Jeannie Donovan is an exhibiting painter and papermaker with an MFA in Visual Design, who has taught drawing and painting to students of all ages for over 25 years.

SUPPLIES:

Drawing Materials

• Sketch book (9 x 12”) white drawing paper pad (no newsprint)

• Drawing pencils: 2H, F, 2B, 4B, and pencil sharpener

• 1 or 2 kneaded rubber erasers

Watercolor Materials

• Watercolor pad (9 x 12”) rough, textured surface, cold pressed (not real expensive brand, student grade)

• 1 sheet: Full size watercolor paper, 22” x 30”, cold pressed, 90 lb or heavier Arches, Fabriano, or other good quality brand*

• Inexpensive camel hair or good student grade watercolor brushes: 1” flat; small detail brushes: #1 & #3; medium rounds #5 and/or #6; larger rounds: #10 and #12; Liner or Rigger brush: #3 or #4 for longer detail lines (Princeton Select brushes are good)

• Starter watercolor kits like Koi, Reeves, Niji, Grumbacher, Cotman, or others that should include the colors cadnium red, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, medium yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, Chinese white, black, Payne’s gray, Hooker’s green dark, sap green; you can also buy separate tube colors and not a whole starter kit, whichever is more affordable; (be sure to buy a tube of Payne’s gray)

• Small jar of white Masking Fluid or Friskit, OR masking fluid pen (cheaper)

• Plastic palette with small and larger mixing wells, medium size round or rectangular

• 1 or 2 good size plastic cups or containers for water

• 16 x 20” (approximate) sheet of sturdy cardboard or masonite board)

• 1” roll of masking tape (or 1” roll of blue painter’s tape)

*NOTE: you won’t need the large sheet of good watercolor paper for the first class. Guild Art Supplies is a great source for materials: 1 Cottage St. Easthampton, as well as Michael’s Crafts stores, or a local store near you.