Materials List

You will need to have the below materials for the course you have enrolled on unless you have paid to have materials included, which is £30 per course:

• Sketchbook for drawing exercises
• Masking tape, Putty rubber, Bulldog clips
• Palette papers & Palette knife
• Charcoals, pressed and willow
• Good range of pencils (HB to 6B)
• Black fine liner & black biro
• Range of brushes for watercolour and acrylic
• Watercolour set, again as good a quality as you can afford, tubes or blocks
• Chalk and Oil pastels
• Kitchen paper and wet wipes; and
• Mug for tea.

We would recommend building up your own kit so you can continue your practice outside of the sessions.  Sheets of paper are available for 50p/£1.

Acrylic paints – as good a quality as you can afford – you will need:

• Alizirin Red
• Indian Yellow
• Prussian Blue
• Black; and
• White.

Oils are optional in the last few weeks of the term and you may prefer to stay in watercolour or acrylic.  For oils you will need:

• Oil paint, same five colours as acrylic
• Citress or Shellsol (Please note: no white spirit is allowed in the studio)
• Linseed oil
• Pure turps
• 2 x Jam jars
• Small dish
• Rags (plenty); and
• Soap liquid.

For everyone, there is a lot of cost and work involved in painting, keep your equipment in good condition and well stocked so you can focus on the important things like enjoying the development of your ideas.

Strand Arts in Cheltenham will offer you 10% discount as a CFA student.