Acrylic Abstraction – Bold & Expressive Approaches
with Instructor Gwen Tooth

It is not necessary to have all of these supplies. Bring what you can and what you wish to work with.
 A basic set of paints, a few medium size canvas boards, a couple of hardware store brushes will get you started for about $100. Come to class and learn from everyone about options available.

Small sketchbook and sketching pens.  Pencils and assorted erasers.
Large solid water container with handle (4 litre size).
Latex or non-latex gloves.
Barrier cream for skin protection (optional).
Absorbent paper towels. Small plastic bags for your table garbage
Small colour wheel (optional).
2 plastic shower liners or tablecloths ( for table and floor under table).
Painting apron or smock.
Package of baby wipes for quick clean-ups.
Murphy`s Oil Soap for cleaning brushes.
Favourite brushes – a few cheap synthetic brushes from hardware store – 1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch.
Smaller brushes for detail – one flat, one round – not too small.
Large palette paper or Styrofoam meat trays to use and toss.
Small spray bottle for misting paints.
Two medium-sized palette knives – one pointed tip for paint application; one oval tip with spring for mixing paint.
Liquitex Glazing Medium – small size
Liquitex Modelling Paste;  Liquitex Heavy Body Gel

Jars of paint are preferable or bring large tubes if you have them. 2 or 3 colours of fluid acrylics.
Most brands are acceptable. Rheotech is the least recommended of student quality brands.
Liquitex and Golden are very good brands.  Buy what you can afford.

Colours:
Primary red
Primary blue
Primary yellow
Black
White
Optional: a second colour of red, blue, and yellow.  Good to have both a cool and a warm red, blue and yellow.
Any  other  favourite colours.
White gesso; black gesso

Various sizes and shapes of canvases – smallest 11 inches by 15 inches; largest 36 inches in any direction
 If working on paper, bring full sheets – at least 200 pounds in weight. (for example, Curry`s 200 lb. Water colour paper).  (Paint a coat of white gesso on paper before you come to the course)

Challenges of Painting Water in Acrylic
with Instructor Anna Kutishcheva

PAINTS: Artist Quality paint (not student grade)
Recommended brands: Winsor & Newton or DaVinci, Amsterdam Expert and WN Galleria.
French Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue
Winsor Blue or Phthalo Blue
Permanent Rose
Cadmium Red Light
Aureolin Yellow
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Opera
Turquoise Green (Amsterdam Expert)
Permanent green light
Permanent Magenta
Titanium white (preferred WN Artists')

CANVAS
I prefer stretched primed canvas or canvas board, at least 16"X20" - if possible

BRUSHES
Round brushes - #5, #8
Flat brushes at least 3 in different sizes 3/4", 1", 1.5", synthetic or synthetic/sable mix, with long filament
Bristle brushes, filbert 3/4", 1"
Liner brushes with long filament and good fine point (for watercolor and acrylic) #1, #2

MISCELLANEOUS
Palette for paints with a cover and large mixing areas
4 plastic containers with covers for large amounts of mixed paint
Paper towels
HB pencil
kneaded eraser
small sketch pad
masking tape

Master Class in Acrylic Workshop
with Instructor Didi Gadjanski

Acrylic colours:
The brand name of acrylic colours you could consider: Golden, Liquitex, & Stevenson's
Choice of palette is very personal but for the purpose of this workshop I suggest the following:
Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow medium,
Cadmium red medium, Alizarin Crimson, Quinacridone Burnt Orange
Ultramarine blue, Thalo blue, Cerulean blue, Antraquinone Blue
Black and White or other colours to suit your personal choice.
Colours can be liquid or tube consistency. I paint with liquid colours for most part, by pouring and manipulating it on the surface.

Painting surfaces:
Yupo paper, Terraskin paper, stretched canvas or
watercolour paper or board, if you wish.
3 surfaces with texture (over the whole surface) of your choice prepared in advance

Tools:
Taklon synthetic brushes, sponge brushes of various sizes, or any other brushes,
Brush sizes vary from #2 rigger to 4” wide flat with long Taklon or other synthetic bristle. Hog hair brushes are not suitable.
Palette knifes and spatulas,
breyers 3” or 3.5” wide (Speedball printing breyers are preffered for this workshop)
Textural fabrics and materials of your choice.
Golden Soft Gel for adhering collage material (or heavy gel)
Water media disposable palette   Water containers
Cleaning soap for brushes or Murphy’s Oil Soap, paper towels, Kleenex,

Optional:
Any textural acrylic or material such as tissue paper, acrylic gel, modeling paste, plastic netting gauze or such materials with which  you wish to experiment should be used to produce textural surface ahead of time or after the first class at home in order for surface to dry in time.  For expediency of image making textural surfaces should be prepared at home and brought ready to paint.

Reference material such as: your own photos and sketches, prepared in advance.
No Reference material will be available from instructor.

