* 5 foot by 12-foot piece of cotton canvas or “block out” medium weight.
The canvas should be primed or a base coat applied with gesso or flat white water-base acrylic indoor wall paint. Block out is a fabric used to line draperies and does not require gessoing, but be sure to paint on the fabric side.
* (1/2 gallon of gesso, but 1 gallon of flat white wall paint will cover 3 canvasses!).
* Inexpensive acrylic paints work as well as expensive ones, so look for those sales and bargains when buying paint. You will need.
2 eight-ounce bottles of black.
2 eight-ounce bottles of white.
2 eight-ounce bottles of primary colors (red, yellow, green & blue).
6-8 two-ounce bottles of various colors of your choice (sold in art/hobby stores).
* Paper cups to be used for water…only fill them ¼ full to keep the spills down.
* Styrofoam plates to use as palettes.