Supply List

Please note you do not need to run out and buy all these new supplies (unless, of course, you were hoping for an excuse and then by all means), this supply list is for your reference and to make things a bit easier (clickable images & links). Quite often you can make do with what you have or swap out one brand for another although it is always fun to experiment and play with different materials and see what different artists are using. Often on our journey its easy to think that if you just had the right this or that, or new this or that, then your work would progress. The most important thing is showing up to the practice of creating. The odd supply might be essential for one lesson here or there but if you have a general supply of basics you should be fine- improvise & experiment like an artist. Down the bottom you will find the supply lists from the presenters but remember you can swap things out, choose your own colours and improvise.

Be sure that this supply list doesn't overwhelm you- use what you have :) Don't let not having the "right" supplies stop you from creating.

This list is just for reference.

Basic Supplies:

Here is a general list of supplies which will cover many lessons. Each presenter may use a range of specific supplies but most can be improvised with the following.

Substrates of choice- Art journal, watercolour paper, sketchbook, canvas, canvas board (also a note pad, or copy paper)
Gesso, white
Paints- A collection of colours
Inks- India ink, acrylic ink, alcohol inks
Brushes
Adhesives- gel medium, modge podge, glue (one not all)
Drawing supplies- pencils, charcoal, crayons, pens, markers, Stabilo Aquarelle marking pencils, pastels

Ephemera- collaging papers
Found images and text, photos (personal), favourite quotes

Make Create Express 23 Supplies:

Aimee Bishop

  • Assorted Papers about 4x6 5x7 size

  • Uniball Vision Black Fine Point Pen

  • Charcoal Pencil

  • Stabilo Pencil Black

  • Graphite Pencil

  • Color Pencil Your Choice Color

  • Oil Pastel or NeoColor Your Choice Color

  • Water Sprayer

  • Black Ink India Water Proof

  • Dirty Paint Water

  • Paint Brush and Water Containers

  • Scissors

  • Reference Images for Drawing Faces

Alex Castro Ferriera

Tote Bag:

  • a white tote bag mine is  35 x 40 cm (14 x 16 inches) -I bought mine with a Portuguese company here is the link https://www.greenbags.pt/pt

  • Black and white or sepia foto of your choice mine is 20 x 25 cm print directly from my computer

  • Vintage ephemera like dictionary pages, old maps…

  • Mat pages from magazines like the flow or somerset studio

  • Tim Holtz papers here is the link and you can find other papers from your craft store

  • an inkjet printer

  • a scissor

  • Gel medium such as this

  • Cold wax such as Gamblin

  • one acrylic paint choose a color that speak to you

  • a brayer

  • a bone folder or credit card

  • yellow tape

  • a carboard from the grocery store

I am Enough

  • Half bottle of water and vinegar

  • a kitchen thread

  • rusty flat objects

  • linen/cotton/white clothes that you do not use anymore

  • vintage papers

  • a container

  • watercolor papers of your choice

  • DMC threads pick the colors that you like

  • a needle

  • sewing machine threads

  • a sewing machine

  • a lighter

  • a scissor

  • an awl

  • a small brush

  • Gel medium

  • a rag

  • xi acto knife

  • Pick one foto of you that represents for you I AM ENOUGH 

  • inkjet printer

  • lazer printer ( I go to the copy shop as I don’t have one at home)

  • curcuma I found mine in the local supermarket

  • black tea

  • a pot

  • a wooden spoon

  • gloves 

  • 2 hardbook covers  mine is 14 x 20 cm (5,5 x 8 inches )

  • small tinboxstrong glue

  • some brads

  • a stapler

Merci:

  • 3 hardbookcovers same size that speak to you

  • 2 small matchboxes 

  • original fotos that we will print in inkjet from the person you are dedicating the book to.

  • original documents like passport, id card, handwritten letters from that person 

  • dictionary pages

  • silk/cotton ribbon pick colors that will match with the book covers

  • an awl

  • a mat

  • a hammer

  • a ruler

  • strong glue

  • one acrylic paint

  • a small brush

  • Gel medium

  • a scissor

  • a needle

  • threads

  • washi tapes or/and yellow tape

  • sewing machine

  • clips mines are from Tim Holtz 

  • double side tape

  • vintage fabric, buttons, crochet napkins for example…

    Amy Steinberg

    Family Memory Collages

  • Watercolor paper (preferably heavyweight) I’ll be working on 8”x8” khadi paper with deckled edges

  • Acrylic paints in your favorite colors

  • Paintbrushes (various sizes)

  • Scissors or paper cutter

  • Glue (e.g., PVA glue, Mod Podge, or glue stick). I’ll be using Golden Heavy Gel Medium

  • Double-sided tape or adhesive foam squares

  • Variety of paper materials (e.g., patterned paper, scrapbook paper, tissue paper, old book pages, or maps)

  • Embellishments (e.g., buttons, ribbon, stickers, or ephemera)

  • Photos or copies of family photos

  • Optional: watercolors, markers, pens, or other drawing materials for adding details or personal touches.

