Basic Supplies

• Pencil and Pink Pearl eraser for sketching

• Newsprint paper 12x16 for creating your sketch so that it can be transferred at actual size

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Stencil with a pattern that you would like to incorporate into parts of the background. I have designed many fun background plattern stencils: Joggles Stencils

• Stencil Brush (best) OR Mini Ink Blender Tool background patterning with stencils

• Delicate Surface Painters Tape for masking areas when stenciling and adding metal leaf

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• 12x12 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a 12x12 cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers the set does not contain any blue other than teal, if you are a blue person you would want to add that color to your stash.

• Small container of Golden SoFlat Black or black gesso

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Water container, Paper Towels

•  Pad of Palette Paper for mixing paint, OR

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Optional Metallic Accents

1. Mona Lisa Gold SIMPLE Leaf on transfer papers,  plus Metal Leaf Adhesive  this is the basic metal leaf option

2. Optional soft bristle Gilding Brush for brushing away excess leaf without scratching the metal leaf, which is very easy to do. Otherwise bring a VERY soft, clean brush.

3. Other optional FANCY metallic products: DecoFoil, Gina K Fancy Foils, these are plastic metallic leaf product that comes in all kinds of colors, textures and patterns, they are EASY to use and fun! DecoFoil squeeze top adhesive, you can make swirly lines with this! Tacky-When-Dry-Gel Medium this is a gel based metallic leaf adhesive that you can spread through a stencil to apply metal leaf or Deco Foil in a stencil pattern. Note, Mona Lisa adhesive does not work with the plastic foil sheets, you need the DecoFoil proprietary adhesive.

4. Optional Deco Color Metallic Markers for simple metallic accents if you do not want to deal with metallic leaf sheets.

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors, this prevents color contamination.

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Look at the Long Stemmed Botanicals and repeating pattern squares

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, this is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

• Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few floral colors

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Painting Figures with Traci

• Un-stretched Canvas Substrate–Will Be Provided

• Hanger Frame You’ll need to have this for class for determining the border. Hanger frame size should be 18.5 or 19 inches depending on how much you would like it to over hang

• 9x12 Stencils designs by Traci Joggles Stencils and Elizabeth: Joggles Stencils we wiil have some for purchase at the venue. Traci will use her design, Within Reach for her demo.

• Traci’s Rice Paper Faces from Joggles if you prefer not to draw faces

• Amsterdam Acrylic Paints in Tubes (this set of colors) Plus Parchment or Unbleached Titanium

• Painters Tape 3/4” for masking a border

• Stencil Brush Sponge Roller or Makeup Sponges

• Sandpaper

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more!

• Paper Towels, apron

• Water Bucket bring your favorite or here’s a suggestions

• Spray Bottle any kind will do but this is a nice fine mist

• Water Wipes

• Skewer sticks, toothpick or just the back of your paint brush!

• Catalyst Wedge Tool Mini Blade or palette knife

• Fixatif for sealing your mark making

Gel Printing Collage Paper with Elizabeth

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set or other colors in 1oz containers for gel printing your papers. Consider your palette for your figure and bring paints that are going to work with both.
  NOTE: I do NOT use heavy body paints on the gel plate. Traci does NOT use Fluids to paint her figures. You will want to have both types of paint.

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors, this prevents color contamination.

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps fun on the gel plate and on the canvas with Traci optional

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, this is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color optional

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate. optional

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application with Elizabeth

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Mark Making with Traci and Elizabeth

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• Sharpie China Markers for black line work that does not smudge

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. Black and a couple of fun colors that match your color palette.

• Your Favorite Pencils, Traci will be using MegaColors and sharpener

• Vine Charcoal Sticks Traci loves these

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Frida reference image printed out to the size of your substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Eraser: Pink Pearl

• Dusting brush for removing eraser crumbs without smearing drawing, optional

• Black pastel sticks (NOT CHARCOAL) for drawing the portrait and Tortillions for blending Blending sticks are suggested for accuracy in the eyes and mouth, you can also use your fingers instead

• General’s Charcoal Pencil Extra Soft 6B this is for fine detail lines in the eyes only, be sure you have a good sharpener for it too.

• Chalk or white conté crayon, for sketching floral crown over black gesso

• Photo of Frida Kahlo (Head and shoulders) sized up to your substrate in black and white or color, non shiny paper. Choose one that will size up to what you need, one that is clear and easy to see the details. Consider a head and shoulders shot so that the features are bigger and easier to draw.

