Rise

mixed media painting class

supplies and tools

Below is a list of suggested supplies for the class. Clicking on the product images will take you to the Amazon shop for your country where applicable (affiliate links).

I particularly encourage you to look through your supplies (inks, paints, collage papers, pastels...) and gather anything that brings you joy!

 

Substrate

  • the project is done on a wooden substrate but you can do it in your journal, on a canvas or on watercoor paper.

BASIC TOOLS

  • Water + Spray bottle

  • Rags

  • Something to protect your surface (old towel, table-cloth, plastic bag...)

  • Something to protect your clothes (apron, old shirt...).

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

COLLAGE

  • Assorted paper scraps in white and neutral tones (tea bags, vintage papers, book pages, scrapbooking paper, tissue paper, printed napkins) for our background

  • A selection of images of wings (butterfly, dragonfly, bird…)

  • Assorted paper scraps in colors matching the image of your wings

  • Matte gel medium

Paints, inks etc.

For this project, I use white and neutral tones for the background. I then work with pinks, greens and some darks to add touches of color and contrast. I encourage you to use the colors that you love the most and that match the wings of your choice. You will find some of my favorites linked below.

painting TOOLS

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

  • An old plastic card (credit card, key card...)

  • A pair of scissors

PENS and pencils

  • Pigment liner or Black Posca pen

  • White posca pen

  • Other pens & pencils of your choice: Stabilo All, ballpoint pen, regular pencil…

  • Optional: a needle tool to scratch into the paint

 

Matte Gel Medium

White Gesso

Assorted Brushes

Black Stabilo All water-soluble pencil

White Posca

Heat Gun

Alcohol Ink (Shell Pink)

Neocolor 2 watersoluble crayons

Distress ink - Walnut stain

Distress Ink - Tattered Rose

Gold paint

Naples Yellow Light