Vancouver Island School of Art

302-733 Johnson St, Victoria, BC V8W 3C7 250-380-3500 info@vancouverislandschoolart.com

Supply List - Collage and Gouache

Please note, we will be discussing gouache in the first class so unless you have gouache already, hold off until we can discuss what to buy. FYI, we won’t be using acrylic gouache (Holbein or Liquitex).

Gouache (in individual 15ml tubes)

-Blue – one of the following: cobalt, cerulean or ultramarine

-Red – one of the following: cadmium, naphthol or pyrrol

-Yellow – one of the following: cadmium, azo or hansa

-Cadmium orange

-Dioxazine purple

-Payne's Gray

-Ivory Black

-Titanium White 150ml tube

Paper

-Either pads or individual sheets with a smooth cold press surface (i.e., Winsor & Newton bristol 250g, Strathmore Mixed Media 300 g)

-Some cartridge paper

-Some newsprint paper

-found paper

Tools

-one or more plastic palette knives

-pad of disposable palette sheets

-a couple of hog bristle brushes, no smaller than No. 8. Avoid nylon brushes as they don't work well with traditional gouache.

-Xacto knife with extra blades

-metal ruler-scissors, small like embroidery scissors-paper towels-glue sticks or mat medium

-gloves

Supplies can be purchased in downtown Victoria at: Art World (860 Yates St), Island Blue (905 Fort St) or Opus (512 Herald St). 

Some of the local Art stores offer a student discount or PST exemption:

1. Let them know at the cash that you are a student at VISA 

2. Show proof of registration or payment (your Registration Receipt email from VISA).