Supply List
Week One: Helen Frankenthaler with Jeanne Oliver
If you want some musical inspiration as you are pulling your supplies together, I think you will love this Spotify playlist put together by the Denver Art Museum for their Women of Abstract Expressionism exhibit back in 2016.
*Please note that to study Helen Frankenthaler and her work you can use watercolors, acrylics, oils and other water soluble mediums. Please use what you have.
Watercolor paper
Raw canvas, drop cloth or cotton duck cloth
Gelli Plate (please watch the video first to see if you want to create the prints)
Acrylic Paints (please watch the videos first and always use what you have first)
Oil Paints (please watch the videos first and always use what you have first)
If using oil paints you will need a thinner like Chelsea Spike Oil
Needle and Black Wax Thread
Small mixing cups and bowls that you already have on hand.
All images Jeanne Oliver will be referencing in Week One | Helen Frankenthaler can be found at the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
Raw canvas
Week Two: Joan Mitchell with Diane Reeves
Acrylic Paint (please use what you have or wait to purchase more until you decide what work of Joan’s you will study).
Black Gesso
White Gesso
Oil Pastels (please wait until watching the lesson to decide which colors you may need)
Caran D’ache Water Soluble Neo Color 2 (you may have other water soluble mediums you can use instead)
Mixed Media Sketchbook, 9×12
9 x 12 Watercolor Paper 15 x 11, 140lb Cold Press
Newspaper Pad 12 x 18
Coccoina Gluesticks
Magazines
Drop cloth-well used with paint splatters all over it!
Week Three: Elaine de Kooning with Renee Mueller
I will be using oils in both lessons, so please feel free to substitute them with acrylic paint or the medium of your choice.
Substrates
Cotton Canvas – 9 x12
Arches Oil Paper 12 x 16 (any size is fine)
Oil Paint (please watch the lesson first and always use what you have)
Spike Lavender Oil & Linseed Oil (small)
Brush Cleaner
Brush Cleaner Bucket
Week Four: Lee Krasner with Crystal Marie
18” x 24” pad of Bristol or Watercolor Paper for substrate
Pad of Mixed Media or Drawing Paper
Collected Ephemera, decorative papers, and/or handmade collage fodder, etc.
Chunky Charcoal, Black or optional Color Set
Oil Pastels
Cold Wax Medium
Adhesive of Choice or Instructors blend: (Yes Stickflat Adhesive + Golden Satin Glazing Liquid) Stiff Bristle brush or old credit card to apply adhesive
Spray Fixative
Cutting Mat
Utility Knife or Rotary Blade Cutter
Ruler
Scissors
Helpful to have: Junk mail catalog or old magazine Triangle ruler Cotton Swabs Bakery Tissue, Deli Sheets, or Waxed Paper
India Ink
Drawing Paper
Vintage ephemera and paper scraps (for collaging)
Liquitex Matte Medium
Oil Paint (you can also use acrylics for this lesson)
8×8 canvas pre-treated with white gesso
Gamblin gel medium
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