Basic Materials List - this is the minimal requirement with no exceptions!
- Hard-bound sketch book no larger than 9 x 7: rectangular format
- Foam core portfolio with bulldog clips as demonstrated in class - readymade cardboard portfolios are also acceptable
- Assortment of brushes; large/medium, small sponges, rags
- black ink and water-colour kit
- 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B Graphite Drawing Pencils, Coloured Pencil Kit
- Conte, black and brown
- Pencil Sharpener, ruler
- Bienfang 360 marker paper pad at least 19” x 24”
- (You can sometimes buy these in a pad of 50 and then tape them together to build larger surfaces).
- Masking Tape, glue stick, scissors
- White Eraser(s)
- Large Pad of newsprint
- Scotch tape
- a found stick roughly three feet
Other Useful Materials
- Charcoal pencils, an assortment
- Graphite sticks
- mechanical motorized eraser
- solid core progresso pencils
The above supplies should be good quality art materials that can be combined with other marking tools to be explored in your sketchbook.
Curry’s: www.currys.com
Dick Blick Art Supplies www.dickblick.com
Aboveground: www.abovegroundartsupplies.com
Daniel’s Art Supplies: DeSerres (Loomis & Toles's): www.deserres.ca
Gwartzman’s: www.gwartzmans.com
Midoco Art & Office Supplies: www.midoco.ca
Picasso Art and Craft Supplies Tern: www.ternart.com
Toose Art Supplies: tooseartsupplies.blogspot.com
The Paper Place: www.thepaperplace.ca
Woolfitts Art Enterprises: www.woolfitts.com
York University Store: www.bookstore.yorku.ca/