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  • Painting: Pattern and Decoration

    07786a04-4fb1-4593-be15-ce64a3f5365c Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Painting: Pattern and Decoration Items required for the first class: - large sketchbook - graphite pencils- Variety 12 pack - white vinyl eraser Additional items to be discussed during the first class: - gouache paint - brushes - oil pastels-assortment of 12 - tracing paper - pencil crayons- assortment of 12 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 .

  • Drawing Plants with Ink and Pastel

    ee71c391-f2eb-4a47-8b12-94b60bd5f40a Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing Plants with Ink and Pastel - all-purpose sketchbook, 11 x 14” - set of 12 soft pastels (try and get a set that includes “violet”) - synthetic sable watercolour brush (for ink) - plastic pen nib holder and a Speedball Hunt Nib 512 Bowl-Pointed (a bowl-point nib is a nib specifically for drawing) - india ink - jar for ink - soft cloth -paper towels -plastic eraser (Staedtler) 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 .

  • Landscape Painting Simplified

    033443e9-2db6-47c7-80da-c49ace170d27 Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Landscape Painting Simplified - acrylic paint; I recommend Amsterdam paints (student grade) primary magenta primary cyan primary yellow ultramarine blue titanium white raw umber - filbert tip acrylic brushes (size 2, 4, 6, 8 depending on brand, basically 3-4 smaller to medium brushes) - mixed-media paper pad (or 10 sheets thicker drawing paper) - cotton rag 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 .

  • Flower Patterns with Gouache

    e133d4c6-94da-4d64-83ed-5e06eca516ad Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Flower Patterns with Gouache -Gouache paint: Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache Primary Set or a range of colours that include red, yellow, blue, violet, green and white -watercolour brushes #4 and #10 -one sheet of black Stonehenge paper (cut into four quarters) or a pad of black Stonehenge Aqua Papers 9 x 12” -2 jars of water -plastic palette or white plastic lids or plates to mix colours on (a disposable palette pad can also be used) -HB pencil, eraser and sharpener -ruler -sketchbook (any size, just for notes and practice ideas) 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 .

  • The Self-Portrait

    a4bbf479-410a-4bd8-b0e8-17a15b67c3eb Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - The Self-Portrait Items Required for the First Class: Graphite pencils, HB, 2B, 4B Xacto Knife Sandpaper Paddle White Vinyl Erasure Kneaded Erasure, firm Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad, 18" x 24", 89gsm (or 2 - 3 single sheets) Drawing Board with clips, 23" x 26" (or Masonite board with large clips) Large mirror (stand alone or mounted) Portable lighting (or existing household strong directional lighting) Additional Items Discussed During the First Class: Vine/Willow charcoal (optional) Colored Chalk Soft Pastels, Rembrandt, set of 10 (or Sinoart set of 12) Toned paper Prefered: Canson Mi-Teintes, 19" x 25", 160 gsm, Graphite, Dark Gray or any color that is a medium value Alternative: Strathmore 400 Series Artagain, 19" x 25", 160 gsm, Steel Gray Blending Stump/Tortillon Misc. supplies as needed The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies. 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 .

  • Image Transfer

    ada6616d-e618-472b-9524-1889c639721a Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Image Transfer All supplies are provided for this workshop. The Vancouver Island School of Art is delighted to have a partnership with Opus Art Supplies. 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 .

  • Drawing into Painting: Ink & Watercolour

    8f48962b-7d32-4450-9843-fc8890c17d4e Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing into Painting: Ink & Watercolour Paint Watercolours in tubes (gouache or acrylic gouache is also an option and can be used with watercolour and ink) Turner and Holbein are my choices for colour quality. Lukas is a reasonable brand with nice vivid colours suitable to this course's approaches A range of warm and cool primary colours. Reds: Alizarin Crimson (cool), Cadmium red hue (Warm) Yellows: Cadmium light hue (W), Lemon Yellow or Hansa Yellow (C) Blues: Cerulean (C) & Ultramarine (W) Raw Sienna and Payne's Grey Watercolour: Similar idea and a similar colour range Acrylic medium Any brand, used for base coats Inks Black ink specifically for fountain pens such as Parker Quink. Higgins also has a reasonable one Three colours of Acrylic Ink (not for Fountain pens-it will clog them!) F&W Liquitex and Golden all make good ones. Red. Cerulean and Ultramarine Blue or similar (so many hues will work) *with paints and inks, I prefer to shop to taste as you would buying shirts or pastries rather than focusing on theory. Brushes Use a variety of rounds and flat synthetic sable brushes for watercolour/gouache Have a large (#10 or #12 ) flat watercolour /gouache brush, #8 rigger, and Princeton 'Dagger" brush Flat 1” acrylic brush to apply acrylic medium Feel free to use what you already have Pens Dip pens - pen holder and speedball C-5, C-6, and Hunt School Nib Black water-soluble felt-tipped pen Sharpie (fat) Surfaces/Paper Look for an 11"x14" or 16"x20" multi-media pad that takes watercolour and ink Plan to repurpose old sketchbooks Palette Plastic palette for mixing paint, (white plastic lids, white plates or disposable palette pad Other Supplies Drawing board (18x24”) 2 Bulldog clips (to hold the paper to the board - optional). Plastic containers to hold water (such as yogurt containers) Painters masking tape (removable) Rags (old cotton clothes) for cleaning up Small spray bottle Other supplies will be discussed in the course. 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 .

  • Collage into Drawing

    f4415038-45a4-4348-9bb7-aa2f2b89fcaa Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Collage into Drawing All supplies are provided for this workshop. 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 .

  • 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 .

  • Drawing and Painting Geology

    9c84c851-299d-4a4e-936d-7a3839d3f68d Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Drawing and Painting Geology -12 colour set of soft pastels (such as Rembrandt Soft Pastel Set of 10 Half Stick General Selection ) -graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B) -black (2B) and white conté crayon -watercolour paint set (can be an inexpensive set such as Angora Opaque Watercolor set of 24 or anything you have on hand) -watercolour brush #12 (such as Opus Allegro round) -2 sheets of Stonehenge white paper (22 x 30”) -2 sheets of Stonehenge black paper (22 x 30”) -scissors -white plastic eraser -pencil sharpener -glue stick (permanent) 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 .

  • Watercolour Play Extended

    37339803-9212-4eaf-a86a-f4b8c68b86ab Vancouver Island School of Art 302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com Supply List - Watercolour Play Extended -watercolour paints (tubes): 2 blues, 2 yellows, 2 reds, green, violet and orange - plastic palettes for mixing paint (white plastic lids also work) - #10 and #4 watercolour brush - watercolour sketchbook (for practice exercises) - 2 sheets of watercolour paper (coldpress, 140lb, 22 x 30 -bring to first class and we will tear in ¼ sheets) - misting bottle - pencil sharpener - H pencil - eraser - blotting paper - 24” metal ruler (optional, used for tearing watercolour paper) 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 .

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