Art Supplies

Drawing:
Alphacolor Char-Kole compressed charcoal - one box
Vine Charcoal (soft) 3 sticks
Charcoal Pencil:  medium softness
Prismacolor Nupastel 12 color set
t-shirt rag cut into 6 or 8" squares
Kneaded Eraser
Stadtler Plastic Eraser
18" x 24" White Drawing Paper (Canson or Strathmore)
Bull Clips
Single-edged Razor Blade
Sand paper
Plastic Water Containers (yoghurt cups work fine) - 4
Hardcover or soft-cover Canson Sketchbook 8.5 x 11 or 9 x 12 or 3-ring binder with
    Blank paper – some should be sketchbook quality.
Micron waterproof ink pen size .01 (black)
Pencils:  HB (#2 regular pencil); 4H (hard) and a 4B (soft)
Travel sized pencil sharpener
Prisma Color 12 color set of colored pencils
Water bottle (small) and spray bottle (small)
Blue 3M Delicate surface painters tape
Exacto knife or scissors
Glue Stick
Workable Spray Fixative
Watercolor Painting
Plastic Water Containers
Color Round Plastic Covered Palette for Watercolor (on-line at Cheap Joes.com)
Small sponge for cleaning the palette
Utrecht Brush Set for Watercolor (includes a ¾” flat, a #2 round and a #8 round) 
                   (on-line at Utrecht.com)
Small package of tissues
Holding Supplies
Container to hold drawing supplies.  You can get a used tackle box or Tupperware box at Goodwill
Daypack to carry your field guide, lunch, sketchbook and drawing supplies.  Your regular daypack is fine.
Portfolio to hold art work. (23 x 31) is a good size.  You can also make one out of recycled cardboard.

Note:  The program will supply paper and book board for in-class projects, India ink, ink brushes, bone folders, cutting boards, watercolor pigments and newsprint for life drawing.  Students may need to purchase additional supplies for expressive projects.