Pastels and colors I use:

Soft pastels, pastel set/landscape set, or half stick sets are a good buy,as you get more colors. I use Sennelier and some Schmincke. But feel free to bring your own brand.

Make sure you have some super dark colors too. Pure black, burgundy, brown, black green, and dark purple.

Some important additional colors are by Sennelier are: 211, 334, 057, 045, 455, 284 and Schmincke 063

Drawing:

Sketch book or sketch paper pencil or fine liners.

Pastel pencils, dark brown or taupe 2 or 3.

Other Materials:

Terrycloth work towel or rag - two or three - 12"x12" I use the ones from the auto section from a discount store.

Small plastic Tupperware with lid approximately 7"x12"x 3" high.

Half pound of rice flour, should be in the bulk food section of you grocery store. As we work and paint, you will select colors and store them in the container with a handful of rice flower. Some students use rice or grits. This keeps your pastels clean as they roll around.

Wet hand wipes

Bottle water and sunscreen

Camera, any kind

Photos or printouts of your favorite landscapes as reference materials to paint from. We will also be painting in plein air as well, so you may paint from your studies.

Folding chair, or other tri-pod stool. If you need to sit.

Paper:

I prefer sanded papers by *UArt*. Bring enough paper to practice and enough paper to do 6 to 8 paintings.

UArt is a great new paper, I dry-mount my paper to white Gator board leaving a 1.5 " white boarder.

The dry-mounted paper gives a nice tooth/texture. But you may just use the paper as well. Suggested sizes are 8x10, 9x12, 11x14, you can work larger if you prefer.

If you bring some color papers keep them neutral or natural. You can bring other paper as well to experiment on, but I will be working on UArt.

Support:

French easel or tri-pod set up.

Tape or small plastic hand clamps to clamp art boards to easel.

A drawing board to tape or clamp art paper to easel

Art board to tape paper too. I use foam core or two pieces glued together.

Artist tape (kind that won't rip paper)

*This is just a suggestion of things that I use and thought would be helpful. You can bring your own set up as well. *