    Secret Garden Collages

  • Watercolor paper (sized to your preference), I will be using 8”x8” khadi paper with a deckled edge

  • Acrylic paints of your favorite colors

  • Paintbrushes (various sizes)

  • Scissors or paper cutter

  • Glue (e.g., PVA glue, Mod Podge, or glue stick). I’ll be using Golden Heavy Gel Medium

  • Double-sided tape or adhesive foam squares

  • Variety of paper materials (e.g., patterned paper, scrapbook paper, tissue paper, old book pages, or maps)

  • Vintage ephemera (e.g., old letters, postcards, or stamps)

  • Natural elements (e.g., flowers, leaves, twigs, or moss) Preferably dried or you could even use pretty garden stickers

  • Mosaic tiles or broken pottery pieces

  • Optional: watercolors, markers, pens, or other drawing materials for adding details or personal touches.

    Additionally, for painting the rose, you may need:

  • Acrylic paint in your favorite colors

  • Brushes (various sizes)

  • Watercolor paper or sketchbook

  • Cup of water

  • Paper towels or rag

    Travelogue Collages

  • Watercolor paper (sized to your preference), I will be using 8”x8” khadi paper with a deckled edge

  • Acrylic paints in your favorite colors

  • Paintbrushes (various sizes)

  • Scissors or paper cutter

  • Glue (e.g., PVA glue, Mod Podge, or glue stick). I’ll be using Golden Heavy Gel Medium

  • Double-sided tape or adhesive foam squares

  • Variety of paper materials (e.g., patterned paper, scrapbook paper, tissue paper, old book pages, or maps)

  • Maps or atlas pages

  • Postcards or travel brochures

  • Other mementos (e.g., tickets, stamps, or coins)

  • Optional: photographs, markers, pens, or other drawing materials for adding details or personal touches.

  • Additionally, for painting the rose, you may need:

  • Acrylic paint in your favorite colors

  • Brushes (various sizes)

  • Watercolor paper or sketchbook

  • Cup of water

  • Paper towels or rag

    Angela Kennedy

  • Strathmore 400 series watercolor paper 9 x 12” (any good cold press watercolor paper will do)

  • Matte or Cardboard and Art tape to tape down your painting if you want. 

  • Table salt

  • Watercolor brushes -Any you have will work. I used Princeton velvetouch #2 long round, #4 and #6 round, Princeton Aqua Elite #10 round Standard ¾” flat 

  • Liquitex professional ink – Trans. Raw Umber, Carbon Black (You could water down acrylic paint if needed)

  • Windsor and Newton Professional watercolor – Indigo (any brand will do)

  • Winsor and Newton Gold Ink

  • Rapido-eze Cleaning Solution (not required for the lesson but good to have if you plan on using inks often)

  • .5 mechanical pencil

  • erasers

  • Pen-Touch Gold marker

  • Pipette – optional for pulling ink from your bottle to the palette

  • Uni-Posca pen .7mm white

  • Micron 02 black pen

  • Ceramic palette or plate for mixing colors and a plastic palette for the ink

    Consie Sindet

    Modeling Paste Mandalas:

  • Modeling paste: I love The Crafter’s Workshop brand

  • Palette knife

  • Toothpicks, stylus, chopstick, end of a paintbrush, dried up ballpoint pen

  • Bookpaper

  • Glue stick

  • Acrylic paint: your favorite colors of craft acrylics + white

  • An old paintbrush for drybrushing

  • White gel pen or paint pen

  • Paper towel

Nature Mandala:

  • Any bits of nature you have collected: flowers, leaves, twigs, stones, feathers, etc

  • Optional: gather a collection of photos if you don’t have access to physical items

  • Pencil and eraser

  • Watercolors

  • Round brushes: I used a #6 round

  • Black Sharpie Pen or your favorite waterproof marker/pen

Mini Mandala Mantra Deck

  • 9”x12” piece of Bristol board: use a heavier weight paper as you will be using the deck over and over!

  • Printer paper

  • Ruler

  • Pencil and eraser

  • Scissors

  • Round object to use as a template: bottom of a bottle, washi tape, etc

  • Old washi tape or repositionable tape

  • Acrylic paints: your choice of colors in craft acrylics

  • Stencils: I chose nature inspired designs. All stencils are from The Crafter’s Workshop

  • Makeup sponges

  • Watercolors

  • Black Sharpie Pen

  • PDF of quotes, mantras

  • Glue stick

  • Black waterproof ink pad

  • White gel pen

Cyndy Ross

Inspirational Rolled Beads:

  • A variety of colorful papers...hand-painted (originals and/or photo copies), magazine pages, book pages, maps, security envelopes, vintage papers, etc.

  • Copy paper for creating painted papers...from a scratch paper pile is my go to (or whatever type of paper you have)

  • Colorful fabrics, ideally from your stash (I use cotton batik), plus spray starch and an iron to make the fabrics easier to work with

  • Acrylic craft paints in colors you like

  • Colored pencils or crayons

  • Permanent markers or paint markers (I use a Sharpie and a Posca Paint Pen)

  • Stencils (plus sponges for pushing paint through them)

  • Stamps

  • Permanent ink pad for stamping

  • Ruler

  • Craft blade, or sharp scissors

  • Cutting mat, if using a craft blade

  • Drinking straws (plastic or paper)

  • 1/8" diameter thin dowel or wooden knitting needle, for optional smaller diameter beads

  • Craft glue (tacky is best)

  • Fabri-Tac (optional)

Bunting of Encouragement:

  • Silicone craft mat, or parchment paper....whatever you use must be non-stick

  • Cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, ideally from your stash...if you need to buy some, get the cheapest

  • Acrylic pouring medium (I use Apple Barrel from Walmart), or Fluid Matte Medium (I use Liquitex), or if you just have gel medium, use that mixed with some water to make it the consistency of fluid medium

  • A variety of thin papers, not heavier than standard copy paper weight....such as tissue paper, top layer of paper napkins, old book pages, thin atlas pages, etc.

