Master Supply List Digital Camera or Camera on your Smartphone for sharing images Metal Ruler with cork backing (suggested) Painters Tape Drawing Pencils Ranging from 2H, H, HB, 2B, 4B Hand held Pencil Sharpener Gum Eraser, Kneaded Eraser Loose Drawing Paper Sketchbook for Visual Journaling (mixed media use paper, spiral bound is my favorite because you can lay it flat!) Rives BFK Paper (For our Painting Projects) Set of Acrylic Paint Brushes Acrylic Paint (My favorite brands are BASICS & Golden) In Red, Blue, Yellow, White, Black (these are the paints we will use the most, but you can purchase more pigments if you like, such as umbers, orchres, different blues & reds & yellows to choose your favorite type of each of these colors) choose the purest form of each pigment possible Gesso (needed for prepping our Rives BFK Paper for acrylic paintings) Larger Gesso Brush Sand Paper block with fine grit Black India Ink Black Construction Paper (this is the easiest to use, but you can always paint a square of drawing paper using India Ink or Black Acrylic) X-Acto Knife (suggested) Rubber Cement or other archival adhesive (suggested) Travel Water Color Set with Water Color Brushes Water Color Pencils Butchers Tray Painting Palette (suggested) Spray Bottle for Water to keep palette wet while painting with acrylic Containers for Water while painting Assorted Magazines for collage and Image collecting Clamp Light from Hardware store or reading lamp Egg or Ball for a study on the effects of light Printed Photograph of Self-Portrait Fine Tip Sharpie or Micron Pen Personal Objects for Self-Portrait via Still Life Drawing/Painting Board Rags (Cut up T-Shirts Work Great!) Newsprint Paper Spray Fixative (suggested) Vine Charcoal Compressed Charcoal Nature Objects collected in your area Needle & Thread in your favorite color Clear Packing Tape for Image Transfers (suggested) Gel Medium for image transfers (suggested) Scissors String Fabric Glasses, Jars, Vases for still life Dowel Rod for Relative Measuring Ribbon (go for one at least an inch wide that will hold some shape) Conte in Black, white, gray Flowers in Vase (Or Visit to some Botanical Gardens!) Slice of Cake for painting a still life Tracing Paper or Vellum