the store
with you to select paper color and individual colors. |
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| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Large assorted set of colored pencils, 24-36
or larger |
Prismacolor/Derwent/Laurentien |
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| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
2 sheets of scratchboard, any size (buy more
as needed) |
Claybord black/scratchboard sheets |
Size 112 scratch knife blade with holder |
Speedball |
Black ink brush pen |
Pigma brush pen |
Soft cloth |
Any kind |
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| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Small round watercolor brush, size #4
(taklon)
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Any good quality watercolor brush |
Round watercolor brush, size #10
(taklon)
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Any good quality watercolor brush |
Flat or flat slanted brush (taklon), ¾ or 1 inch |
Any good quality watercolor brush |
Watercolor paper pad, 140 lb or heavier, approx. 9 x 12, or 10 x 14 |
Cotman/any other good quality, cold-pressed
watercolor paper |
White plastic palette
with paint wells & large mixing space |
Any kind |
Roll of paper towel |
Any kind |
Sealable container with water |
Any kind |
Watercolor tubes (can be hue): Permanent rose; Cadmium red light; Cadmium yellow light.; Yellow ochre; Cerulean blue (not Academy brand); Ultramarine blue; Indigo; Burnt umber; Burnt sienna; Viridian green; Ivory black
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Cotman/Grumbacher Academy |
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Can be purchased at Colors or Art Placement
| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Acrylic paint tubes (can be “hue”): Alizarin crimson; Cadmium red medium; Cad. Yellow medium; Yellow ochre; Ultramarine blue; Cerulean blue; Burnt umber; Burnt sienna; Viridian green; Ivory black, Titanium white |
Grumbacher/Winsor & Newton/Colors or any other
good quality student/artist grade acrylic tube paints
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2 Canvas boards/stretched, any size (buy more as needed)
(taklon)
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Any kind
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Small round acrylic brush, size #4
(taklon)
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Any good quality watercolor brush
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Round acrylic brush, size #10
(taklon)
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Any good quality watercolor brush
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Flat or flat slanted brush (taklon), ¾ or 1 inch |
Any good quality watercolor brush
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Pad of paper palette |
Any kind
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Roll of paper towel |
Any kind
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Supply List Available to Download (PDF, 2.5 Mb)
Can be purchased at Colors or Art Placement
| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Pad of good quality drawing paper, coil bound, approx. 11x14 (or 9x12) |
Strathmore/any other good quality drawing paper (not “sketch”), white
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Pad of newsprint, same size as drawing paper or slightly larger |
Any brand
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HB pencil |
Staedtler/Derwent/any other brand
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White eraser |
Staples brand/Staedtler Mars Plastic (reg. size)
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Roll of tape |
Scotch Magic tape, green label, wide (19 mm.), in plastic dispenser
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6B graphite stick |
General’s/Cretacolor, wide, rectangular stick
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Red pencil with thin, hard lead |
Verithin/Sanford Col-erase/Berol Eagle/Ticonderoga
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Smooth board, larger than drawing paper
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Canvas board, slightly larger than drawing paper/any other smooth, hard, flat surface
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Also bring daily: backpack, water bottle, comfortable shoes
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Optional: nut-free snack, hat, sweater/jacket, wear sunscreen & bugspray |
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Bagged lunch to eat on premises
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Full
Supply List Available to Download (PDF, 2.5 Mb)
Can be purchased at Colors or Art Placement
| Supplies |
Recommended Brands |
Pad of good quality drawing paper, coil bound, approx. 11x14 (or 9x12) |
Strathmore/any other good quality drawing paper (not “sketch”), white
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HB pencil |
Staedtler/Derwent/any other brand
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White eraser |
Staples brand/Staedtler Mars Plastic (reg. size)
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Also bring daily: backpack, water bottle, comfortable shoes
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Optional: nut-free snack, hat, sweater/jacket, wear sunscreen & bugspray |
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Bagged lunch to eat on premises |
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