In addition to a computer with internet connection, printer, scanner and digital camera, you need the following supplies:
Art Materials
- HB Pencil
– Package of 2
- Hard Plastic Eraser (or vinyl eraser)
- See through Plastic Ruler
- Hand-Held Pencil Sharpener
- Ream of A4 Bond Paper (or normal printing paper) – Buy from a Stationery Store
- High Quality Smooth Watercolour Paper
(IT MUST BE Hot Press and at least 300gsm / 140lb or heavier) – Recommend the 9″ x 12″ pad so it will (nearly) fit on your scanner.
- Professional Artist Acrylic Paint
– Tubes (JO SONJA’s ARTIST ACRYLICS are highly recommended) – You’ll need all of the colours listed here below…
- Ultramarine Blue
- Pthalo Blue
- Napthol Crimson
- Napthol Red Light
- Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Carbon Black
- Titanium White
- Dioxozine Purple
- Trans Magenta
- Burnt Umber
- A Square Canvas
- Taklon Round Brushes
- Small round Taklon brush size 0
- Medium round Taklon brush size 4
- Flat Taklon brush size 8
- Hog Hair Brushes
- 4 x flat Hog Hair brushes size 2 (Dick Blick lists this as size 6 or 6/32 wide)
- 2 x flat Hog Hair brushes size 4 (Dick Blick lists this as size 8 or 8/32 wide)
- A wide good quality varnishing brush
(3″ wide brush recommended this is optional if you wish to varnish your painting)
- OPTIONAL (if you choose to varnish your painting) –
Acrylic Varnish
From the Supermarket or General Store
- Paper towel (for cleaning your brushes on)
- Plastic plates (to use as a stay-wet palette)
- A flat sponge (to place on the plastic plate)
- Baking paper (non-waxy) named ‘Glad Bake’ in Australia (to place paint on to prevent it from drying out too fast when using small quantities of paint)
- 4 Iceblock trays (for mixing and storing paints – the deeper and larger the squares the better)
- 2 large snap lock plastic bags (to prevent the paint in your iceblock tray from drying out in between painting sessions)
- Wooden pop sticks or plastic paint mixer
- Cotton buds (or Q-tips)
- Cotton balls (used wet and squeezed-out to remove any larger areas of wet paint that is not where you want it to be)
Things from around the Home
- An ice-cream container with about two inches of water in the bottom
- An old rag such as a face-cloth or hand towel (for wiping your wet brushes on)
- Newspaper to protect the surface that you are painting on
- Tomato sauce bottle or something similar to use to add water in slow drips to your paint mixtures. Make sure the bottle has a steady drip so you can control the amount.
