Art Supply Lists for Fall 2013

I wish I knew how to upload a pdf file so that you could download and save this. I don't. Sorry. So you will just have to print this page or copy and paste the portion you need!!

Now you can purchase supplies anywhere you want.. but I do know that the absolute EASIEST way to purchase supplies is to go to The Apple Tree or call Regina at 254-968-4440 and purchase all the supplies in one "kit" at a discounted price. (I think it's 10% off... not sure)

Art 1 Supply List

• 16 Color Watercolor Set
• Sketchbook
• 24 ct Colored Pencils
• Pencil Set
• Drawing Tools
• Scissors
• Glue

You do not have to buy top of the line supplies, however RoseArt and Crayola brands are not adequate for an art classroom.

Art 2 Supply List

• 24 ct Colored Pencils.. Prismacolor Preferred
• 18 piece Watercolor set
• Paint Palette with Cover
• Sketching Set
• Sketch and Wash Pencil
• Strathmore Drawing Tablet: 70lb 50 sheets
• Optional: 16 ct Oil Pastel
• Basic art supplies from Art 1

Art 3 and AP Supply List

• Royal and Langnickel Palette Paper
• Liquitex Basics Acrylic Set 6 colors
• Liquitex Basics White Nylon Brush set 6 brushes
• Micron Pen Set 01 Nib 6 colors
• Basic art supplies from Art 1 and 2

Sumi-e Painting or Ink Wash Painting

Sumi-e Painting.

It's making ink from an inkstick (block of soot) and rubbing it on an inkstone and then painting with a bamboo brush on rice paper.

It's fun and not our usual medium.

It's part of my quest to make sure that advanced art students leave my program with experience in as many different types of art and media as possible.

In Sumi-e, once it's painted on, it's on. You can't change the stroke or erase it. I have found that it's a great exercise for students to use with gesture sketches.



We also did the traditional flowers, birds and bamboo.

While we were doing this, my art 1 classes were working on contour line with soda cans, so we did those in sumi-e too.

Overall, these are good exercises, but I don't like the way they dry when you have to create digital files. Maybe if I ironed them? I don't know. Can you iron rice paper???

Pastel Portraits

Art 2 and AP Studio students spent a few days drawing each other and then drawing themselves looking in mirrors. One day, while they were working, I had the students take pictures of themselves looking in the mirror so that we could capture the moment.

I then printed the pictures in black and white and gave them to the students to create a pastel portrait. The students could choose between chalk pastel and oil pastel. I pushed the students to try the one they were most unsure of.

The results were mixed. Some students were so caught up in the fact that they had not mastered the pastels that they didn't do great portraits. Some students found a new passion.

Here is the link for the artsonia gallery http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=561134 

And here are a few quality examples.