  • 1" craft paint brush

  • Acrylic paints, craft paints are fine, in colors you like for decorating your fabric paper

  • Acrylic inks (optional)

  • Drinking straw or canned air for blowing acrylic inks (optional)

  • Colored pencils or crayons

  • Permanent markers or paint markers (I use a Posca Paint Pen)

  • Stencils (plus sponges for pushing paint through them)

  • Stamps

  • Permanent ink pad for stamping

  • Stiff cardboard for cutting a template for your flags in the size and shape you like

  • Sharp scissors or a craft blade and cutting mat

  • Pencil and paper for planning out character

  • White charcoal pencil or pastel pencil for sketching character silhouette onto flags

  • White gesso

  • Acrylic paints for painting your characters onto your flags. I prefer fluid consistency when painting small. I use some Golden Fluid Acrylics in the following colors...quinacridone nickel azo gold, titanium white, titan buff, van dyke brown, burnt umber light, pyrrole red, and teal. If you want to use craft paints, then you can substitute a very dark brown, a medium brown, a beige, red, white, a blue-ish green, and a brownish orange. I would say a black would be good as well if you use craft paints, for helping darken some colors

  • Permanent fine marker for writing your words, or printed words to glue on, or you can paint your words onto the flags

  • Paintbrushes...I use a 1/2" flat, #4 filbert, and some small rounds...#5/0, #3, #5, #9

  • Optional decorative paper for the bottom of your flags...I use security envelopes

  • Craft glue

  • 1/4" bias tape or ribbon in a color and length of your choice, depending on how many flags you want to string up

  • Rolled beads that you made in the Creative Retreat Weekend lesson....or you can use store-bought beads

  • Sewing needle and thread, if you want to sew your flags to your bias tape or ribbon

  • Buttons (optional)

Dena Ann Adams

Watercolour Meditations:

  • Watercolour weight sketchbook or 4-8 pieces of 5x7’ watercolour paper- 140 lbs is best, 100 percent cotton is best, student is OK I used Strathmore 400, a student paper, in the video I like any cotton cold press paper for this, if you use Stonehenge Aqua or student papers be sure to roll the tape on the back when you tape it down, tape tears them. My favorite budget paper (and I’ve tried a ton) is Hippie Crafter from Amazon, it lets you layer more than others in the price class. Arteza cold press paper is similar.

  • Light hold masking or artist’s tape 1/2- 1 “

  • Board, MDF, plywood , canvas board wrapped in plastic etc

  • Colour wheel

  • Watercolour paint. Professional or “good student” tubes like Cotman or Van Gogh are my recommenda- tions. A budget set that gets a lot of really good feedback is the Mei Lang set on Ama- zon, if you like pans and you want a set without spending a ton. Prang is fine too!

  • Small craft brush or paint shaper for mixing paint with water if you use tubes

  • palette/cups/plastic lids/plates etc for paint mixing

  • pipette or dropper

  • Water colour brush- I used a Trekell Onyx size 8 round - a positively dreamy brush for the price - Neptune by Princeton is a similar brush you won’t have to special order. if you choose a high quality brush, dedicate it solely for watercolor Sumi-E brushes are a good low-cost substitute Royal Menta 88 series are a good low-cost option Any soft nylon round is OK, make sure it’s soft to hold water.

  • Water jar and clean water

  • salt

  • mixed media extras- This can be colored pencil, water soluble pencil, oil pastel, pastel charcoal, crayon, ink - whatever you like to use and whatever you’d like to add to your surface. Since my piece involved pastel greens and pinks I chose some of each of those colors in prismacolor pencils.

Monarch Magic:

  • 140 LP cotton cold press watercolour paper- I worked on 6x8, 7x10 is a good size too - you can scale up, but scale your brushes a little larger as well if you go 9x12 and above. I used Fabriano Artistico Extra White. Hot press is OK too, a good budget option is Baohong Academy also sold as “New York Central” at Jerry’s Artarama.

  • Light hold masking or artist’s tape 1/2- 1 “

  • Board, MDF, plywood , canvas board wrapped in plastic etc

  • Optional- Light box or window

  • HB pencil, graphite crayon or coloured pencil

  • Print out of traceable template

  • kneaded earaser

  • Watercolour paint- I used Sennelier in the following colors: Yellow Lake, Chinese Orange, Cobalt Violet Hue Red Shade Olive Green M Graham Payne’s Gray. In other manufacturers Yellow Lake is named Nickel Azo Yellow - super useful! Chinese Orange can be switched for Pyrrol Scarlet, Cadmium Red Pale Hue or any Orange or red-orange. Its interactions with our yellow give us the intense oranges of the wings. You can put in a little quinacridone rose if you switch out that for your pink, too! Sennelier’s Olive Green is brighter than many - Cotman and Winsor Newton Sap Greens will have a lot of overlap with this color. Avoid M Graham’s earthy version here. Cobalt Violet Red Shade is a pink version of Mineral Violet - switch out for Quinacrid- one Magenta or Permanent Rose if you don’t want a textured specialty color and for something more versatile.

