Cheryl Tefft - Art Deco Roses - Apr 4, 2025

General supplies

• Ruler; metal with cork backing is recommended (S270 or S271)
• Painter's tape, drafting tape, artist’s tape, or other low-tack tape, preferably no more than 1” wide (S412 or S931)
• Container for rinse water (S1005, S1151, S1694, or S1685)
• White eraser, such as the kind that comes in a click-style holder shaped like a pen (E06), or your favorite alternative eraser
• 1 small dropper bottle with watertight cap, for distilled water (ideally holding approx. 2-4 ounces [60-120 ml]). (S1017)
• Distilled water—make sure it says "distilled”
• Paper towels
• Optional: Kneaded eraser (E09 or E36)--only needed if using frisket pen/frisket marker
• Optional: Palette with shallow wells for mixing colors—only needed if you are using tube watercolors (S3010, S120-30, S1091, S1094, S2017, S679, S747, S2005, or S2006)

Writing/mark-making tools

• Pencil—fine-point mechanical pencil recommended, such as the GraphGear 500 with 0.5 mm lead (PL21)
• Pigma Micron fine-point marker (in BLACK ink);  size 01 (M218), or similar
• Optional: Colored pencils (PL28, PL28-S12, PL29, PL05, PL76, PL16, PL16-12SET, or PL77-Basic tone) and/or watercolor pencils (PL32 or PL58), with sharpener as needed; suggest getting at least a basic set of colored pencils for doing quick color testing on your projects in the rough draft stage.

Inks/paints

• Watercolor paints, assorted non-metallic colors (a selection of bright jewel tones and/or pastel colors will be the most useful in this class) (S2013, S1660, S959, S3041, S808, S609, FP107, or S1032 [12-A or 36-color set]) NOTE: If you get tube watercolors instead of a pan set, you will also need the basic palette mentioned earlier.

Brushes

• Small round (pointed) brush, size 0 or smaller; a favorite size for what we will be doing is size 000, a.k.a. 3/0 (you might find it helpful to have a range of sizes from 0 to 0000, such as the Winsor Newton Sable Gold 101 set). (BR91, BR100, BR81, BR26, BR26-S4, BR104, BR49, or BR80)

Papers

• Watercolor paper of your choice, white or off-white, something fairly smooth and non-bleeding. (Mixed-media varieties may not be the best option for this class.) Medium weight (about 140#) is suggested (not required). You’ll need a few sheets of approximately 5×7” to 8-½ x 11” size (A5 to A4). You might want to get several different types of paper to see what works best for this technique. Some suggested watercolor papers are:
• Arches Hot Press, 90# or 140#; an all-purpose favorite (PS42, PS47 or PA42)
• Fabriano Artistico Hot Press, 140#; another all-purpose favorite (PS115)
• Arches Text Wove; a favorite for all drawing and painting projects but not for calligraphy (PS01 or PA03)
• Lanaquarelle Hot Press, 140# (PS120)
• Stonehenge Aqua Hot Press, 140# (PA110)
• Stonehenge Hot Press (SPS110)
• Optional: Fine art paper sample sheet pack (PA101) If you don’t already have strong favorites in watercolor paper, recommend getting this sampler pack for testing before buying larger quantities.
• Optional: Layout bond paper or layout marker paper, letter-size or larger, a few sheets (P09-50, P32, or P203)

Miscellaneous

• Optional: Frisket pen or frisket marker (a.k.a. Masking fluid pen/marker); Pebeo is a favorite brand, but try any kind you like. These are (mostly) more or less like a pen that dispenses frisket instead of ink, which gives you a thin line of frisket. Some of these look more like a normal gel pen/paint pen/marker (which you operate more or less in that same way), and some are more of a small plastic squeeze bottle with an extended cap. (M144)