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Art Supply Lists

  • For Regular Classes
  • For Summer Workshops (Age 11+)
  • For Summer Camps (Ages 5-9)
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Children's Creative Art (ages 5-8)


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Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

  • Black felt: 1 yard (Could be purchased at Joann's Fabric, Michael, and Walmart)
  • Practice paper(Daiso, 100 or 60 per pack)
  • Ink (Daiso sells for $1.50)
  • Final paper( Xuan or Pi paper, from Mrs. Wu)
  • Chinese painting brushes (at least 1 big one and 1 small one)
  • Chinese paint (HWC,  Permanent Yellow,  Carmine Red, Indigo Blue, orange, and Burnt Sienna) with poster white
  • Plates to mix color
  • Water container
  • Hair dryer
  • Spray bottle

Art Supply List for DS2-Basics, DS2 and DS3 students in Sung’s, Kevin’s, Zander’s, Ryan’s, Sean’s, Ken's, Shawn's or Biz’s classes, or Mingchien's online DS2/DS23 classes

Art Supply List for DS 2 Students in Ms. Mingchien’s in-Person Classes

Option 1: Pencil-based Drawing:
Option 2: Charcoal-based Drawing:
​Please see "Art Supply List for DS2-Basics, DS2 and DS3 students in Sung’s, Kevin’s, Zander’s, Ryan’s, Sean’s, Ken's, Shawn's or Biz’s Classes, or Mingchien's online DS2/DS23 classes"

Cartoon, Manga & Character Design

Option 1: Digital (if students already know how to use digital app such as Photoshop or Procreate, they can use this option. But this class won't teach you how to use digital app.)
Option 2:

Digital Art (All Levels)


​A laptop with Adobe Photoshop (Photography Plan, $9.99/mo) installed and a drawing tablet such as Wacom Intuos (available at BestBuy, Walmart, Target or Amazon).
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3D Modeling

A laptop with a 3-button mouse
Install Maya on the laptop ( Go to ​https://www.autodesk.com/education/edu-software/overview?sorting=featured&page=1, create an account, and submit a proof of student (student ID or transcript).
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Supply List for Drawing and Sketching Track (Sketching Basics, Sketch - Animals/Pets, Portrait/Figure Drawing)
Supply List for Digital Art Track (All workshops)
 Supply List for MANGA, Manga and Anime, CARTOON CHARACTER DESIGN and COMIC BOOK

Option 1: Digital (if students already know how to use digital app such as Photoshop or Procreate, they can use this option. But this class won't teach you how to use digital app.)
Option 2:
Supply list for Fashion Design - Accessories
1. Drawing Pad (11x14)
  Optional - tracing paper
  Optional - cardstock, thicker paper, watercolor paper
2. Pencil and eraser
3.Color pencils set (suggested Prisma Color pencils) at least 36 colors or Markers(optional)
4. Ink pen set
5. Optional - open to using digital drawing tools like iPad/Procreate, Photoshop/Illustrator
6. Glue
7. Scissors
8. Portfolio book 14X17(recommended or 3 foam boards (18x24 or 20x30)- optional
9: 1-3 fashion magazines or print outs for mood board (Teacher will address in class)
Supply list for Pen and Ink workshops (Portrait Sketching, Landscape Sketching)
  1. Micron Ink Pen Set
  2. Drawing Pad or Mix Media Pad
  3. Pencils and erasers
  4. White Gel Pen
Supply List for Oil Painting (Oil Painting for Beginner/Intermediate, Oil Painting (Still Life/Landscape), Oil Painting (Pets/Animals, Oil Painting (Portrait) and Oil Painting (Cityscape/Landscape/Seascape)
(Our office will have a limited sets of oil painting supplies for sale. Please contact our office to reserve a set.) 
  • Ichen Art Academy – Oil Painting Material List on Blick
  • Murphy Oil Soap (Required to wash your brushes)
  • Vinyl cloth or plastic sheet (to cover your table and floor, optional available at Dollar store)
  • Canvas
    • For Oil Painting Beginner/Intermediate camp, Students need to get two 8x10 and one 11x14 size canvases.
    • For Oil Painting – Pets/Animals, Still Life/Landscape and Portrait camp, students need two 11x14 canvases.
    • For Cityscape/Landscape camp, students need one 16x20 and one 11x14 size canvas.
    • For each Seascape camp, one 16x20 canvas
Supply list for Fashion Design - Costume
1.Several pieces (at least 3) of ready to recycle clothes or home fabric products. It could be old or broken menswear, women’s wear and kids wear. And also could be old and broken beddings and pillows cases. 
2.Sketch Pad 11X14
3.Pencil and eraser
4. Glue 
5. Scissors
6. Color pencils set (suggested Prisma Color pencils) at least 36 colors or Markers(optional)
5. Ink pen set
6. Fashion decoration pieces: (Optional)
Depends on your preference, you could find some interesting beads, ribbons, yarns and buttons at Walmart or JoAnn Fabrics. Or anything you prefer to decorate your fashion design. 
7. Portfolio book 14X17(recommended) or 3 Foam boards (18x24 or 20x30)- optional

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Supply list for 3D Modeling with Maya
A laptop with a 3-button mouse
Install Maya on the laptop ( Go to ​https://www.autodesk.com/education/edu-software/overview?sorting=featured&page=1, create an account, and submit a proof of student (student ID or transcript).
Supply list for Introduction to UI/UX Design
Follow this link to install Figma desktop app
1. Pencils and eraser
2: Color pencils
3.Marker: Crayola markers (40 classic colors preferred) 
4: Oil pastel 
5: Watercolor set 
6: Scissors
7: Ruler
8. Drawing pad: 11:x 14 or Watercolor pad
9: Glue sticks or Elmer glue