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
  16x20 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a 16x20 cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

• Water container, Paper Towels

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting your fashion elements and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Small container of Golden SoFlat Black or black gesso

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Water container, Paper Towels

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Ephemera Base Layer

• Spanish Ephemera for the background, sheet music, old letters, Spanish printed material, notes, post cards, postage stamps, etc. I suggest The Diary of Frida Kahlo, featuring, her own handwriting! There are LOTS of pages in this book and you might be able to share with someone in the class as you only need a little bit of it. You can also laser copy from it.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Variety of Found Papers sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

• Optional: the BIG Catalyst brush for the ephemera background, it’s a game changer for getting the background pieces down flat. OR flat sided Catalyst Wedge (white or gray) Silicone Scraper Tool

• Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Optional for Metallic Accents

1. Mona Lisa Gold SIMPLE Leaf on transfer papers,  plus Metal Leaf Adhesive  this is the basic metal leaf option

2. Optional soft bristle Gilding Brush for brushing away excess leaf without scratching the metal leaf, which is very easy to do. Otherwise bring a VERY soft, clean brush.

3. Other optional FANCY metallic products: DecoFoil, Gina K Fancy Foils, these are plastic metallic leaf product that comes in all kinds of colors, textures and patterns, they are EASY to use and fun! DecoFoil squeeze top adhesive, you can make swirly lines with this! Tacky-When-Dry-Gel Medium this is a gel based metallic leaf adhesive that you can spread through a stencil to apply metal leaf or Deco Foil in a stencil pattern. Note, Mona Lisa adhesive does not work with the plastic foil sheets, you need the DecoFoil proprietary adhesive.

4. Optional Deco Color Metallic Markers for simple/small metallic accents if you do not want to use metallic leaf sheets.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few floral colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Ireland: Whatever Floats Your Goat

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Reference photo sized up to fit your chosen painting panel size (see below) You can google “Old Irish Goat” and choose your perfect picture. You may also bring other types of goats, it’s up to you! I am going to suggest head and shoulder portrait type shots. Check your email for some reference images from me.

• Eraser: Pink Pearl Pencil and Eraser for sketching your image

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
  12x14 or similar size (choose your cropped reference image first) RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylics for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers The Old Irish Goats are gray/black/brown/white and the background can be greenery or the beach in Mulranny. Colors I like are Van Dyke Brown, Azo Gold, Titan Buff, Raw Sienna, Titanium White, Jenkins Green, Green Gold, Sap Green, Manganese Blue. Feel free to add other colors!

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few goat colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Building Your Book at Home

• One FULL SHEET of watercolor paper which you will receive directions on how to make into a book. NOTE some workshop hosts will provide the paper and we build the book in class, please see your workshop specific notes.

• Plastic gift card or credit card for scoring paper to tear

• Scor-Pal tool for creating the spine folds

• Double sided tape for the book spine NOTE, make your score 1/8 inch WIDER than your TAPE

• Scissors

  Watercolor Supplies

• Watercolors: I prefer Golden professional TUBE watercolors, they are vibrant and the best quality. My choice is Golden QoR as they give very VIBRANT and quality color. Purchase a set or individual tubes.

• Tube watercolor will need a plastic palette, portable box, or empty watercolor tin A set from Golden will come in a larger format open tin that you can use for mixing

• How many colors you need depends on your ability to mix color and we will go over color mixing in the workshop. Think about the colors of Egypt and nature. Be sure to have Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Phthalo Blue, Quinacridone Magenta, you can mix most colors from these basics.

• Pocket Field Sketch Kit this watercolor set can be used instead of the professional tube colors

• A set of travel brushes I find these are much nicer quality than water brushes but you can use either or what you have on hand. The travel brush set protects your tips and is very portable. Water brushes do not require a cup for water, travel brushes do.

• Small cup/container for water. Disposable is fine, or a collapsible that you can reuse

• Small 2.5 oz water spray bottle

• Sakura Micron Pen I prefer the 0.5 tip

• Pentel Mechanical Pencil I like this because you do not have to sharpen it

• Kneaded Rubber Eraser

• A handful of Vanity Fair dinner napkins or Viva paper towels or a cotton cloth

• Swedish Dish Sponge for cleaning your brushes

• Mesh Zip Pouch, Gallon Ziplock Bag, or similar for keeping your book and supplies together

Basic Supplies

• Pencil and Pink Pearl eraser for sketching

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Stencil with a pattern that you would like to incorporate into parts of the background. I have designed many fun background plattern stencils: Joggles Stencils

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• 12x12 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a 12x12 cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylics for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a bird colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Reference photos of small song birds in various sizes

• Eraser: Pink Pearl Pencil and Eraser for sketching your image

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your wood panels if you have

• The Boxes:
  Multiple small size wood panels specifically from Dick Blick One 16x16 and one 6x6, both gallery depth (1 7/8). These panels have only a 1/3 cradle edge, which gives more real estate inside the box.