Creativity & Collage Workshop
with Instructor Janice Tayler

Many interesting effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Often, found objects are used in conjunction with traditional artist media, such as paints and graphite, to express a meaning in the everyday life. In this manner, many different elements of art become more flexible than with traditional artist media.

OIL with COLD WAX: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
with Instructor Janice Mason Steeves

-Cold Wax Medium-comes in 4oz., 16 oz and 1 gallon jars. 
I use Dorland’s Wax Medium (Available at Curry’s Oakville)
You can also use Gamblin Cold Wax Medium, which is available at Wyndham Art Supplies in Guelph and Above Ground Art supplies and Woolfitt’s in Toronto although I find it more grainy and thicker in consistency. It is easily available though.
-Assortment of oil paints (see below)
-Squeegee or Colour Shaper (see below)
-4” soft rubber brayer (I use the speedball brand)
-1 or 2 palette knives
-Cotton rags (LOTS)..cut up t-shirts or buy rags at a hardware store. Not flannel.
-Roll of paper towels
-Brushes- one or two soft pointed ones, or even some old ones that are worn out.
-Masking tape-the green kind that is easily removable for the edges of your panels, wide enough to cover the edges.
-Latex or vinyl gloves or protective cream for hands
-Paper Palette-12x16 or larger or freezer paper
-Apron
-Newspapers or newsprint 
-objects to use for creating texture (see below)
-small container odourless mineral spirits
-bottle of baby oil for cleaning up…great for cleaning brushes and rollers and hands.
-freezer paper to place between paintings to transport them home

OIL PAINTS:
Bring 10 or 12 of your favourite paints-include transparent, opaque, dark, light, warm and cool colours. Recommended: Zinc White, Titanium White, Alizarin Crimson, Transparent Iron Oxide, Raw Sienna, French Ultramarine Blue, Indian Yellow.

OPTIONAL
One or two oil paint sticks (oil paint in stick form..not pastels) R&F Encaustic or Kama Pigments are good.

PALETTE KNIVES:
Bring at least one palette knife. (or more if you have them). Try the trowel (offset) blade and the flat ones.

FOR TEXTURING:
To make textures in the oil/wax surface, bring along various implements and objects to create textures, such as, combs, a whisk broom, wooden BBQ skewers for drawing into the wax, string, netting, mesh, anything you can think of that would make an interesting texture. Fabric with a heavy, raised texture works well…try upholstery fabric.

A Comprehensive Approach to Landscape Painting in Oil
with Instructor Harold Frontz

• Drawing paper or sketchpads at least 6”X 8” and 80 pounds weight (I suggest Strathmore brand).
• Assorted sizes of small canvases or canvas boards for painting (e.g., 6”X8”, 8”X10”, 9”X12” and 11”X14”).  I suggest smaller sizes as students will be practicing techniques, not necessarily trying to complete finished paintings.
• An assortment of drawing pencils 2B through 6B.
• A quality soft eraser.
• Pencil sharpener.
• Oil painting kit (may be oil-based or water-based oils).  I strongly suggest that students do not use student-grade paints (e.g., Winton, Academy, Georgian, etc.).  My suggested list of basic colors include a warm and a cool of the primary colors, three convenience colors and white as follows:
• Ultramarine Blue                     Cerulean Blue
• Cadmium Red Deep                Cadmium Red Medium
• Cadmium Yellow Light            Cadmium Lemon
• Yellow Ochre                          Cadmium Orange
• Veridian                                   Titanium White

I have found that Windsor-Newton paints are very serviceable for most painting courses.

• Brushes (#2, #4, #6, #8 and a rigger brush for calligraphy).  The student may choose the brush type they are most comfortable with or an assortment of each type (i.e., filbert, flat, or bright).  I suggest bristle brushes rather than nylon.  Note that rigger brushes are typically made from an inexpensive hair or synthetic fiber.
• Odorless paint solvent.
• Paper towels.
• A ruler at least 12” long.
• Several photographs of landscape subjects that include trees, water, clouds, and ground planes for painting references.  Note: we will also paint outside if the weather permits.
• L-shaped paper or cardboard croppers.
• Easel (if not provided by the workshop organizer).
• Pad of paper for taking notes.
• Binoculars to assist with viewing demonstrations.

Ann Fullerton Watercolour Supply List

PAINTS:   Artist Quality paint (not student grade)  Recommended brands:  Winsor & Newton or DaVinci.

• French Ultramarine Blue
• Cobalt Blue
• Winsor Blue or Phthalo Blue
• Permanent Rose
• Cadmium Red Light
• Aureolin Yellow
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna
• Opera

PAPER:  For best results use good quality paper -

• Arches Bright White 140lb Cold Pressed - 1/4 sheet ( 11" x 14")

BRUSHES:

• Round brushes - #5, #8
• Angle or flat brushes 3/4", 1"

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Palette for paints with a cover and large mixing areas
• 2 plastic containers for water (yogurt, ice cream)
• Paper towels
• small spray bottle
• HB pencil
• kneaded eraser
• small sketch pad
• support for your paper (masonite, coroplast)
• masking tape