Art Supply Lists

• For Regular Classes
• For Summer Workshops

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Children's Creative Art (ages 5-8)

• ​Drawing Paper Pad 9x12
• Watercolor Pad 11x15 (required by Ms. Hattie’s class)
• Watercolor Pad 9x12 (required by Ms. Wendy’s class)
• Color Pencil
• Ultra-fine tip and regular fine tip sharpies
• Watercolor
• Watercolor brushes
• Oil pastels
• Markers
• Crayon​

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Drawing and Sketch - Lv 1 Basics

• Sketch Drawing Paper Pad 9x12
• Watercolor Pad 11x15 (required by Ms. Hattie’s class)
• Watercolor Pad 9x12 (required by Ms. Wendy’s class)
• Ultra-fine tip and regular fine tip sharpies
• Prisma color pencil 36 minimum (72 is great)
• Staedler graphite pencils

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Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

• Felt: 1 yard (Could be purchased at Joann's Fabric, Michael, and Walmart)
• Practice paper(Daiso, 100 or 60 per pack)
• Ink( Daiso)
• Final paper( Xuan or Pi paper, from Mrs. Wu)
• Brushes(at least 1 big one and 1 small one)
• 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

Drawing and Sketch - Level 1

• Strathmore drawing pad (11"x14")
• Micron Pens
• Pencil set (including sharpner and eraser) (12 color minimum, Prismacolor is recommended)
• Watercolor set and Brushes (3 - large, medium and small) 
• Painter’s tape or masking tape
• Extra fine sharpie
• Sketch pencil set (minimum 2B, 4B, 6B )
• Vine charcoals
• Kneaded Eraser ​​

Art Supply List for DS2 and DS3 students in Sung’s, Kevin’s, Zander’s, Ryan’s, Sean’s or Erica’s Classes

• Drawing board 
• Masking tape
• Vine charcoals
• Willow charcoals
• Kneaded Eraser 
• Workable fixative
• 14x17 Drawing pad
• Charcoal Pencils
• Easel (optional, students could place drawing board on the table)
• https://www.amazon.com/s?k=easel&sprefix=easl&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_4
• Tone paper ( for Mr. Sung’s class and Ms. Erica's classes only)

Art Supply List for DS 2 Students in Mrs. Mingchien’s Classes

• Pastel 
• Pencil and eraser
• Drawing pad (11x14)
• Easel 
• 4B and 6B pencils
• Color pencils​

Cartoon, Manga & Character Design

• Clear Ruler
• Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook
• Metal Pencil Sharpener
• MONO White Eraser
• Micron Set, 3 Pens
• Graphite Pencil Set of 6
• Non-Photo Blue Pencils
• OPTIONAL (recommended to add color):  Kuretake Marker Set

Oil Painting

• Oil Paint
• Brushes
• Palette knife
• Murphy oil soap
• Palette
• Turpenoid
• Brush Cleaner
• Canvas boards​

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).

Supply List for Drawing and Sketching Track (Sketching Basics, Sketch - Animals/Pets, Portrait/Figure Drawing)

• Drawing paper (Strathmore 300 or 400 series, 14x17)
• Vine Charcoal (med or soft)
• Willow charcoal
• Charcoal pencils
• Kneaded eraser
• Drawing Board
• Masking tape
• Workable fixative
• Compressed Charcoal (required for figure drawing only) 
• Art stix (required for figure drawing only)
• Newsprint (required for figure drawing only)

Supply List for Perspective Drawing 

• Marker paper 9x12 or larger
• HB mechanical pencil 0.5 or 0.7
• Assorted Micron Pigma pens (6 pen set, multiple sizes .2mm - .5mm)
• Ruler (18 inch minimum)
• Prismacolor markers set of 12 grey (cool, neutral or warm grey)

Supply List for QUICK SKETCH with Watercolor

• Winsor Newton Sketcher Watercolor Set
• Size 8 Round Watercolor Brush
• Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook
• Metal Pencil Sharpener
• MONO White Eraser
• Micron Set, 3 Pens
• Graphite Pencil Set of 6

Supply List for Digital Art Track (All workshops)

• 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).

 Supply List for MANGA, CARTOON CHARACTER DESIGN and COMIC BOOK

• Clear Ruler
• Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook
• Metal Pencil Sharpener
• MONO White Eraser
• Micron Set, 3 Pens
• Graphite Pencil Set of 6
• Non-Photo Blue Pencils
• OPTIONAL (recommended to add color):  Kuretake Marker Set

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)
(Our school office has limited oil painting sets available for sale. If you need to reserve a set, please contact our office.)

• 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

Our Office will have a limited quantity of oil painting supplies for sale. To reserve a set, send an email to our Fremont or Pleasanton office.
​Supply List for Watercolor (including Watercolor Basic Techniques/Still Life, Watercolor Landscape, Watercolor Landscape/Architecture and Watercolor Portrait)

• Strathmore (360-111 300 Series Watercolor Pad, 11"x15", 12 Sheets
• Reeves 24-Pack Water Color Paint Set, 10ml (8494252) Assorted color
• Scotch Painter's Tape 2025-24EP 051131870178 3M 2025-24C Masking Tape for Basic Painting.94-Inch by 60.1-Yard, 0.94" Width
• Wooster Brush Q3208-1 Softip Angle Sash Paintbrush, 1-Inch
• Grumbacher Goldenedge Golden Toray Round Watercolor Brush, Synthetic Bristles, Size 14 (4620.14)​
• Watercolor Palette
• Brush set size 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
• Spray bottle, paper towel, water container, pencil and eraser

Supply List for Abstract Painting
Any supplies from the following workshops could be used:

• Oil pastel, charcoal, oil painting with canvas, acrylic, watercolor ​

Supply List for Oil Pastel

• Healifty 6pcs Blending Stumps Tortillions Set Sketch Drawing Tools Art Blenders Pencil Extension Tool for Student Sketch Drawing
• Strathmore 300 Series Drawing Pad, Medium Surface, 11"x14", Wire Bound, 50 Sheets
• Pentel Oil Pastels

 Supply List for Scratch Art

• Scratch board
• Scratch board sticks
• Black construction paper
• White color pencil