EXPLORING ACRYLIC & MIXED MEDIA PAINTING Instructor: Nancy M. Grigsby

SUPPLY LIST- this looks like a huge list, but you have many of these materials already at home MATERIALS:  White gesso (doubles as white paint)  Acrylic medium: either gloss (shiny) or matte (dull)  Hard molding paste (small jar)  Palette knife (the inexpensive plastic “set” is perfect)  1 or 2 small Glad plastic jars with lids  2 small spritz bottles (one with water, one with rubbing alcohol)  Scissors  1 or 2 two-oz. needle-tip applicators (small squeezable bottles with needle-nose tip)  Paraffin wax (in canning section of grocery store) or white taper candle  1 or 2 rubber stamps (usually used for scrapbooking or card making)  1 plastic-sheet stencil of numbers, letters and/or shapes that appeal to you  White freezer paper (grocery store) or palette paper (artist’s supply)  Clear packing tape (3M Brand works best)  Large water container (a gallon pitcher or small bucket)  Paper towels, drawing pencil, kneaded or plastic eraser, masking tape  At least 2 sheets white tissue paper  At least 3 black & white inkjet copies of photographs that you like; a newspaper; a magazine (glossy) and -- if possible -- an old non-glossy magazine like “Country Gentleman”  Inexpensive plastic tarp/plastic tablecloth to cover your work table and plastic grocery store bag that will be taped to your table as your personal garbage container  Piece of bubble wrap/plastic wrap/old comb...your choice for creating texture  2 large WHITE plastic garbage bags (like “Glad” garbage liner bags)  Notebook or sketchbook for taking notes and planning paintings  Small objects like shells, pressed leaves/flowers, old coins or outdated foreign currency, Scrabble tiles…anything that appeals to you  Black caran d’ache crayon or watercolor pencil  Fine-point permanent black ink pen (I use Faber-Castel PITT Artist Pens) PAINT: I prefer Golden Acrylics. However, any good professional-quality acrylic paint is okay. Fluid acrylics come in 1 oz. and 4 oz. sizes. The small size should be enough for a two-day workshop. (Tube acrylic paints will work although results with some techniques are not as successful.) Get at least 1 red, 1 blue and 1 yellow of your choice plus Titan Buff and Paynes Gray.  Blues: Ultramarine Blue; Pthalo Blue (green shade); Cobalt Teal; Cerulean Blue  Reds: Quinacridone Red (cool); Pyrole Red (warm); or Napthol Red (“cherry” red)  Yellows: Hansa Yellow Opaque or Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue  Misc. colors: Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold; Burnt Umber Light; Green Gold BRUSHES (for acrylic paints):  1” flat  2” Hake or flat acrylic  1/2” flat Do not use watercolor brushes; they are too soft and not suited to acrylic products. You may also want to invest in a brush cleaner (soap). The most convenient form comes in a flat jar & helps keep your brushes in good condition. SUPPORTS:  2 full-size sheets (22”x30”) Aquarius II 80 lb. paper  2 pieces cardboard or mat board (minimum size 8”x8”)