Intro to Collage Painting supply list and info for students
Welcome to Intro to Collage Painting!
Materials List:
👉🏽 2 or 3 canvas boards or canvases in sizes you like, up to about 24 inches (smaller is fine)
👉🏽 3 – 6 paint brushes in a variety of sizes, up to 1 inch wide. For acrylic paints, bristle brushes or synthetic are best. (Avoid super soft watercolor brushes.)
👉🏽 acrylic paints in at least 4 colors: red, yellow, blue, and white. More specifically, you can look for:
> cadmium yellow
> cadmium red or alizarin crimson or quinacridone magenta
> phthalo blue
> titanium white
> other colors you like or already have; 2 to 4 oz tubes or jars should be enough
👉🏽 for palettes, I use plastic yogurt lids and will bring a supply of them. You can bring a few of your own if you’d like, or a waxed palette pad or other type of palette if you have one.
👉🏽 magazines or old books that are ok to tear up; ticket stubs, interesting junk mail, or anything that appeals to you as collage material. (I’ll be bringing a collection as well.)
👉🏽 matte medium and/or gel medium; I’ll be providing several types for you to experiment with. If you have no idea what these are, no worries! I’ll show you in class.
👉🏽 an empty jar or plastic container for water to rinse brushes
👉🏽 a small tarp, tablecloth, or sheet of plastic to cover your table area. Acrylics are permanent and we want to leave the classroom in the great shape we will find it in.
👉🏽 an apron or paint smock, or wear clothes that can get stained with paint.
If you’re brand new to painting and collage and don’t have all of the materials, don’t worry. You’ll see what they are on the first day and can then plan what you want/need to get. Once we get into our artwork, you may think of other things you want to bring from home to incorporate into your collage paintings.
Other Notes:
Aside from learning techniques, we will practice being kind to ourselves (and others, of course, but that’s the easy part) in the process. I aim to create an environment where you feel safe and free to experiment and try new things.
Each class session will include a demonstration or exercise of a specific technique, then plenty of time to work on personal projects. I’ll suggest ideas and prompts for your projects, as needed.