Join us for a short business meeting and a presentation by Julie Wildman!

Every Letter is a Jewel

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These drawn and painted letters are sure to delight everyone! Working in a 3” x 3” format, we will use a variety of mediums to create our little “jeweled” letters. Media will include gesso and masking fluid resist, gouache, watercolor, metallic watercolors and dry pigments, paint pens, etc. We will also work on both white and black papers to achieve different effects.

SUPPLY LIST

WRITING TOOLS

• Any kind of pointed nib and a straight holder

• Pencil

• A small-­tipped embossing tool—or you can use the tip of a
paint brush or penholder

• White gel pen (your favorite brand—could also have some
colors if you prefer)

• White paint pen (Uni Posca is my favorite) in an extra fine,
fine, or bullet tip

RESIST WRITING OPTIONS (You may choose one or both)

• Fineline Applicator (preferred size: 20 gauge/.5mm — blue tip) filled with white Golden High-­Flow Acrylic. This will be for resist writing, where the acrylic will remain on the page.

OR: If you'd like to try a resist that removes from the paper once it's dry, you can also purchase masking fluid either in an appli­cator or in its own bottle

• Masking Fluid (Pebeo is a good brand)

• Applicator examples: Molotow Masking Pen, Fineline Masking Fluid Pen, 20 gauge

INK AND PAINTS
• Small bottle each of black sumi and walnut ink, plus cups for ink
• Small bottle of distilled water (to dilute sumi if necessary)
• Jar of Dr. Martin’s or Winsor & Newton Bleedproof White or
small tube of white gouache and cup to mix
• 1 or 2 tubes or bottles of your favorite watercolors
• 1 tube of gouache in a color other than white or black
• One inexpensive flat (1/8”) watercolor brush (Simply Simmons
is a good brand)
• One inexpensive pointed watercolor brush
• 6­-well paint palette

OPTIONAL: If you'd like to add metallic accents:
• Metallic gold watercolor (e.g., Schmincke Horadam Gold, Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold, Finetec metallics, etc.)
• Metallic Schmincke Dry Gouache Sec or Pearl Ex Pow­dered Pigments (to sprinkle into wet media)

PAPER
• A few sheets of practice paper with some tooth, preferably 11” x 17” or 12” x 18” for some quick exercises

NOTE: We are only going to use half of a 22 x 30 sheet, and you won't have time to fill up all the squares during class.

• 1 sheet of 22” x 30” Arches Text Wove OR if you can’t get
this, any hot press watercolor paper is fine. You can try cold
press, too.
• 1 sheet of 22” x 30” Arches Black Cover OR Artagain Black OR
Rives BFK Black. Whatever black paper you choose has to
hold up to gouache. You don’t want to use some­thing too
thin, like Canson Mi-Tientes, because it will buckle when you
apply watercolor.

OTHER SUPPLIES
• A few of your favorite colored pencils or pastel pencils
• White rubber eraser or kneaded eraser
• Roll of 1” drafting tape or masking tape
• Ruler
• Water containers
• Roll of paper towels