Painting is a Feeling

Tutor : Maryika Welter

Acrylic paints – artist quality

Colours: White Mars, Black, Pale Gold

Variety of colours cool and warm, opaque and transparent e.g. Atelier brand
Transparent Red Oxide                 Quinacridone Magenta
Doxazine Purple                              Pthalo Turquoise
Transparent Yellow                        Pthalo Blue
Perm Sap Green                             Red Gold
Cadmium Yellow Mid                     Naples Yellow
Cadmium Red Med                        Toning Grey mid
Toning Grey Pinkish                       Toning Grey Yellowish
Tinting White Cobalt                       Turquoise Light Hue

Matisse brand

Australian Sienna Cadmium Orange
Antique White or Jo Sonja’s Warm White

Mediums:

White Gesso primer and transparent Gesso
Soft pastels if you have some – cheap brand
Black or Sepia ink – Art Spectrum
Willow charcoal, thin and medium (not compressed)
Modelling compound
Binder medium, Gel medium, Painting medium
Acrylic Gloss varnish medium – Atelier brand preferred

Brushes:

Assorted nylon/acrylic paint brushes, through to a wide pasting brush, include a 2” soft goat hair for washes.

Paper/Canvas:

2 Art Spectrum pastel papers – 1 lighter shade, 1 dark and a support board
Canvases – deep edge preferred in assorted sizes – 3 small approx 25cm square
and one of a manageable size and perhaps one large
5 sheets drawing cartridge paper 100gsm – A1
3 sheets of 250gsm paper (oil paper)

Miscellaneous:

Spray water bottle
Foam roller approx 8cm wide from hardware
Disposable gloves
Towel, clean up cloth, comfortable shoes
Tissue papers and fibre papers with texture for pasting
Small amount of fibre/fabric, gauze or cheese cloth
Thin string or cotton knitting thread – no synthetics
Gold and/or silver powdered pigments if you have some
Journal for writing and/or sketch pad
Scissors, pencils, sharpener
PVA glue
Blade
Eye dropper
Spatula
Some of your own images if you need them, stencils if you have some
Ice cream container lids, small containers for washes and a water container       

Coffee mug - tea, coffee, milk and sugar are not supplied by the School.  Classes pool funds to buy supplies for the week which can be stored in the Tea Room provided.  Please note that students are responsible for keeping their allocated tea room clean and tidy.

Estimated material cost: $0 to $300.00 – experienced students should have most materials 

IMPORTANT:  All electrical equipment required for your class at USQ must be ‘tag-tested' by a qualified electrician prior to arrival in order to comply with QLD WH&S legislation.  Items include: extension cord, radio/CD players etc.

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY – IMPORTANT!!
If you bring any hazardous substance to the McGregor School, could you please ensure that you obtain a MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) from the supplier or obtain one from the manufacturer of this substance.
To do this, either ask the supplier from whom you purchase the hazardous substance, or read the contact details on the hazardous substance and contact the manufacturer and ask for a MSDS). Once you have obtained the MSDS, bring it with you to the school, and hand in a copy to the McGregor School office and or the Tutor.
Hazardous substance can be: e.g. solvents, acids, some paint and glues, chemicals, fixatives, fluxes and solders.
If you are unsure, the Supplier and or manufacturer should be able to inform you if the substance is classed  as hazardous.