Vancouver Island School of Art

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

Supply List - Painting with Gouache: Plants and Flowers

Gouache paint:

Recommended brand Winsor and Newton

Suggested colours: Winsor Red, Primary Yellow, Winsor Blue, Winsor Green, Winsor Violet, Orange Lake Light

(you can use other brands and colours but basically get: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and violet as all coloured can be mixed from these)

- titanium white (large tube)

- ivory black

Brushes

- watercolour brushes: synthetic round no. 12 and no. 4

Palettes

- 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

- watercolour paper Arches 10 x 14 pad (or 2 sheets of Arches 22 x 30" watercolour paper, cold press)

-black watercolour paper Legends 10 x 14 pad or 1 sheet of Legends 22 x 30" black watercolour paper

(We will be using 1/4 sheets of full-sized paper so you can bring paper to the first class to learn how to tear or cut it, or do this on your own at home).

Bring all items to the first class. For the first class, we will use two 1/4 (11 x 15") sheets, so you can just bring those if you don't want to bring the entire paper supply.

A note on gouache paint: please note we are using regular gouache for this course and not “acrylic gouache”.

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.