  • Paper towel &/or scrap wiping paper

  • palette, cups, pipette

  • water container

  • Size 12 soft watercolour brushI used a Silver Black Velvet - these are moderate/higher priced and excellent but not animal friendly. A budget alternative would be a larger inexpensive Sumi-E brush. An animal friendly alternative would be a small Onyx quill brush (size 0) by Trekell or a 12 or 14 round Neptune by Princeton. You’re looking for a slightly pointed “faux squirrel” kind of brush with good coverage. It’s out there, and there are some more budget options.

  • Size 2 soft watercolour brush- I used an onyx round by Trekell for this - a soft “faux squirrel” round in a small size, between 2 and 4.

  • Micron or waterproof fine liner pens (05 or 03)

  • Water proof India ink- I used Bombay black in by Dr Ph Martins

  • Inking brushes- a size 4 nylon round with a point- I used a trekell Golden Taklon, anything that’s decent will do here. The all media zen brushes by Royal are an example of this kind of texture of bristle.

  • super thin rigger/liner brushes- I used a zero and a 05 protege rigger by Trekell - they aren’t the cheapest but they are razor precise. I also used a zero sapphire liner by Daler Rowney, which has a more rounded end.

  • an eensy weensy spotter brush

I used an 05 short round to touch up gaps in my inking and make tiny adjustments, both with dilute ink and payne’s gray watercolor.

The Whisperers

  • 140 LP cotton cold press watercolour paper scrap or student paper for swatching I worked on Fabriano Artistico and a sheet of Hannemuhle Collection, 9x12 sheets with an image area of 8x10 taped off. You can use any 140 pound watercolor paper, and you don’t have to tape - I just like to.

  • Light hold masking or artist’s tape 1/2- 1 “

  • Board, MDF, plywood , canvas board wrapped in plastic etc

  • HB pencil

  • Cheap sketch paper

  • sharpener

  • kneaded eraser

  • Watercolour- I used Quinacridone Rose (Rose Madder Lake by Sennelier) A bluer version of Quinacridone Magenta (Qor Watercolor, totally optional) Olive Green by Sennelier (Sap Green is a good switch), Pthalo Green Blue Shade by M Graham

  • Palette,

  • Pipette,

  • Water container,

  • paper towel,

  • small mist bottle,

  • water soluble pencil- I like a 36 set, but smaller sets are fine, larger sets are fine. I used Derwent watercolor.

  • regular coloured pencils-I used Prismacolor in a series of Pastel Colors, including Pale Sage, Pale Rose, Greyed Lavender - if you go dark over light these lightest pastel tint colors are good, I suggest buying them individually, though I don’t regret my 120 set, this depends on how much you want to use colored pencil.

  • Gouache: white, optional burnt sienna, burnt umber, ochre, raw umber for more naturalistic skin tones

  • size 12 soft water colour brush- I used a Silver Black Velvet - these are moderate/higher priced and excellent but not animal friendly. A budget alternative would be a larger inexpensive Sumi-E brush. An animal friendly alternative would be a small Onyx quill brush (size 0) by Trekell or a 12 or 14 round Neptune by Princeton. You’re looking for a slightly pointed “faux squirrel” kind of brush with good coverage. It’s out there, and there are some more budget options.

  • Size 6 and 2 soft water colour brush- I used Onyx by Trekell, any soft “faux squirrel” is good Menta 88 Series by Royal is good.

  • Taklon/nylon gouache/all media brushes- These are a little stiffer with a sharper edge, I used sapphire by Daler Rowney, any all-media nylon brush is fine

  • a 3/4” angle of flat a number 2 flat

  • a number 6 filbert

  • Gelly roll white bold 10 pen or unib ball signo pen in white

  • Optional: a size 0 liner/rigger for metallic watercolour optional - I like the set from Van Gogh

Emma Petitt

Happy Hound

  • Shop bought canvas, i used a 10 x 16 inch canvas

  • Squeegee (use anything from a credit card to a silicone or rubber scrapers )

  • Water bottle

  • Paper towels

  • High Flow acrylic paints. If you do not have these, you can use inks or of course just water down some regular acrylic paint. Teal blue, Hansa yellow, Pyrole orange

  • Stencils…a good collection of stencils is always a good thing,

  • Amsterdam acrylic spray paint, Phthalo Blue (inky blue), Permanent red violet light (pink), Turquoise green, Titanium white

  • Sharpie china marker to draw with (amazon)

  • Stabilo black marks all pencil (amazon)

  • Fixative spray (optional)

  • White posca pen 15 mm nib

  • Black Posca pen 1.8/2.5 mm nib

  • Orange posca 1.8mm (optional..for eye detail)

  • Normal acrylic paint, Vallejo #54 turquoise (amsterdam do a lovely turquoise too), Titanium white, Yellow oche (amsterdam), Pyrole red (amsterdam), Pyrole orange (golden)

  • 3/4 inch flat edge brush

  • Small brush for eye detail

  • Palette sheets

 Fonda Clark Haight

I’m a huge fan of using what you have. If you don’t have one thing on the list use what you do have. It all works. I put a list here of what I prefer but that doesn't mean you can't use something different. The intention to listen to your self is the important part of this process.

Francisca Nunes

I encourage you to use the supplies you feel more comfortable with. It's important you select those supplies you love most. About the flowers to ecoprint I already know some that will work, but I encourage you to explore the flowers you have around.

