Image Transfer in Acrylic & Mixed Media
Papers and other surfaces to work with, including sketching/drawing paper, bristol vellum or another heavy paper that can handle mixed media, and fabric or canvas if you’d like
Pencils, drawing pens, eraser, scissors, Xacto knife if you’d like, brushes, spreader, painting knife, and any other mark making tools you normally use
Acrylic paint in bottles or tubes in colors you normally use, liquid medium such as GAC 100 or Liquitex Matte or Gloss Liquid Medium, and if you have it, soft gel or heavy gel
Optional: Your own imagery (if photos or black and white drawings/stock images, then photocopy or laser print, as inkjet images are less successful), magazines, newspapers, catalogues, and any additional collage papers you’d like to experiment with,
packing tape, cello tape, clear contact paper, a sheet protector or two to create your transfers on top of, and a plastic or glass container to transport transfers that might not be 100% dry when we are finished
Gel Plate Printing with Acrylics and Mixed Media
A variety of papers and other surfaces to work with - bring a variety you want to try, including sketching paper, bristol board or vellum, any found/decorative papers you want to try, and a good printmaking paper such as Stonehenge or Rives BFK, or watercolor paper. If you want to print on boards or canvas or fabric, bring those too.
Pencils, drawing pens, masking tape, scissors, glue, and any other mark making tools you use regularly
Acrylic paint in a few colors you like to use, black and white, and if you can bring a mix of paint in bottles and tubes
Painting medium - either GAC 100 or liquid matte or gloss medium
Brushes you like to use, including a good spreader, a painting knife, and a brayer if you have one (instructor has five brayers to share so if you don’t have one don’t go out and buy one)
Optional - rubbing alcohol or baby wipes, different kinds of string and embroidery thread, stencils, gel plates if you have any, glazing medium, newspapers, magazines, water soluble crayons, pan pastels, deli paper, coffee filters (instructor will provide these, but if you want to bring your own you are welcome to)
Working Small with Mixed Media
Paint - bring all the colors you want, but be sure to have basics such as Titanium White, Black, and primary colors. Particularly nice and also inexpensive for mixed media is Blick Matte Acrylic paint in bottles.
Brushes - up to 1.5” in flat, round, bright or whatever variety you have and want to bring, and a liner brush for detail.
Spray bottle
Pencils, Micron pens, crayons, oil pastels, and any other drawing implements you want to bring
favorite collage papers, magazines or newspapers (Jackie will supply a bunch of these so if you don’t have any it’s okay)
Palette
Painting knives, flat rubber spreader if you have one
Alcohol inks if you have them (Jackie will supply these too, so if you don’t have any it’s okay)
Matte, satin or gloss medium, either Golden GAC-100 or 200, or Liquitex medium in a bottle - not gel.
Working Big with Mixed Media
Paint - bring all the colors you want, but be sure to have basics such as Titanium White, Black, and primary colors. Particularly nice and also inexpensive for mixed media is Blick Matte Acrylic paint in bottles.
Brushes - up to 5” in flat, round, bright or whatever variety you have and want to bring, even hardware store brushes in various sizes
Spray bottle
Pencils, Micron pens, crayons, oil pastels or painting sticks, and any other drawing implements you want to bring favorite collage papers, magazines or newspapers (Jackie will supply a bunch of these so if you don’t have any it’s okay)
Palette
Large painting knives, flat rubber spreader if you have one, and rollers/brayers if you have any
Bristol board in 18” x 24” or bigger size, two sheets
Optional: large canvas or board 18” x 24” or bigger
Alcohol inks if you have them (Jackie will supply these too, so if you don’t have any it’s okay)
Matte, satin or gloss medium, either Golden GAC-100 or 200, or Liquitex medium in a bottle - not gel.
Mixed Media Techniques:
11 x 17 or larger pad of bristol board, mixed media paper, and/or gesso boards, canvas paper (at least 10 sheets total)
GAC-100 Medium or Liquitex Satin or Semi-Gloss Liquid Medium
Acrylic paints - tubes or liquid - in at least a red, blue, yellow, white and black or payne’s grey (Recommend Golden, Liquitex, Blick)
One tube of Titanium White paint
Painter’s Tape or other low-tack tape for securing paper
Assortment of brushes - Recommend a large flat, 1” flat, medium and small rounds, and a liner
Pencils, eraser, sharpener for drawing
*Optional* - Extra Fine Point Sharpie, charcoal, oil pastel in black and white
Accordion Mixed Media Sketchbook Workshop:
If you want to provide your own A4 sketchbook (called Concertina, Octopus, Urban, or Japanese, depending on the maker - Sennelier, Moleskine, Seawhite of Brighton, and Pentalic), but Jackie will provide you a Seawhite Octopus sketchbook for a $20 fee payable to her at the day of the workshp. Jackie will also provide practice paper and all of the mixed media supplies, including photographs, but if you want to bring your own collage pieces and photos, please do!
Assortment of drawing pencils, darker to lighter
Eraser if you want to have one handy
Glue stick
Xacto knife if you want to cut specific shapes
Scissors
PVA glue (Jackie will also have plenty of this on hand to share)
Drawing pen such as Micron or other fine point permanent marker
A few watercolors if you have them, watercolor brush
India ink (Jackie will have ink to share, too, if you don’t have any)
Gesso
Acrylic brush to apply gesso
Spreader/old credit card
Any regular sketching supplies you like to use that aren’t listed - pens, markers, crayons, etc.
Any collage pieces or magazine pages you want to use (Jackie will provide a lot for you to choose from, too)
Any photographs you want to use for sketching a certain subject or theme (Jackie will provide a lot of these to choose from, too)