mini abstracts

mixed media painting workshop

suggested supplies

Below is a list of suggested supplies for the class. Don’t hesitate to use what you’ve already got, and add any other materials that inspire you!

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Substrate

  • Heavy watercolor paper (300gsm / 140lb or more) cut into small squares.

  • Masking tape

  • A board (wood, cardboard...) to tape your paper squares.

watercolor paper

masking tape

BASIC TOOLS

  • Water jar

  • A piece of cloth / rag

  • Your choice of paintbrushes, including a medium-sized flat brush for collage

  • Some painting tools: palette knife, plastic card, brayer...

  • Optional: Craft heat gun (embossing tool) to speed up drying

Assorted Brushes

Heat Gun

COLLAGE

 

  • Matte gel medium

  • For all the projects, a few paper scraps in neutral tones (bookpages, sheet music, leftovers from past projects)

  • For the imaginary landscapes project: a stash of images and materials that inspire you. Look for what you already have and love, print images from the web, cut them out from magazines, pieces of fabric, tissue, left-overs from past projects etc.

  • For the color challenge project: a few paper scraps in the color you've decided to work with (tissue, wrapping paper, mulberry paper, magazine pages, personal photos)

  • For the magazine abstracts project: a favorite magazine with inspiring images. You will use one page as inspiration for the color palette of your mini studies (it doesn't have to be floral like mine). If you don't have a magazine, you can look for an inspiring image online. The most important is that you love its colors. You will also need assorted collage materials in colors that match the atmosphere of your magazine page.

Matte Gel Medium by Liquitex

 

colors

Supplies of your choice to add color. There is no right or wrong here, just use what you've got, what already feels good to you. It can be:

  • Watercolors

  • Acrylic paints (heavy body or fluid)

  • Acrylic inks or other kinds of ink

  • Neocolor II watersoluble crayons

  • Pitt Artist pens

  • Alcohol inks

 

Pitt Artist Pens

watercolors

Necolor II

Acrylic Paint Naphtol Red Medium

Acrylic Ink -Naphtol Crimson

 

Other Supplies

  • Pens and pencils of your choice

  • A black Stabilo All water-soluble pencil

  • White gesso

  • Water resistant fine tip pens for journaling: I like white and black Posca pens, black or brown Pitt artist pens with a fine tip, and regular pencils.

  • Optional: a few stamping materials like bubble wrap, shelf-liner, a text stamp etc + ink pad

  • Optional, for the Tiny Art, Big Magic project: something golden or metallic to make your little artworks shine! Gold acrylic paint, Pan pastel or gold foil are all good options.

  • Optional, for the Tiny Art, Big Magic project: a brown inkpad or Pitt Artist pen

Gold pastel

Black Stabilo All

White Gesso

Posca Pens set