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  • Drawing: Urban Perspectives

    51ec0ee9-6598-486a-8206-92a0212b01b1 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing: Urban Perspectives - Mixed-media paper pad (at least 9" x 12") - 2 sheets black paper - 2 sheets mid-tone paper (grey or other colour) - 2 sheets Mylar or Grafix Dura-Lar sheets (8.5" x 11") - Graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B) - Water-soluble graphite pencil (Lyra 2B) - White plastic eraser - Medium willow or vine charcoal - 2 sticks white conte - 2 sticks black conte - Fine-tipped pen (like Staedtler pigment liner 0.5) - oil pastels (cyan, magenta, yellow, black, white) - 1 blending stump - scissors - glue stick - workable fixative spray (optional) 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 .

  • Painting: Thematic Approaches

    3ff290ca-f1c0-4ac4-aaba-d4ae7a0410cb Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting: Thematic Approaches - 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). Don't get "Fluid" paints. - Brushes: round brush (#1), filbert brushes (#2, #4 , #6 , #8 ), 1 large 3" hardware store brush - Acrylic medium (or acrylic glazing medium - it can be mat or glass, note: NOT gel medium or pouring medium). - Masking tape - Cotton rags - Aluminum foil over a plate as a palette - Containers for water and medium - Water spray bottle - 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 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 .

  • Colour in Painting

    e7181cb6-7a99-46e7-945a-7ff5ffd9afd5 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Colour in Painting - 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). Don't get "Fluid" paints. - Brushes: round brush (#1), filbert brushes (#2, #4 , #6 , #8 ), 1 large 3" hardware store brush - Acrylic medium (or acrylic glazing medium - it can be mat or glass, note: NOT gel medium or pouring medium). - Masking tape - Cotton rags - Aluminum foil over a plate as a palette - Containers for water and medium - Water spray bottle - 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 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 .

  • Painting: Light and Shadow

    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). Don't get "Fluid" paints. - Brushes: round brush (#1), filbert brushes (#2, #4 , #6 , #8 ), 1 large 3" hardware store brush - Acrylic medium (or acrylic glazing medium - it can be mat or glass, note: NOT gel medium or pouring medium). - Masking tape - Cotton rags - Aluminum foil over a plate as a palette - Containers for water and medium - Water spray bottle - 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 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 .

  • Drawing: Material and Concept

    ae236818-0b0b-4b27-8321-dfc70c2b759f Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing: Material and Concept Supply List TBA 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 .

  • Art History: Modernism to the Contemporary Period 1800-2000

    52ee1749-d641-4fa2-8f2d-e382eeab391c Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Art History: Modernism to the Contemporary Period 1800-2000 Note-taking materials: - notebook (specifically devoted to this course) - pen 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 .

  • Contemporary Drawing: History and Practice

    6ec62eef-a8e0-43e2-b179-9ebf2d25dc14 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Contemporary Drawing: History and Practice Items required for the first class: - graphite pencils: B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B ... (soft) - sketchbook or drawing papers and drawing board with clips - mixed media or watercolour paper per ink wash and watercolour drawings - utility knife or pencil sharpener Additional Items to be discussed during the first class: - roll-tip pen (Microns or Artist’s Loft) - India Ink (black and/or brown) - watercolour paint brush (various sizes) - watercolour (12 colours or more) - conte or chalk pastel (black, white & sanguine) - vine and willow charcoal - compressed charcoal - charcoal pencil (soft, medium, hard) - sanguine charcoal - vinyl eraser - kneaded rubber - dry pastels - oil pastels 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 .

  • Drawing the Unconscious

    f0c007c7-9256-4ccc-98de-aa3625b28ffb Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing the Unconscious Items required for the first class: - pad of 18x24 brown kraft drawing paper or a pad of newsprint - 1 sheet stonehenge, white or cream - sketchbook - black conte - India ink and bamboo white bristle brush - fine tipped black pen, Micron 05 Additional items to be discussed during the first class: - Micron black pen- 05 - good quality oil pastels, minimum of 2 colours of your choice - 1 stick each of black and white charcoal - soft pencil 5B or 6B - pencil crayons, minimum 3 colors of your choice - FC Art Goat Hair Bamboo Brush size 10, or similar brush (can be purchased at Opus) - black India ink - sketchbook, 9” x 12”, with at least 70 pages. Example- Canson XL Recycled Sketch Pad 100 sheets - 6 sheets Stonehenge, white and/or cream, 22” x 30” Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can also 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 .