Layers of Nature:

  • Alcohol inks

  • Fluid Acrylics

  • Walnut ink granulated

  • White Gesso

  • Matte Gel Medium

  • Gel Plate

  • Brayer

  • Acrylic paints in the colors you like

  • Tracing paper

  • Different leaves and ferns

  • Pencils ( Stabilo black marks all, graphite water-soluble, soft pastel pencils, or others you use to make marks)

  • Soft pastels

  • Oil Pastels

  • Art Journal or mixed media paper to create your page

Spring Blooms:

  • Different kinds of papers (little pieces to create little

  • bundles)

  • 2 pieces of fabric

  • Marigold flowers, cosmos, Phytolacca americana ( or other flowers you have available)

  • Thread

  • Spray bottle with water.

  • Pan (only for ecoprinting purpose)

  • Water

  • Allum

  • White gesso

  • Matte gel medium

  • Distress oxide refilers,

  • Vintage Photo

Mini Mood Boards:

  • Selection of papers, fabrics, or other elements from your stash.

  • artjournal or mixed media papers for your collages

  • Stick glue or gel mate medium or mod podge.

Galia Alena

Palettes of the Heart

  • Watercolour paints- use what you have, I will share the specifics I use in the lesson.

  • Watercolour paper- I used

  • Brushes- both for watercolour and for mixed media

  • print our of provided template

  • Pencil

  • Kneaded eraser

  • compass (optional)

  • ruler

  • washi tape (optional)

  • a range of mixed media supplies such as pencils, crayons (Neocolor 11 watersoluable crayons), pastels, paints, markers

  • Colour inspiration from your life

Holly McLaughlin

Mini Minimals

Into the Light

Please use what you have and substitute where needed to create a minimal mixed media piece using mostly white paint, neutral paint, and collage elements. You may want to use some sort of texture medium to prepare your surface. 

Into the Dark . 

Jenny Grant

One of the pitfalls when working with mixed media is to buy lots of art supplies and then not use them. There are so many fun things to buy BUT you can produce some wonderful pieces with a few supplies, a lot of scraps and simple tools. If you have a piece of thick paper or cardboard, some acrylic paint, some matt medium, some scrap paper for collage, and a pencil you will be good to go. Here is the list of the supplies that I used in the class:

Relax to Face Her

  • A old recycled book 

  • An assortment of scraps of paper,  papers from an old book

  • Acrylic Paints heavy body. I use Titanium White, Ivory white, Van Dyke Brown, Black and Gold.

  • Mark making tools such as stencils

  • Acrylic matt medium to use in collage. I use Liquitex, Matte Medium.

  • A hard tool such as an old credit card to move the paint and medium around. I use a Palette knife.

  • Pencils for sketching. I use a black Stabilo All, Aquarellable, (paper, glass, plastic and metal). These work really well on acrylic paint.

  • A couple of paint brushes.

  • Water spray bottle, old plastic lids and a couple of rags 

Play to Practice

  • An assortment of scraps of paper,  and papers from an old book

  • Acrylic matt medium to use in collage. I use Liquitex, Matte Medium.

  • Acrylic Paints heavy body. I use Titanium white, Lamp black, Van Dyke Brown, Teal, Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold and Transparent Yellow Oxid.

  • Mark making tools such as stencils, stamps and old stuff to make marks with

  • A hard tool such as an old credit card to move the paint and medium around. I use a Palette knife.

  • Pencils for sketching. I use a Stabilo black marks all, Aquarellable, (paper, glass, plastic and metal). These work really well on acrylic paint.

  • A couple of paint brushes.

  • Water spray bottle, old plastic lids and a couple of rags 

Queen of Flow:

  • A thin mdf board , size 16”x13” (41x33cm)

  • An assortment of scraps of paper, papers from an old book, and tissue/silk paper

  • Acrylic matt medium to use in collage. I use Liquitex, Matte Medium.

  • Acrylic Paints heavy body. I use Ivory white, Titanium White, Violet, Transparent Yellow Oxide, Indigo, Gold, Lamp black and Van Dyke Brown.

  • A hard tool such as an old credit card to move the paint and medium around. I use a Palette knife.

  • Pencils for sketching. I use a black and a white Stabilo marks all Aquarellable, (paper, glass, plastic and metal). These work really well on acrylic paint.

  • A couple of paint brushes.

  • Mark making tools such as stencils, stamps and old stuff to make marks with

  • Water spray bottle, old plastic lids and a couple of rags 

  • For the bonus lesson I use an oil crayon and magazine picture

Kat Hamilton

Feel free to substitute any supplies, there is no right or wrong here and its all about what you feel comfortable with. 

A Colourful World

  • 8”x10” Canvas

  • Fabric – 6 different patterns

  • Acrylic paints – Red oxide, Burnt Sienna, Paynes gray, French blue, orange, 

  • Gesso

  • Gel Medium or fabric glue

  • Tracing Paper

  • White acrylic

  • Gold foil

  • Gold Size (or you can use matte medium), and a small brush to apply – make sure its an old one as the gold size isn’t very nice to brushes

  • Brushes – medium flat brush, fine flat brush, detail brushes

  • Pencil and eraser

  • Soft lead (any B pencils), and hard lead (any H pencils)

A Touch of Gold

  • Watercolour paper 300gsm 8.3”x11.7”

  • Thick Gesso – I use Atelier

  • Stencils – I used 3 different types

  • Mark making tools (Combs, sharp tools, etc)

  • Texture modelling paste

  • Watercolour – Blue, Brown, Black

  • Watercolour brush

  • Tracing paper

  • Soft lead pencil (Any of the B’s) and hard lead pencil (any of the H’s)

  • Charcoal pencil (medium or soft), I use Staedtler

  • Paper Stub

  • Mono Eraser

  • Workable fixative

  • White generals charcoal or white pastel

  • Black acrylic paint

  • Gesso

  • Gold foil

  • Gold foil size and fine brush to apply gold size (maybe an old one)

  • Clay moulding tool with balls on the end – this is optional as you can also use a brush.

