6bf18efe-9a9f-4a24-a12c-02621c1085e8 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Flora and Fauna Items required for the first class: - mixed media sketchbook* - pencil - chalk pastels - no less than 4 colours plus black and white (Mungyo, Schmincke, Rembrandt all fine). Most art supply stores allow you to buy single sticks pastels. You are also welcome to buy a small set of them. - 1 white eraser Additional Items to be discussed during the first class: - at least 3 oil pastels, your choice of colours - pencil sharpener - 2H and 2B pencil - 6 good quality pencil crayons, example- Faber-Castell or Prismacolor - 2 brushes for ink and watercolour work - one bottle of acrylic based ink, Winsor Newton, black - 2 different coloured Sharpie markers - Speedball 107 Hawk Quill nib and Speedball pen nib holder (Opus) - small watercolour set with at least 8 colours, you can also use tubes of colours. Bookbinding supplies: - bulldog clips (2 large size) - bookbinding needles, thread (can use embroidery floss, heavy weight thread, or bookbinding thread) and one to three bookbinding awls. *Mixed Media Sketchbook: The following sketchbooks with links are examples, you do not have to buy these brands, just make sure that the paper in the sketchbook you purchase is for mixed media use, for both wet and dry media and at least 90 lb. Either 9”x 12” or 11”x14” is fine. Previously used sketchbooks are also fine, be sure to have at least 25-30 sheets. eg. Canson XL Mixed Media Pads at Opus: https://opusartsupplies.com/collections/canson-xl-pads/products/canson-xl-mixed-media-pads?variant=44111026094311 eg. Opus Essential Artists' Mixed Media Wirebound Books: https://opusartsupplies.com/products/opus-essential-mixed-media-wirebound-books?variant=52065731608807 eg. Mixed Media Pads at Michaels: https://canada.michaels.com/search?q=mixed mediasketchbook&com_id=SearchBar_Recommendation_Components&path=popular_search_keyword Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

6167802d-165f-4969-bab5-7124e96078e8 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting: Abstraction in Canada Supply List TBA Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

ec4498fe-4755-4169-9f7d-061e280d480b Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing the Canadian Landscape Items required for the first class: - sketchbook of drawing paper any size - a few sticks of compressed charcoal, or a small set - Conté (black and white) - a set of pencils ranging from ~4H-8B - rubber eraser Additional items to be discussed during the first class: - willow or vine stick charcoal - kneadable eraser - set of pencil crayons - small set of chalk pastels - variety of blending stumps - masking tape - cotton rags - pencil sharpener - Exacto knife - a few large sheets of drawing paper (White Stonehenge drawing paper 250gsm) Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

e21eca78-7e62-4eac-a115-14e5166597d2 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Gouache: Inspiration & Expression Supply List TBA Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

06fc7b86-6da0-4d4b-814e-379d0de7df77 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing Nature - mixed-media paper pad (or 10 sheets of drawing paper) - 1 sheet dark paper (anydark colour) - 1 sheet mid-tone paper (any colour that isn't too dark or too light) - graphite pencils (HB, 4B) - small plastic eraser - blending stump - white conte - black conte - water soluble graphite Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

158e75a3-24dc-4a6e-aad2-533651019cb0 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing: Introduction I Items required for the first class: - Mixed-media sketchbook (8" x 10" or larger) - graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B) - white vinyl eraser Additional items to be discussed during the first class: - 2 sticks black and 2 sticks white compressed charcoal (conte) - water-soluble graphite - Chinese brushes: small and medium size - Blending stump - India ink - 2 sheets black and 2 sheets mid-tone paper - two full sheets of Stonehenge (20 x 30") - oil pastels (primary colours, black, and white) Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

5ed1e984-6a64-4bf1-9327-985ffa81fd41 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing: Thematic Approaches Items required for the first class: - Mixed-media sketchbook (8" x 10" or larger) - 2 sticks black, 2 sticks white compressed charcoal (conte) - graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B) Additional Items to be discussed during the first class: - coloured pencils (primary colours and black) - blending stump (aka tortillon) - pen - water-soluble graphite - Chinese ink - bamboo brushes (small and medium) - eraser (white vinyl) - watercolours: travel sets or individual tubes (at least 3 different colours) - plastic palette or small plate - #12 watercolour brush (synthetic sable: buy a brush specifically for watercolours) - oil pastels (primary colours, black, and white) - rag (for clean up, wiping brushes) - pad of newsprint - few pieces of grey toned paper and a few pieces of black paper Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

