Supply lists are posted as they become available.
Note on buying supplies at the convention:
The Merri Artist is our on-site art supply vendor for this convention. A message from The Merri Artist:
The Merri Artist is looking forward to welcoming members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon to our special Meet & Greet Evening Shopping Event on Friday April 10th! Enjoy 15% off your purchase, door prizes, delicious food, and drinks while you connect with fellow artists. We can’t wait to see you there!
Can’t make it on Friday? Members can still enjoy 15% off by placing a pre-order for Spring Convention pickup! Orders may be:
– Picked up at The Merri Artist during regular business hours
or
– Delivered to The Merri Artist Vendor Table at the convention for convenient pickup on Saturday between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
The Merri Artist encourages you to place your preorder as early as possible to ensure availability of all your items. Call 503-472-1684 to order.
Click on the name of a Breakout Session to go to its supply list:
- Painting Skies from Calm to Dramatic with Michelle Myers
- Let’s Paint on Fiber Paste with Pam Haunschild
- Making Watercolor Magic with Children’s Picture Books with Tami Lohman – No supplies needed
- Painting with Gouache and Ink Resist with Rebecca Sentgeorge (substituting for Ann Moore)
- Skip the Brush, Grab the Card with Terri Gonzalez
- Juror’s Critique #1 with Stan Kurth – Lecture only; no supplies needed
- Mouth Atomizer and Made-up Tools with Margaret Godfrey – No supplies needed
- Daniel Smith Watercolor: An Immersive Experience with Scott Stevenson
- Juror’s Critique #2 with Stan Kurth – Lecture only; no supplies needed
- Gallery Panel Discussion – Panel discussion; no supplies needed
Juror’s Workshop
The supply list for the Stan Kurth workshop is a PDF document, which can be downloaded and printed. The document is available here .
Painting Skies from Calm to Dramatic with Michelle Myers
- 1 sheet watercolor paper cut to ¼’s. (2-4 – ¼ sheets)
- Gator Board or sturdy board to hold paper
- Your palette of paints, brushes including quill or mop, and #8 – #10 rounds.
- Regular painting supplies, towels, containers, spray bottle
- Photo references of skies that you might like to paint.
Let’s Paint on Fiber Paste with Pam Haunschild
A 1/6 sheet Arches 300 lb. paper pre-textured with fiber paste, a small piece of fiber paste “paper” and a small container of fiber paste will be provided by Pam. A $10.00 voluntary donation is requested to cover the cost of these items.
Supply List:
- Paint (acrylic or watercolor)
- Brushes
- A water container
- A rag or paper towels.
- Dry media (e.g., colored pencils, pastels) also work well on fiber paste.
- A surface to try out your paste on; the back (or front) of an old painting will work.
- Consider bringing a sketch or an image to work from.
Painting with Gouache and Ink Resist with Rebecca Sentgeorge (substituting for Ann Moore)
- Watercolor brushes, round or flat, in several sizes up to a 1” flat.
- Gouache (opaque watercolor) in the tube: Bring at least the three primary colors plus white, so that you can mix other colors from them. If you do not currently have any gouache, and are not sure you want to invest in a professional grade set, a small set of student-grade gouache in primary colors will be fine. Just be sure it is traditional (water soluble) gouache. Acrylic gouache will not work for this technique. For best results, leave the paint in the tube until you use it; dried gouache that has to be reactivated with water will never completely regain the opaque quality and rich color of wet paint fresh from the tube.
- Paper: 2-3 small sheets of watercolor paper or illustration board, approximately 6×8 to 8×10” size. You might like to prepare a couple of sheets in advance with simple outline drawings, planning to leave plenty of white space in your composition. (sample illustrations will be sent to all participants).
- A palette for mixing colors. A ceramic surface, such as an old plate, or another smooth surface such as an aluminum pie plate, is ideal. I don’t recommend squeezing gouache into palette wells ahead of time, which allows it to dry out.
- India ink and applicators. These will be provided at the session.
- A water container. You will need water, but you will use it sparingly; the more water you add to gouache, the more transparent it becomes and the longer it takes to move from one stage of your painting to the next.
Skip the Brush, Grab the Card with Terri Gonzalez
- 2 – 1/4 or 1/2 sheets of w/c 140# paper, with corresponding size board
- blue tape for attaching paper to board
- 4 or more tubes of watercolor
- a large flat brush
- a small brush
- an old plastic credit card or similar plastic card
- a spray bottle
Daniel Smith Watercolor: An Immersive Experience with Scott Stevenson
- 2-4 brushes of various sizes