I Need my Boaty Sleep

  • 9”x12” NARA paper (Sub Yupo or photo paper)

  • Isopropyl alcohol (I use 100% but you can use 70% and up)

  • Alcohol inks – Ranger Peach belini, Ranger limeaid, Paper mill mustard (sub watercolour if sensitive to alcohol inks)

  • Napkin or collage paper

  • Watercolour refill brush

  • Fineliner Pen 0.3

  • Matte medium 

  • Straw

  • Blending solution (optional – you can use straight Isopropyl alcohol or make your own with Iso alc + a few drops of glycerin)

  • Tracing paper

  • Paper towel

  • Gesso

  • Red watercolour

  • Burnt umber Acrylic

  • Scissors

  • 2B mechanical lead pencil (or just normal pencil)

  • Palette knife

  • Hard and soft lead pencil 


    Kelly Herrick

Lesson one

  • Sketchbook

  • Piece of paper and a pen

  • 2 colours of acrylic paint (I used a peach pink from Daler Rowney and an opera rose from Winsor and Newton)

  • Collage papers, stamps and stencils 

  • A mixing tray

  • Glue stick or matt medium for gluing

  • A medium flat brush

  • An old brush for the matt medium and stenciling 

  • An acrylic marker (I used Posca in black)

  • Some oil pastels (I used Caran D'ache Neopastels) 

  • Water and paper towel 

Lesson Two

  • Watercolour paper (I used a 'not' texture from Winsor and Newton)

  • Masking tape

  • A drawing pencil

  • A paint palette 

  • A pointed round and a flat watercolour brush (my favourite is a sable 6 or 7 from Rosemary & Co)

  • A range of watercolours including deep blue and purple, a sky blue, a light and medium green, a yellow and a pop colour (I used opera rose). In addition, white gouache

  • Acrylic inks (I used FW from Daler Rowney and Amsterdam, in a yellow, a dark green, purple and gold). You can also use watercolour, pens, pencils, oil pastel or whatever mark making materials you like instead. For the gold you could use gold watercolour, acrylic paint or acrylic pen as an alternative 

  • Water and paper towel 

Lesson three

  • Watercolour paper with gesso applied and dried. Or mixed media or acrylic paper

  • Masking tape

  • A drawing pencil

  • A range of acrylic paints (I used a couple of blues, then some orange/green/browns with some bright colours of magenta and hansa yellow. The brands I used include Jackman's Art Materials, Golden, Daler Rowney, Winsor and Newton, and for my white I used Liquitex Gesso)

  • A black ink pen (I used a Uniball waterproof size 'fine'.)

  • A mixing tray/paint palette 

  • Water and paper towel 

Kim Dellows

Finding Your Colour Patterns

  •   Surface: Mixed media paper (250 gsm / 169 lb)

  • Notebook paper Drawing paper (120 gsm)

  • Printer paper

  • Khadi paper

  • Paint - any that you have! I used: Amsterdam Standard Acrylics, Holbein Gouache Titanium White, Opera, Nickel Titanium Yellow, Pyrrole Red, Acrylic Golden High Flow (ink) Indigo (Anthraquinone) Green gold

  • Water-soluble pencils / crayons –I used Derwent Inktense and Caran d’Ache Neocolor 11 watersoluable crayons

  • Brushes (any you like to use)-Daler-Rowney Flat Brushes - 0.5, 1.5 inch sizes

  • Other Tools: Scissors

  • Glue (I use Golden Regular Gel (Gloss)

  • Any other colouring tools you like

 A Still Life of Colours

  • Mixed media paper (250 gsm / 169 lb)

  • Printer Paper Sketchbook or journal (oponal)

  • Paint - any that you have! I used: Amsterdam Standard Acrylics (Titanium White, Nickel Titanium Yellow, Pyrrole Red), Holbein Gouache (Opera, Smalt Blue, Ice Blue), Acrylic Golden High Flow (ink) Indigo (Anthraquinone), Green gold

  • Paint Pens - mixed- (I used Molotow/ Liqutex)

  • Water-soluble pencils / crayons – I used Derwent Inktense and Caran d’Ache Neocolor 11 watersoluable crayons

  • Brushes (any you like to use)

  • Daler-Rowney Flat Brushes - 0.5, 1.5 inch sizes Daler-Rowney Round Brushes - 8 size

  • Stamps I used Dellow Designs Word Texture from Funky Fossil

  • Coloured pencils I use Faber-Castell Polychromos and Derwent Lighfast

  • Brayer

  • Scissors

  • Craft knife and cutting board

  • Glue (I use Golden Regular Gel (Gloss))