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylics for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Painting Paper OFF the Gel Plate–Pick Some or Pick All

• Pipettes for a controlled splatter on your background

• Skewers, toothpicks, or the back of a thin paintbrush for scratching

• Palette knives with notched edges

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Assemblage Items–Pick Some or All

• Vintage Wooden Thread Spools you can source from Etsy or Ebay. You’ll want several of the same height and some different

• Vintage Buttons (or new) with holes through the front. You can source from Etsy or Ebay.

• Mini Clothespins

• Jute Twine for hanging thread spools OR

• Ribbon for hanging thread spools

• Eye Hooks for adding string/ribbon

• Keys for hanging on ribbon or incorporating into boxes

• Assorted Beads for embellishing twine or ribbon

• Silhouette Paper Birds for inside the shadow box, or make your own

• Adhesive Scrapbook Foam for raising elements up off the box

• Vintage Birds Rice Papers or old bird book pages or non glossy printed material

• Creative Cuts Laser Cut Shapes or make your own

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few bold colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Basic Supplies

• Purchase a BEHR tester paint sample from Home Depot called Dusty Olive (or VERY similar) Please bring the remainder of this paint with you!

• Chalk or white conté crayon, for sketching

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
  16x20 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a 16x20 cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few floral colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

This supply list is still under construction

Art in the Himalayas – Nepal 2027

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your sketch to the substrate

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Eraser: Pink Pearl

• Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or choose other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few bold colors

• Your Favorite Pencils, I like MegaColors and sharpener these do NOT need to be sealed

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Reference image sized up to your substrate in black and white or color, non shiny paper. Choose one that will size up to what you need, one that is clear and easy to see the details. Consider a head and shoulders shot so that the features are bigger and easier to draw.

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Eraser: Pink Pearl

• Dusting brush for removing eraser crumbs without smearing drawing, optional

• Black pastel sticks (NOT CHARCOAL) for drawing the portrait and Tortillions for blending Blending sticks are suggested for accuracy in the eyes and mouth, you can also use your fingers instead

• General’s Charcoal Pencil Extra Soft 6B this is for fine detail lines in the eyes only, be sure you have a good sharpener for it too.

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
  16x20 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on a 16x20 cradled wood painting panel that is already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Optional Metallic Accents

1. Mona Lisa Gold SIMPLE Leaf on transfer papers,  plus Metal Leaf Adhesive  this is the basic metal leaf option

2. Optional soft bristle Gilding Brush for brushing away excess leaf without scratching the metal leaf, which is very easy to do. Otherwise bring a VERY soft, clean brush.

3. Other optional FANCY metallic products: DecoFoil, Gina K Fancy Foils, these are plastic metallic leaf product that comes in all kinds of colors, textures and patterns, they are EASY to use and fun! DecoFoil squeeze top adhesive, you can make swirly lines with this! Tacky-When-Dry-Gel Medium this is a gel based metallic leaf adhesive that you can spread through a stencil to apply metal leaf or Deco Foil in a stencil pattern.

4. Optional Deco Color Metallic Markers for simple metallic accents if you do not want to deal with metallic leaf sheets.

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Small container of Golden SoFlat Black or black gesso for black hair

• Painting Brushes–please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with or I like Princeton Velvetouch

• Water container, Paper Towels

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Pre 3-Day Workshop Prep: Encaustic Effect Base Layer 

• Golden Extra Heavy Gel Matte  for creating the encaustic effect

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Interference Gold Fine  for adding that golden glow to the encaustic effect

• Palette Knife for mixing the medium and the paint together, or use a spoon

• Optional: the BIG Catalyst brush for the ephemera background, it’s a game changer for getting the background pieces down flat. OR flat sided Catalyst Wedge (white) Silicone Scraper Tool

• Ephemera: for the base layer. Old papers, book pages, sheet music, letters, envelopes, try to use all off-white

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few fashion colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Basic Supplies

1. Container of White Gesso for priming your wood panels and adding white halo effect. IF you are using pre-primed panels you can use white paint for the halo effect.

2. Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

3. Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

4. Reference images of four tropical fish sized up to 10x10 on standard copy paper.

5. White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

6. RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
   Four 10x10 RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas Wood Painting Panel Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on 10x10 cradled wood painting panels that are already primed and I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

7. Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Underpainting

1. Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

2. Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

3. Water container, Paper Towels

4. Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

5. Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Four Backgrounds

• Golden Extra Heavy Gel Matte for the encaustic effect, this can be optional. You may choose to do only two backgrounds, twice… or one background four times…

• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool for creating the vignette edge or a makeup sponge

• Golden Fluid Acrylics for adding a watery effect to the encaustic: I use manganese blue. For creating the white halo: I use titanium white or white gesso. For creating the painted pattern background: a variety of teal, blue, blue greens.

• Mona Lisa Gold SIMPLE Leaf on transfer papers,  plus Metal Leaf Adhesive and This can be optional – it’s fun for creating shiny bubbles my Dorothy Series stencils from Joggles featuring a lot of dots that work well as bubbles

• Optional soft bristle Gilding Brush for brushing away excess leaf without scratching the metal leaf, which is very easy to do. Otherwise bring a VERY soft, clean brush.

• Other optional FANCY metallic products: DecoFoil, Gina K Fancy Foils, these are plastic metallic leaf product that comes in all kinds of colors, textures and patterns, they are EASY to use and fun! DecoFoil squeeze top adhesive, you can make swirly lines with this! Tacky-When-Dry-Gel Medium this is a gel based metallic leaf adhesive that you can spread through a stencil to apply metal leaf or Deco Foil in a stencil pattern.

• Optional Deco Color Metallic Markers for simple metallic accents if you do not want to deal with metallic leaf sheets.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Variety of Found Papers sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few fish colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate. AND/OR Rice Paper Roll same paper as the 9x12 pad but on a roll!

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Texture Rubbing Plates

• Catalyst Wedges: Shape 3, Shape 2

• Punchinella or Sequin Waste

• Mini Ink Blending Tool plus Domed Refills to push paint through small areas of the stencil OR makeup sponges

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Basic Supplies

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate

• Reference photo sized up to fit your painting panel

• Ball point pen, or optional tracing stylus for transfer paper

• Eraser: Pink Pearl

• Dusting brush for removing eraser crumbs without smearing drawing

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• RIGID SURFACE, no stretched canvas
  Wood Painting Panel  Raw wood panel needs to be primed properly to prevent support induced discoloration: one coat of liquid gloss medium and then two coats of gesso. I’m working on pre-primed cradled wood painting panels so that I can wire and hang it without framing. You may like to work on a Canvas Panel or GessoBord or Mixed Media Canvas Board for a more economical surface as you get the hang of the process, this comes pre-primed so there is no need for gesso. 

• Container of Golden Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

Optional for Mark Making

• Stabilo Woodys pencils for adding some pops of color, lines, scribbles, marks, these are water soluble and blendable

• MegaColors and sharpener These do not need to be sealed and will write on most surfaces

• Posca Markers for making lines and patterns, these are opaque and permanent. I like the PC-5M size in a few landscape colors

• All-Surface Pencil graphite but will write on any surface

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!

Custom Designed Supplies for this Course:

Birds included in my video lessons: Cardinal, Bluebird, Oriole, Robin, Chickadee, Hummingbird, BlueJay, Finch
Available Art Foamies Bird and Branch Stamp sets include: Cardinal, Oriole, Robin, Bluebird and Flora Elements Pack

• Art Foamies Bird Stamps 10”LARGE for your underpainting sketch–You can sketch your birds and skip these if you like but they sure are FUN! There are FOUR bird stamps with branches which line up with four bird lessons in the course but you are not required to purchase the stamps, you can always sketch your birds, or use a combo of both. there are FOUR BONUS BIRD LESSONS included for you to work on at your own pace after the workshop, total of EIGHT BIRD PIECES in this series

• Art Foamies Flora Elements Pack for embellishing your birds

• Vulcanized red rubber post mark stamp set for adding vintage post marks to your ephemera backgrounds

• Art Foamies ink pads (or what you have on hand) for post mark stamps OR

• Archival Ink pads waterproof/fadeproof

• Art Foamies Scrap Buddies for inking up your 10” Bird stamps, load with your own paint

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly for use on the Gel Plate making collage paper

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly for use on the Gel Plate making collage paper

• Joggles Off-Paper Used Postage Stamps for the air mail effect on your backgrounds.