  • Contemporary Art II

    0f5d146c-c683-4617-8a51-02f9c37794a5 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Contemporary Art II Items required for the first class: -notebook (for notetaking in class) -pen, pencils, eraser -bristol board pad (8 x 12”) -scissors -glue stick (permanent) -magazines (if you have) Note: while this is primarily a lecture/discussion course, there will be hands-on exercises to accompany some of the ideas discussed in class. Required Textbook: Contemporary Painting by Suzanne Hudson (Published by Thames and Hudson, 2021) 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 .

  • Landscape Painting Now II

    dc661510-d243-41bb-9426-50d086290649 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Landscape Painting Now II Painting Supplies: - a good selection of colours, at least 2 of each of the primary and secondary colours (a warm and cool of each), two browns, black and white in your chosen medium - medium (for acrylic or oil) - odourless mineral spirits (for oil) - brushes: a range of brushes from small to large, round and flat - palette to mix paint on - palette knives (metal for oil, plastic for water based medium) - rags Surfaces: - canvas, cradled panels, paper, found wood etc. Recommended Textbook: Barry Schwabsky, Landscape Painting Now: From Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism, Distributed Art Publishers, 2019. https://www.amazon.ca/Landscape-Painting-Now-Abstraction-Romanticism/dp/0500239940/ 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 .

  • Painting the Everyday with Gouache

    fe5b59c8-c523-4ce4-ab43-f5a7e720b001 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting the Everyday with Gouache Gouache Paints (M. Graham or Winsor & Newton Designer Colours or Lukas are preferred brands): - 2 yellows, 2 reds, 2 blues, green, violet, orange, titanium white, ivory black - Winsor Newton Gouache Pigment Suggestions: Primaries Yellows: Primary Yellow , Brilliant Yellow Reds: Primary Red, Alizarin Crimson Blues: Ultramarine Blue, Primary Blue Note: if you can only afford to buy one of each of the primaries buy the one listed in bold Secondaries Orange: Cadmium Free Orange Violet: Winsor Violet Green: Winsor Green Others Ivory Black Permanent White - watercolour brushes: synthetic sable, no. 12 and no. 4 - palette for mixing paint: white plastic palette for watercolour, white ceramic plates or white lids from yogurt containers or a combination (or your preferred surface/method for mixing gouache paints) Paper: - Since this is an online course we will be working on a smaller scale for class projects. Recommend you purchase the following pads: Arches, cold press, 140lb watercolour pad 9 x 12” and a Legion Stonehenge black coldpress watercolour paper pad. If you are unable to find these particular pads you can also buy 2 full sheets of 140lb watercolour paper and divide into four sheets each (for a total of eight pieces) and sheet of Stonehenge black watercolour paper or Stonehenge black drawing paper (can also be divided into four sheets). -all-purpose sketchbook (9 x 12” or larger) - spray bottle - metal ruler 12” - white glue, bristle brush for glue - scissors - masking tape A note on gouache paint: please note we are using regular gouache for this course and not “acrylic gouache”. Email if you have any questions: wwelch@vancouverislandschoolart.com The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies so please consider using this link and clicking on your course to purchase supplies from Opus Art Supplies: Partnership Page . You can also 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 .

  • Design: Principles & Elements

    2cb14bf3-c713-40c2-874b-3f1ef72f517b Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Design: Principles & Elements Each week there will be a slide presentation and lecture, and assignments will be given and explained. Assignments should be completed for the following week and presented as a class for review and critique. Students in this class will assemble a studio reference binder of these assigned projects. All assignments can be completed with basic art supplies that the student has on hand. For magazine collage, you should have scissors and glue sticks For drawing, you should have pencil crayons or in some instances acrylic paint or watercolour. Must have: - heavy 8 ½ x 11” cardstock - binder (to keep assignments together) Suggested place to buy art supplies: Opus Art Supplies, 512 Herald St, Victoria BC or order online: https://opusartsupplies.com/ You can also 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 .

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