Supply Lists (Alphabetically by Instructor) Following is a Basic Tool Kit recommended by most instructors. Please see individual course and instructor listings for additional specific supply requirements and expected materials fees. BASIC TOOL KIT FOR MOST CLASSES Quality layout paper 11” x 14” to14” x 17” or A3 (Recommended: Canson Pro-Marker Layout, Bienfang semi-transparent marker, Boris Riley marker); cork-backed steel ruler (12”–18”); X-acto knife (with #10 and #11 blades) or snap-off knife; cutting mat; white vinyl eraser; scissors; favorite writing nibs (Mitchell, Brause, Speedball); pen holders; assorted gouache/watercolors; black ink (recommended: Higgins Eternal, bottled sumi ink e.g., Moon Palace, stick ink and grinding stone); mixing palettes (plastic, six well); inexpensive mixing/loading brushes; water containers; paper towels or rags; slant board for writing (at least 18”x24”); pencils and sharpeners; notebook; drafting tape; glue stick (UHU); T-square (18”– 24”) and triangle or rolling ruler for ruling lines; quotes or texts that are meaningful to you. Georgia Angelopoulous SUPPLIES FOR BOTH CLASSES: Basic Tool Kit; glassine paper (18”x24”); HB and 2H pencils; gouaches: permanent white, primary yellow, primary blue or ultramarine; gum arabic; gold size (Jerry Tresser’s is good); brushes: smaller rounds for painting and applying size (000, 00, 1); a larger, soft brush for gold; burnisher; magnifier. OPTIONAL: Gold transfer leaf. Instructor will have a variety for purchase. B1 Metamorphosis of a Manuscript Page NEED TO BRING: Basic supply kit listed above; ruling pen; black Pigma markers (005 and 05); one sheet good HP paper (140# Fabriano Artistico or Arches, 22”x30” may cut in half); additional gouaches: jet black, primary red. C1 A Passage on Parchment NEED TO BRING: Basic supply kit listed above; gum arabic; dust mask. MATERIALS FEE: Kit for each student will include: sanding block; sandpaper in various grades; pounce; gum sandarac; swatch of silk; piece of mat board; piece of parchment and a few off cuts. Cost for the kit will be nominal and contingent on the number of students in the class. Patricia Blair C22 From Pen to Paper to Print NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; rubber cement; rubber cement pick-up. OPTIONAL: If you are familiar with Photoshop and would like to use it for layout, you are welcome to bring your laptop. MATERIALS FEE: Various papers for printing will be supplied by the instructor for a nominal charge. be given as part of the class. If you already have a domain name and web-hosting package, make sure to bring all access passwords and account info; 3) Those able to bring their own laptop/portable computer (PC or MAC) are advised to do so. A PC with all required software will be available to each participant, but your own laptop will be a more familiar work environment than lab computers on campus. If you bring a laptop, also bring an ethernet cable for broadband Internet access, or ensure you have wireless Internet capability. The entire campus has wireless broadband access. Minimum laptop computer specification should be as listed below, and software installed should include Adobe Photoshop version CS2 or CS3 and Adobe Dreamweaver version CS2 or CS3. For smooth flow in class, it is essential that all students have these versions of software. (If you do not own the most recent version, you can download a free 30-day trial from www.adobe. Timothy Botts com. Note: Do NOT install the trial software until a week before SUPPLIES FOR BOTH CLASSES: Basic Tool Kit; Winsor Newton conference or it will expire too early for you to explore it fully in gouache in tubes (primary colors plus white); broad-edged pen and after class! If in doubt, wait until conference—the software can nibs (Speedball C-0, C-1, C-2 and Brause set of nine—esp. ¾ mm be installed on your laptop in class.) through 3 mm); 2 or 3 broad-edged brushes: ¼”–½” widths; white For those who wish to bring their own laptop computer: please go bond paper (11”x14” or 11”x17”); several sheets of charcoal paper to www.adobe.com and view system requirements needed to run in various colors of your choice (11”x14”); HB pencil; kneadable Adobe software. eraser; masking tape. C3 The Glory of Flourishes Cari Buziak NEED TO BRING: Basic supply kit listed above; assorted colored B20 The Art of Celtic Design pencils and pointed water based markers for practice; 2 sheets NEED TO BRING: Good white vinyl eraser (we will be erasing in cold press watercolor paper (Fabriano Artistico, 11”x14”). a lot of small spaces, so a knife to cut down a larger eraser into OPTIONAL: A twirled glass-blown pen. smaller pieces will be helpful); pencil (HB); artist’s sketch paper (not printer or photocopier paper), and a notebook and a compass (or Denis Brown a