• Purchase Collage Paper and Ephemera Packs from my website if you like

Basic Supplies

• White Gesso plus Golden Liquid Gloss Medium for priming your raw wood panels if you have purchased a pre-primed surface (white) you are good to go.

• 10x10 Wood Painting Panel or Cradled Canvas Panel cradled so that you can add an envelope to the depth of the back (natural wood needs to be primed first with GAC-100 and two coats of gesso). Cradled canvas panels are primed and ready to go. We will be creating FOUR projects and you will have FOUR bonus lessons for a total of EIGHT 10x10’s. I am working on Fredrix Cradled Canvas Board, primed and ready to go

• Apron, Water container, Paper Towels, Biodegradable Water Wipes

Underpainting

• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint Florals set for underpainting and hand-painting your papers. I have created this set of colors specifically for florals, you may want to substitute or add other colors in 1oz containers

• Paint Brushes: please use what you have on-hand in your studio and are comfortable with. We are keeping it loose, using bigger brushes, nothing too small. This is a nice set for a good price.

• Paper Plates for mixing paint, or Pad of Palette Paper OR:

• Optional Masterson Sta-Wet Palette system, 12x16 size. This will save your paints for up to a week or more! AND I use the palette sheets in my collage work when I’m done mixing on them. (they are not shiny) please read the directions and prepare your palette sheet before the workshop and bring it in a ziplock bag.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this system and you can see why here.

• Graphite Transfer Paper for transferring your newsprint sketch to the substrate in lieu of using Art Foamies Bird Stamps in the eight projects, feel free to use a combination!

• Pencil, Pink Pearl Eraser, Drafting Brush for use with transfer paper

Ephemera Background

• Golden Heavy Gel Matte for the encaustic effect

• Golden Crackle Paste for weathered look

• Tracing paper pad for grunge edge effect

• Golden Black Gesso for black vignette edge

• Black Pastel stick for black vignette edge

• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool for sepia vignette edge

• Ranger Archival Ink Pad Sepia for sepia vignette edge and post stamps

• Golden Green Blue Interference Fluid Acrylic for the Hummingbird encaustic ephemera background effect

• Ephemera variety of found papers such as sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

Gel Printing

• Speedball Deluxe Brayer 6-inch for applying paint to Gel Plate– if you can get two, it’s better. One for warm, one for cool colors

• Gel Press Printing Plate the 9x12 is optimal but use what you have on hand, preferred next size down is 8x10 I would not work with anything smaller.

• Joggles Stencils Designed by Yours Truly, I will have some for purchase at the venue

• Joggles Foam Stamps Designed by Yours Truly or what you have in your stash

• Rice Paper 9x12 Pad  there are many different kinds of rice paper, the Sumi-E sketch pad is what I like the best, especially for working on the Gel Plate.

• Variety of Found Papers sheet music, maps, wallpaper, hand written notes, old book pages, hand made papers, dry waxed deli paper, a variety of thickness and textures. 

• Gallon Bags for bringing your papers home, divided by color

• Roll of clear, heavy duty packing tape to clean your Gel Plate.

• Princeton Catalyst Wedges for scraping patterns into paint on the Gel Plate, optional

Envelopes for the Back Side

• Glue Sticks

• Washi Tape (see top)

• Oversized Atlas Pages or maps or fun paper for hand-made envelopes

• Elizabeth St. Hilaire US Mail Themed Rice Paper designs (alternate to Tim Holtz Paper)

• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Collage Paper Typeset/Composer

• Tim Holtz Collage Ephemera packs

Antiquing Paper

• Instant Coffee for making papers look vintage

• Vinyl Lace Placemats for adding pattern to vintage paper effect

Collage Application

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium OR Golden Soft Gel Gloss this is the collage glue, I use gloss because it keeps the colors more vibrant and rich, matte products tend to dull back the intensity of your colors

• Glue Brush Princeton Catalyst short handle #8 filbert the only brush I use for glue application.

• Optional: the BIG Catalyst brush for the ephemera background, it’s a game changer for getting the background pieces down flat. OR Catalyst Wedge (white) silicone scraper tool

At Home After the Workshop: Signing Your Work

• Posca PC-1MR Point fine opaque pant pen

• Or use whatever lightfast, permanent, fine point tool you might have in your studio!