  • Graphite pencil

  • Any other colouring tools you like

Letting Your Colours Fly

  • Mixed media paper (250gsm / 169 lb) A3

  • Notebook and collage paper

  • Cardboard or greyboard

  • Paint - any that you have! I used: Amsterdam Standard Acrylics (Titanium White

    Nickel Titanium Yellow), Holbein Gouache ( Opera), Acrylic Golden High Flow (ink) Indigo (Anthraquinone),

  •  Coloured pencils I use Faber-Castell Polychromos and Derwent Lighfast

  • Brushes (any you like to use)- Daler-Rowney Flat Brushes - 0.5 inch size Daler-Rowney Round Brushes - 8 size

  • Craft knife and cutting board

  • Glue (I use Golden Regular Gel (Gloss))

  • Graphite pencil

  • Bone Folder

  • Paper trimmer

  • Metal ruler

Laly Mille

Magazine Treasure Hunt

  • Beautiful and inspiring repurosing magazines

  • A good pair of scissors

  • Clips and containers to sort out your treasure finds

    Deconstructed Magazine Page

  • Water & a rag

  • Scissors

  • Optional: heatgun

  • Matte gel medium (or other glue of your choice)

  • Medium flat brush

  • A magazine with colors and images that light you up

  • A variety of additional papers that go well with your chosen magazine feature/page

  • Optional: Some fiber elements like lace, cheesecloth, doilies, burlap...

  • Paintbrushes of your choice

  • Paint, color etc. Use whatever supplies you like best to add subtle touches of color to your page, for instance:

  • Acrylic paints or inks, Pitt artist pens, Neocolor 11 watersoluable crayons...

  • White gesso and/or white acrylic paint

  • Pens, pencils etc.

  • Black water-soluble pencil or crayon (Stabilo All, Neocolor 11 ...)

  • Regular pencil or mechanical pencil

  • White paint marker like Posca or Molotow

  • Any other pens, pencils or crayons you like!

    Imaginary Garden

  • Water & a rag

  • Scissors

  • Optional: heatgun

  • Gardening catalogues and magazines, the garden pages of home decor magazines.: look for images of flowers, trees, branches and other elements like for instance a garden gate, a cottage, a garden shed, pots etc.

  • A few other collage papers

  • Matte gel medium (or other glue of your choice)

  • A flat medium brush

  • Paintbrushes of your choice, including some filbert brushes and a small round brush (to make marks that evoke flowers and leaves)

  • Paint, color etc. Use whatever supplies you like best to add subtle touches of color to your page, for instance:

  • Acrylic paints and/or inks, including some opaque paints

  • Neocolor 11 watersoluable crayons

  • Alcohol inks

  • White gesso and/or white acrylic paint

  • Pens, pencils etc. Again, use what you've got and love, for instance:

  • Coloring pencils

  • Black water-soluble pencil or crayon

  • Regular pencil or mechanical pencil

  • White paint markers like Posca or Molotow

  • Any other pens, pencils or crayons that you like!

    Michelle Schratz

    Creative Tea Time Fun

  • Tea Bags

  • Gelli Plate & Brayer

  • Paper to help pull excess paint

  • Stencils - some of my favs are from Stencil Girl

  • Acrylic Paint - I'm using Amsterdam Acrylic-Deconstructed Zinnia (S290), Let Yourself Bloom (M076) pink (384), azo yellow (270), olive green (621) & white.

    Sweet Serendipity

  • Collage Papers - I'm using mine from the Taster Session

  • Cutting mat & cutting knife

  • Pencil

  • Durable cardboard - the back of a paper pad is great!

  • Glue stick

  • Elastic band

  • Fabric scraps

  • Fabric scissors

  • Needle and thread - or sewing machine

  • Ruler

    Free Flowing Art Journal

  • The Sweet Serendipity Art Journal that you made in Lesson 1

  • Use art supplies that you have.

    Pam Thorburn

    Media Still Life painting

  • Gelliplate

  • Brayer

  • Rubber Stamps

  • Golden Open Acrylic paint (or soft bodied acrylic paint)

  • Deli paper or tissue paper

  • Patterned papers, 

  • Matt medium

  • Glue brush

  • Acrylic paint

  • Paint brushes ( I prefer flat brushes 1/4/“, 1/2” 1”)

  • Mark making tools eg fork, exact knife

    Pamela Vosseller 

    Pulling Textures

  • Gelli Plate

  • Brayer

  • Palette knife

  • Silicone brush (optional)

  • Deli paper or tissue paper

  • Card stock – black and white (I used 85 lb)

  • Stencil of choice – (I used TCW – Skylight 12x12)

  • Sepia – High Flow acrylic

  • Acrylic paints: Indian Yellow – M. Graham & Co., Unbleached Titanium – Liquitex Basic, Grey – M. Graham & Co., Blue of choice – (I used Cerulean Blue-High flow), Pyrrol Red – M. Graham & Co. Iron Oxide Orange (transparent) – M. Graham & Co.

  • Gesso – white Liquitex Basic (or acrylic paint)

  • Clear Gesso – Liquitex (it has a grit in it)

  • Gold Glaze – (I used Golden a craft gold acrylic paint works)

  • Water bowl

  • Baby wipes

  • Paper Towel

    Empty Bowls Art Journal

    It is okay to use the supplies you have

  • 5.5 x 8.5 watercolor paper (I used vintage watercolor paper, 5.5x8.25 with deckled edges, available on Amazon.)

  • Design papers (If you created your own design papers using the Geli Plate, you can use those.)

