the south's best art getaway

I’ve always believed that art should feel like an adventure, playful, a little unpredictable, and full of joy. There’s just nothing like the buzz in a room when a bunch of creatives come together, letting go of perfection and diving into the process with open hearts. In this workshop, I’ll be your guide as we explore, experiment, and see where the paint and our curiosity take us!

It is important to note that it is not necessary to purchase everything. If you have supplies similar to anything on the list or something you prefer to use in your practice, please bring. I am mindful of how expensive art supplies are and will be happy to share my tools or work with you in using what you bring.

Canvas/Substrate:

*can bring either/or

-Rolled canvas - your choice in brand/weight, but heavier canvas weight is more durable so I usually use 12oz or 15oz.

-Stretched canvas - (if driving) we will be working large, nothing smaller than 36x36 (suggest having hanging mechanisms already installed with wire)

Paint

• Golden Heavy Body, Liquitex Heavy Body, or Nova paints are the 3 brands I use. The following colors listed will be used for a limited palette exercise, but feel free to use your preference of brand and bring extra colors (esp transparent shades):
• Alizarin Crimson
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cadmium Yellow
• Titanium White
• Raw Umber
• Golden High Flow Acrylic, your choice of color but at least have 2 or 3 plus white

Medium

I prefer Golden brand, may substitute brand and use sheen of your preference:

• Glazing Liquid
• Airbrush Medium
• GAC 100 (Golden only) **optional
• Acrylic Medium

Brushes

• Bring your favorite brushes you already have on hand, make sure to include a large brush for glazing and multiple medium to large options for bigger work. Below are some of my favorites and are merely suggestions/**optional :
• Rosemary & Co. 24” handle (can attach a dowel or stick to existing brush to lengthen)
• Large brushes - my favorite is the Liquitex Freestyle 4” broad flat short handle
• Cheap chip brushes found in the painting dept. at Lowe’s and Home Depot
• Princeton Egbert-natural bristle, size 12
• Princeton Umbria Brush-flat wash, short handle 1.5”
• Mega Brush (available at Michael’s and Blick), Flat or Filbert, size 30

Scrapers

• Any scrapers or squeegees ( I will have extra of both on hand, I buy my squeegees at the Dollar Store)
• Colour Shapers, any sizes
• Brayer, any sizes -**optional (I will have extra on hand)

Mark-Making Tools/Pencils

• Oil pastels in array of colors
• Ebony pencil, 2-3
• Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 pencil black , and a sharpener
• Any mixed media markers, pencils, pastels, stencils, etc you have on hand, **optional

Palette Paper

Freezer paper (my preference) or palette paper pad, we will be working a large table space mixing color and glazes so make sure to have a roll or enough to spread out.

Miscellaneous

• Wide painters tape, *optional, I will have extra if needed
• Ear pods/ear phones for some music inspired techniques, **optional
• rags (PaintSpace Nola will have some paper towels)
• Gloves, **optional

Most supplies can be ordered from:

• Blick Art Materials
• Nova Paints
• Jerry’s Artarama
• Amazon
• Rosemary & Co. Brush company

Items supplied by PaintSpace Nola (PSN):

• Spray bottle
• Water container
• Scissors
• Giant push pins (for attaching rolled canvas)
• Small hammer (for attaching rolled canvas)
• Brush cleaner
• Hand cleaner