Textbook

• There is no paper textbook to buy.
• Your smartphone is your textbook.

Materials

These materials should be available at any art store. You could get a Shovel & Oil Pastels at Daiso to save money, and the rest at the CSULB Art Store. The CSULB Art Store is in FA3.

 

Attendance

• 4×6 index cards – not 3×5 and not paper, please use 4×6 index cards

 

Plaster Casting

1. 4# Box of Plaster of Paris – Any Hardware store
2. Metal Hand Shovel – plastic shovels suck, metal shovels are expensive, but Daiso has metal shovels for $1.50! 😀
3. Bucket – steal from mom ‘n dad or split one at Hardware store with classmate
4. Stir Stick – free at Hardware store, just ask at paint counter (a free 5-gallon stir stick is even better than a 1-gallon)
5. Cheap 1″ paint brush (optional) don’t need this, but most students like to brush sand off their finished casting

 

Graffiti Writing

• Spray paint, 2 colors. Any paint will do, Montana Gold is awesome!
• Montana Cap Set Level 1-6 – optional, great for getting thin lines & wide fills

Landscapes with a Corpse or Environmental Portraits

• If you can find someone with a DSLR or Mirrorless Camera, that’d be awesome!
• Or… your Phone Camera will be fine!
• Any optional props you’d like to use for your photos.

 

Finger Painting

• 22×30″ sheet of Rives BFK White
• Any 3 non-toxic, washable, acrylic paints, only need very small quantities

 

Automatic Drawing

• 22×30″ sheet of Rives BFK White
• Some kind of Board or plywood or cardbaord to tape it to
• 3 Pastels from an art store, or:
• Oil Crayons – get a whole set at Daiso for $1.50!

Zines or Flip Books or A New Flag for Los Angeles

• Paper or Card Stock
• Needle & Bookbinding Thread to sew books
• Pens, Pencils, Paints, etc
• Computer Drawing Software
• etc, as needed for your project

 

Other Materials

Whatever materials you might need to realize your vision on various Activities. Mostly no-cost or low-cost stuff you can find around the house.