Most of our classes will begin with a pencil drawing lesson directly on the paper or canvas so that we can progress into the appropriate color steps without having to redraw our animal.  Please be sure to check our classroom page postings each week for supplies needed for the upcoming class so that you can help your child gather those before class time.   

**SKETCHING SUPPLIES:
For many of our painted projects, we begin with a pencil sketch directly on stretched canvas, canvas panel/board, or acrylic/canvas paper or even on watercolor paper.  Please watch for supply notes before each class.  

**REGULAR DRAWING SUPPLIES  
Bring the following to every class unless otherwise posted in our classroom page:
Pencil, Eraser, Sharpener
Paper (8”X10” OR 9”X12” sketchbook or drawing paper)
Coloring Tools (crayons, colored pencils or twistable versions of either of those)
Tip:  Please do not bring markers to class; they are not well-suited for blending and shading possibilities.

**SPECIAL DRY DRAWING SUPPLIES THAT MAY BE REQUESTED FOR A FEW LESSONS:
Kneaded Eraser and thin, soft Vine OR Willow Charcoal Sticks & Charcoal Pencils
Soft Chalk Pastels
Oil Pastels


**SUPPLY LIST for OCCASIONAL ACRYLIC PAINTING:
ONE 8"x10" or 9”x12” White ACRYLIC PAINT SURFACE (See Several Options Below):
Stretched Canvas, Canvas Panel/Board, or Acrylic Canvas Paper
(What are the differences? . . . Stretched Canvas has primed (coated white) canvas stretched over a wooden frame & stapled to the wood.  Canvas Panel/Board feels more solid like the canvas is mounted/glued to a stiff cardboard.  Acrylic Canvas Paper is thick, coated paper that is flexible but won't warp and tear as easily as other papers and comes in a pad of multiple sheets.) 

ACRYLIC PAINTS:   (not tempera, not watercolor, not oil)
I suggest a variety of different colors including Blue, Red, Yellow, White & Black plus also Green, Orange, Purple & Brown although your child may not choose to use all of the colors.  (Thicker acrylic paint in tubes are the best consistency for our painting techniques.  If possible, try to avoid using the thinner acrylics in plastic bottles that sound watery when shaken.)  

PAPER PLATE to use as a paint palette. (Optional to use a plastic paint palette instead or even a disposable pie tin)

ACRYLIC PAINT BRUSHES in a variety of sizes.  Include a couple of medium size ROUGH Flat Brushes (looks like a square on the tip but bristles are rough and a little prickly to the touch.  Also include a couple of very small SMOOTH Acrylic Brushes (1 very small Round brush like a pencil tip shape and 1 slender Flat Square Shape)  Please avoid brushes that are flimsy and bend when put under a stream of water. (Those are watercolor brushes instead of acrylic brushes.)

WATER in a metal can, plastic cup or glass jar.
PAPER TOWELS


**PAINTING SUPPLIES for OCCASIONAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING:
pencil, eraser, sharpener
9"x12" Watercolor Paper (or or 8”x10”)
A set of Watercolor Paints (just a simple set of 8 or 16 colors
A few Watercolor Paint Brushes in different sizes
Water in an open cup, can or jar
Paper Towels
Oil Pastels in a variety of colors (be sure they are NOT the type that can be blended with water--it would say it on the package if it is) (Crayons are an OPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION for oil pastels.)