circle template). OPTIONAL: Watercolors; Pigma or Staedtler A1 Outstanding Calligraphy Websites pigmented pens (.3, .5 and .7 are handy tip sizes); pearlescent or NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit (you may need to prepare or metallic inks/acrylics; brush tip felt pens; colored pencils; water- re-do artwork during the week); a USB flash drive at least 1GB soluble colored pencils; other papers or boards, colored or white. (1000 MB) OR a portable hard drive with cable for connection via MATERIALS FEE: $20 [for gilding supplies kit]. USB2 or Firewire 400. (Note: an I-pod can be used as a portable hard drive OR if you bring a digital camera with compact flash or Annie Cicale similar card storage, a spare card of at least 1GB could be used to B4 Value Contrast: Exploring the Gray Areas take home your files. Be sure the cable can connect via USB2 or NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; pencils (4B, 2B, HB, 2H, etc.); Firewire400. Campus PCs are CD read only; they do not have CD sponge (for sticky fingers); rubber cement pickup. Bring if you burn ability.) have them: a ruling pen; large brass pens (Coit or other, approx. ¼”– ½ ”); brushes, flat and/or pointed; your favorite mark-making Bring some pre-prepared artwork and have a general idea of what tools; tracing paper for rough drafts OR non-repro graph paper; you want to present in your website—these will give you a head one sheet of cover-weight colored paper, such as Canson or start. (Please be open to objective criticism that could possibly Strathmore Charcoal or a decorative paper (you may want to involve a rethink of your site plan and replacement of the artwork.) purchase this on site); gouache in assorted colors (red, yellow, blue, You may wish to bring finished pieces of your work to scan: letter- burnt sienna, green, orange, purple) plus Ivory Black; Pro White size or smaller can be done in one pass, but larger is also possible by scanning in sections and ‘stitching’ to reassemble the complete image. (You will be shown how to do this.) Alternatively, you may prefer to bring digital files you have already scanned. Tip: scan at minimum 300dpi full size; bring raw files in uncompressed TIFF or Photoshop PSD format; do NOT process the scans using scanner sharpening or color correction facilities OR post processing in Photoshop. Store the digital files on CD or on a USB flash drive. (If you do not understand any of this, just bring your original art to scan in class.) OPTIONAL: 1) If you have a digital camera, bring it with the cable needed to connect it to a PC; 2) You may want to purchase a unique domain name and professional web-hosting package online. In this case you will need a credit card. Instruction and advice will and/or white gouache; some better brushes for applying gouache Georgia Deaver (you’ll need at least one pointed brush about #10 and a ½ ” flat, A3 Pastel Drawing and Painting such as WN 995; gum arabic. MATERIALS FEE: approximately $20 NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; PASTELS: A box of SOFT [includes packet of good paper and other materials supplied for pastels (not oil or chalk pastels). Good brands are Rembrandt, the class and a group printing project that instructor completes Grumbacher, Schmincke or Sennelier. Half sticks are fine, a after the conference]. minimum of 12 colors. (Note: If you find a box of pastels dirt C4 Watercolor Techniques for Calligraphers cheap, they’re probably chalk. Only bring if you already have: NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; 2–3 sheets good watercolor paper oil pastels or pastel pencils.) Black or white corners made out (e.g., Arches 140# CP, Fabriano, or Lanaquarelle, 16x23”); drawing of poster or mat board for cropping; artwork; black or brown board; a couple of bulldog clips; aquarelle brush (e.g., Winsor Conte crayon for sketching (HB, single sticks or 2 in a pack); a few Newton 995, ½” wide); round sable or sabeline brushes, these sticks of charcoal; tools for smudging—any or all of the following: range from sizes 2 to 20, you’ll need 1–3 good quality brushes in Q-tip, cotton balls, chamois, kneadable eraser, stumps or tortillons this range; a BIG brush of some sort (e.g., squirrel mop or Chinese (rolled paper cylinders), old soft brushes; one pad of tracing paper, hake brush, or Chinese pipe brush); any other watercolor brushes 14”x17” or 19”x 24” (you won’t use the whole pad); 5–10 sheets you may have for mixing gouache or large puddles of paint; clean of inexpensive but good paper in any colors (Canson, Fabriano watercolor palette, one with flat areas for mixing, or an old white Ingres or Strathmore charcoal paper are good choices); black felt china or Corelle plate; two water containers; liquid frisket (Pébéo pen (medium tip, not chiseled).