  • Card stock red and black

  • Ruler

  • Scissors

  • Gel Medium or other adhesive

  • Posca or sharpie pen – black and white

  • Acrylic paints: Red – I used Pyrrol Red by M. Graham & Co.

  • Flat brush

  • Hole punch

  • Circle template (optional)

  • Baby wipes

  • Paper Towel

    Art Journal Book Supply List:

  • 2 – hardboards, 6 x 8¾ (I used mat board)

  • 6 – card stock paper, black 12x12

  • 2 – design papers, 8 x 10 (I used papers I designed using my Geli Plate.)

  • 1 - strip of card stock (color of choice) 1x6

  • Double sided tape, 1/4 or 1/2 inch works good.

  • White glue, like Elmers

  • Flat brush to apply glue.

  • Scissors

  • Bonefolder

  • Ruler

  • Closure item, (I used a small wooden spoon.)

  • Ribbon of choice.

  • Baby wipes

  • Paper Towel

    Rakfet Hadar

    Accordion Journal

  •  7 A4 watercolor paper 240gr

  • 2 A4 watercolor papers with your previous art 

  • Binding Needle

  • Wax thread

  • White tape

  • Scissors

  • Watercolors (optional)

    My Prayer Flags

  • Scraps of fabrics

  • Water soluble colors, markers etc ( I used Inktense blocks)

  • Cardstock paper

  • Your art journal or watercolor page

  • Makeup sponge

  • Gold/silver/ white acrylic

    A Bubble of Clarity

  • Black marker 1 mm

  • Images that you love

  • Glue,

  • scissors

  • Inks/ watercolors

  • Posca markers

    Robyn McClendon

    Vintage Collage Papers

  • Posca Pens (acrylic pens) or permanent markers

  • old/vintage book pages

  • acrylic paints

  • acrylic paints scraping tools or old credit cards/Key cards

    Monoprinting Gel Plate Printing + Mark Making

  • Gel plate any size 8x10 recomended not required

  • brayer

  • acrylic paint assortment of colors

  • Papers: copier or any similar paper, office paper assortment, color paper vintage/old book pages...anything you have on hand that fall in any of these categories

  • Acrylic Paint Pens (I'll be using Posca Pens) and/or Permanent Marker

  • Sumi ink , India Ink or any acrylic ink will work

    Book Making

  • Papers that we made from Mini Course and/or Lesson 1

  • masking tape

  • glue stick UHU or Giotto or any similar glue stick that is a good quality

  • metal ruler (optional) for tearing papers

  • cardboard (i'm using cardboard from a box) #postconsumerart

  • paintbrush

  • small amount of fabric... it needs to be thin cotton, linen, silk or rayon (anything you may already have will work)


    Saskia van Drunen

    Expressive Art Cards

  • Paper, I used 340 gsm acrylic/water colour paper by Hahnemühle, 12x16 inch or 30x40 cm divided in four cards.

  • Charcoal pencil, I used a soft peel- off charcoal pencil from Generals.

  • Acrylic ink, I used fluorescent orange.

  • Pigment powder, I used Misty Lavender from Pearl ex.

  • Spray paint, I used water based from Liquitex in Quinacridone crimson.

  • Cap cleaner, solvent from MTN or Montana.

  • Paper towel Palette 

    Fluid Thoughts

  • Water colour or acrylic paper, I used a 450 gsm Hahnemühle acrylic paper a4 size

  • Pencils, I used a graphite pencil 8B

  • Painting palette and water jar Paper towels

  • Eraser

  • Scale divider Workable fixative

  • High Flow medium or glazing medium, you can also just use water if you like.

  • Acrylic paint, I used titanium white, light violet, azo yellow lemon, potters pink by Winsor and Newton and fluorescent pink

  • Acrylic fluid paint, I used paynes grey

  • Acrylic ink, I used prism violet, quinacridone magenta, bright orange from Liquitex, titanium white and carbon black high flow from Golden.

  • Spray paint, I used water based fluorescent pink, yellow medium azo and transparant white.

  • Cap cleaner solvent from MTN or Montana

  • Brushes, use a variety of brushes you like to work with. I used a 1.5 inch chipbrush, an angled brush 1.2 , 0.5 and 0.2 inch, a filbert 0.4 and 0.2 inch, and a small round brush

  • Palette knife (optional) and palette paper or glass

    Bloom

Vanessa Oliver Lloyd

Cave of Inspiration

  • 2 big sheets of sketching paper or kraft paper (no more than 120 mgs)

  • Various specialty papers (iridescent, watercolor, scrapbooking, wrapping paper)

  • Tissue paper (patterned and colorful)

  • Napkins

  • Matte medium

  • Clear gesso

  • Sequins/glitter

  • Iridescent sticker paper

  • Acetate or clear packaging

  • Iridescent watercolors

  • Cutting mat

  • Exacto knife

  • Ink

  • Dip pen

  • Uniball Signo broad

  • Bookbinding material: awl, thread and needle

  • Stamp and ink

  • Scissors

  • Ruler

  • Glue

  • Packing tape

  • Ribbon

  • Stapler

  • Water spray bottle

  • Sewing machine

  • fabric

  • Where I get my glitter: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/decopopshop?ref=usf_2020

  • The tissue paper is from Elly Mack:  https://ko-fi.com/ellymack/shop

Please remember you don’t need all these specific supplies, most can be swapped out with alternatives- be creative with what you already have 😊😊😊