7f849471-54f0-4c8f-880a-c8c0792fd104 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting: Light and Shadow - Mixed-media paper pad (any size, at least 9"x 12") - Acrylic paint (I recommend Amsterdam paints): Primary Magenta (or quinacridone magenta), Primary Cyan (or cerulean or cobalt blue), Ultramarine Blue, Primary yellow, Titanium white, Raw Umber (or burnt umber, or vandyke brown). Don't get "Fluid" paints. - Brushes: round brush (#1), filbert brushes (#2, #4 , #6 , #8 ), 1 large 3" hardware store brush - Slow-dry Acrylic medium (or acrylic glazing medium - it can be mat or gloss, note: NOT gel medium or pouring medium). - Masking tape - Cotton rags - Aluminum foil over a plate as a palette - Pencil and eraser - 5 painting surfaces (either canvas boards, stretched canvases or gessoed wood panels), sizes of your choice - to be discussed during the 1st class. Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

53866b07-0369-40fb-94a7-efab9dce4080 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Contemporary Art I Note-taking materials: - notebook (specifically devoted to this course) - pen - a textbook (see below) is required for this class, so please purchase prior to the start of class (either the paperback or Kindle version is ok) Occasionally you will be asked to bring in items for specific hands-on projects in class. Required Textbook: Rudd, Natalie, Contemporary Art (Art Essential Series), Thames and Hudson, 2023 https://www.amazon.ca/Contemporary-Art-Natalie-Rudd/dp/0500296707/ref=sr_1_2 Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

5cf96835-5e26-452e-b93f-82d1f6cfba9a Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Landscape Painting Supply List TBA Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

dcb72251-ac8a-4c19-9db2-bca14ccdc9bf Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Understanding Colour I Of the water based mediums, acrylic paint is the preferred medium due to ease of mix-ability. However many students prefer to do the course in watercolour or gouache especially if this is their primary medium. Items required for the first class: Paint: - ivory black or carbon black (acrylic, watercolour or gouache) - tube of titanium white (acrylic or gouache), chinese white (watercolour) Brushes: - for Acrylic paint use flat soft synthetic brushes 3/4” wide in straight or angle cut (Taklon or similar works fine). - Watercolour and Gouache: a variety of watercolour brushes whatever you have but also a 1/2” or 3/4” flat watercolour brush) For acrylic only: - matte medium - 8 or 16 oz for acrylic - palette knife(s) (metal is preferred) - pad of disposable palette sheets Surfaces: - pad of watercolour paper, 9”x12” (if using watercolour or gouache) - at least 100 Lb lb hot press - canvas pad, or gessoed watercolour paper for 9”x12” ( for oil) - 20 or more card stock sheets (8.5”x11”) Other: - magazines (or other black and white images found online): look for lots of interesting black and white photos. - scissors - glue stick - ruler ( metal cork backed if you have a choice) - empty plastic containers - cutting board and utility knife with snap off blades knife Additional Colours not needed for first two weeks (acrylic, watercolour or gouache): - cadmium red medium - alizarin crimson (hue is better) or quinacridone red - dioxazine violet - ultramarine blue- phthalo blue (green shade) - cobalt blue (genuine) - phthalo blue - phthalo green (this could be regular, yellow shade or blue shade) - hansa or lemon yellow - cadmium yellow medium - cadmium orange or vat orange Optional tube colours pigments - French ultramarine - cadmium red light - rose madder - pyrrole red - permanent magenta - 3, 4 or 5 grey Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .

a0d73a88-80cb-4d3f-afc0-7dd6dda9d1c5 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Urban Sketching Essential Supplies: - Sketchbook – 8"x10" or larger (spiral-bound preferred for ease of use outdoors) - Drawing Pencils – HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B - White Soft Eraser - Pencil Sharpener – Manual and/or utility knife - Drawing Pens – 2-3 black pens with different nib sizes (e.g., 0.3mm, 0.5mm, 0.8mm) - Watercolour Pencils – Set of 6 or more - Watercolour Brush – #10 or #12 synthetic sable brush (preferably with a water reservoir such as https://opusartsupplies.com/products/sakura-koi-water-brushes ) - Water Container – Small jar with lid or collapsible silicone cup Optional Supplies: - Portable Chair or Lightweight Sitting Pad - Clipboard or Portable Drawing Board – For stability when standing or sitting without a table - Travel-Size Watercolour Set – Compact pans or a small palette - Masking Tape or Clips – To secure sketchbook pages - Sandpaper Sharpener - Small Ruler or Triangle – Useful for architectural sketches - Lightweight Bag or Backpack – To carry all supplies - Small Phone or Compact Camera – For quick reference shots (if allowed in certain locations) Additional Materials as Required: - Larger Paper – A few sheets of good-quality paper (e.g., 11"x14" or 14"x17", watercolor or medium-weight drawing paper) Additional Notes: - Bring weather-appropriate clothing for outdoor sketching. - Be prepared with additional materials if required for specific projects. Suggested places to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ Michaels, 3501 Blanshard St, 111 Uptown Blvd Unit, Victoria BC or order online: https://canada.michaels.com/ You can consider an Opus A+ Membership, where students can sign up to save 10% on all orders during their studies: Sign Up For Opus A+ Membership .