Learn 4 Life - Material - Fall Classes

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Materials

Beginning & Intermediate Water Colors                                                                                                                                       (You can find these materials at Michael's and Jo Anne's)   If this is not your first watercolor class, feel free to bring your own equipment

· Set of 12 or 18 Reeves Watercolors

· Set of 10 nylon brushes and canvas brush case. (Purchase from Michael's for best value) Also, you can get a taklon brush set Loew Cornel (description of the product: Nine high performance synthetic brushes, ideal for the artist working in acrylic and all media. These taklon brushes provide excellent spring, point, and chisel edge. 5-inch acrylic handles are nicely weighted, durable in water and each have a beveled end for texturing and manipulating paint. Larger sized flats and detail rounds and liners provide the right tools for a wide range of projects on most any surface.) If you want to buy nylon or very soft brushes separately it would be ideal to have the following numbers: 0, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 (round) and a big 13 or more flat.

· 9 x 12 watercolor pad or 11 x 15 paper (Strathmore or Canson, 140 lb, acid free)

· A round palette tray style. If you want to bring plastic paper plates to make your color combination, please do!

· Small Plastic cups

· Small drop cloth or large towel to protect desk and working area

· Roll of papertowels or cleaning rags/cloths

· Apron/protection for your clothing Oil Painting(You can find these materials at Michael's Craft Sore)

· 16 x 20 stretched canvas

· A sturdy table easel

· Paper towels or rags

· Disposable paper pallet or piece of aluminum foil to use as pallet

· Masking tape

· Soft vine charcoal

· Odorless paint thinner or odorless mineral spirits

· Small jar of artists linseed oil (be sure it is of a thin consistency)

· Ruler

· Brushes are usually the most confusing to buy so the instructor will let you use one of hers the first class if you don't have one

· #6 and #8 bristle brushes (flats)

· #6 and #8 sable (synthetic) brushes (flats)

· #6 or #8 sable round

· Oil Paint (not water mixable oil unless you prefer it)

· In size 37 ml oil paint you will need;

· Cadmium Yellow light (or pale)

· Cadmium Orange

· Cadmium Red

· Dioxide Purple

· French ultramarine blue (same as ultramarine blue)

· Sap green

· Burnt Sienna

· Ivory black

· Lastly, In a large size (5 to 7 oz) Titanium White

Oil Painting                                                                                                                                                                                                  (You can find these materials at Michaels)

Oil Paints (37ml tubes):

Alizarin Crimson
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow
Dioxazine Purple
Ivory Black
Sap Green
Ultramarine Blue
Yellow Ocher
A large tube of Titanium White (soft formula)
A "Bristle" brush has stiff bristles, and a "Sable" brush is softer. A "Bright" brush has shorter bristles than a "Flat". (American Painter, Grumbacher or Princeton Brand).

# 8 and # 6 Bristle Bright Brush
# 8 and # 6 Sable Bright Brush
# 4 Sable Filbert Brush
# 8 Sable Round Brush
1 stretch canvas -16x20
1 Pad (40 sheets) disposable paper palette
Table top easel: Star Rite aluminum works well
1 can or jar for cleaning brushes
1 pint odorless mineral spirits or paint thinner
1 small jar artist linseed oil (NOT BOILED)
1 roll paper towels
3 small jars with tight fitting lids (baby food size)

Beginning Sketching and Drawing                                                                                                                                                (You can find these at any art supply store)

Large Sketch Pad
Small set of graphite lead drawing pencils
18 inch ruler
Large eraser
8x10 inch black and white photograph


Cake Decorating 101-The Basic Course

(You can find these materials at Michael's)   Supplies will not be available in class.

· Wilton course I decorating kit

· One cake any size/shape

· Clown heads

· 2 containers of Wilton white frosting

· Scissors

· Wax paper

· Disposable containers


Cake Decorating 102 - Working with Fondant                                                                                                                             (You can find these materials at Michael's)  Supplies will not be available in class.

· Wilton course III decorating kit

· One round cake up to 8"

· Cornstarch

· ¼ cup of Crisco®

· 1 container of Wilton Buttercream frosting

· 1 can- Wilton white frosting

· Piping gel

· 1 package of Wilton fondant

· Scissors

· Rolling pin

· Pizza wheel or small knife

· 2-3 plastic 1-gallon Ziploc® bags

· Wax paper

· Disposable containers


Beginning Quilt Making                                                                                                                                                                       (You can find these materials at Michael's or Jo Anne's)

Pencil and paper (all you need for the first class)
The book "Quilter's Complete Guide" by Fons & Porter is a great textbook!
1 ¾ yd Theme fabric - can be a border stripe. This fabric is the one you just love that has a good mix of color ideas!
1/2 yd each of a dark, medium and light fabric that takes it's "cue" from the theme fabric. In other words, "Let the theme fabric give you clues as to which fabrics to choose."
Rotary cutter & mat
6 ½" x 24" ruler
Pins
Marti Michele Perfect Patchwork Templates, Set B
Sand Paper Dots are helpful
Gray cotton thread
OTHER SUPPLIES WILL BE SUGGESTED DURING CLASS SESSIONS


Queen Size Quilt Making                                                                                                                                                                   (You can find these materials at Michael's or Jo Anne's)

Pencil and paper
Your choice of fabric

Landscape Quilt Class

(You can find these materials at Michael's or Jo Anne's)

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR FIRST CLASS: All other supplies will be discussed at the first session. One class session will require a sewing machine!

· Fat Quarter of landscape theme fabric

· Fat Eight of sky and ground fabric that coordinate with the theme fabric

· 1/2 yd Steam a Seam II

· Good sharp Scissors (Fiskars spring loaded grip is great!)

· Sewing machine in good working order with bobbin wound with a light weight thread (Sulky bobbin thread or Mettler 30 wt machine embroidery thread is good.)

· Decorative threads to match or coordinate with fabrics (a variety will be available for you to play with on day of class)

· Seam Ripper

· Your favorite basic sewing needs

Machine Quilt Class

(You can find these materials at Michael's or Jo Anne's)

· Sewing machine in good working order with 3 wound bobbins

· Walking foot or Janome's Rotary Even Feed Foot

· Darning Foot

· 100% cotton neutral color sewing thread

· Thread Snips

· Seam Ripper



 
 Last Updated: 9/4/09