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• For Regular Classes
• For Summer Workshops

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Children's Creative Art (Ages 5-7)

• A regular eraser
• Watercolor Pad 9x12
• Prisma color pencils 72 colors
• Fine tip sharpies (thin sharpie) + Ultra fine tips sharpies (thin sharpie)
• Watercolor
• Watercolor Brush
• Oil pastels
• Crayola Markers​

Drawing and Sketch Level 1-Basics (Ages 8-9)

• A regular eraser
  
• Multimedia Pad 11x14; or Watercolor Pad 11x15 140 lb
  
• Prisma color pencils 72 colors
  
• Fine tip sharpies (thin sharpie) + Ultra fine tips sharpies (thin sharpie)
  
• Caliart markers set
  
• Micron pen set 
  
• Watercolor paint set (24 or 40), with Watercolor Brush 
  
• Staedler graphite pencils​ (tin of 6)

Drawing and Sketch Level 1 (Ages 10-11)

• Regular school pencil and eraser
  
• Numbered Ruler
  
• Carson Multimedia Pad 11'x14' 
  
• Micron Pens​
  
• Markers set
  
• Prisma colored pencil set (72 colors)
  
• Watercolor set and Brushes (3 - large, medium and small) ​
  
• Extra fine sharpie
  
• Sketch pencil set (minimum 2B, 4B, 6B )

DS2-Basics, DS2, DS23 and DS3

• Blending Stumps
• Drawing board 
• Masking tape
• Vine charcoals
• Willow charcoals
• Kneaded Eraser 
• Workable fixative
• 14x17 Drawing pad
• Charcoal Pencils
• Toned Paper 11x14 (Ms. Tess’s class ONLY)

Oil Painting

• 11x14 Canvas Panel
• Palette Seal 12x16 Palette Container
• Paint Brush
• Paper Palette 12x 16
• Winsor & Newton Water Mixable Oil Color Set of 10
• Winsor & Newton Water Mixable Ivory Black
• Painting Knives​

Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

• Black felt: 1 yard (Could be purchased at Joann's Fabric, Michael, and Walmart)
  
• Practice paper(Daiso, 60 or 40 per pack)
  
• Ink (Daiso sells for $1.75)
  
• 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
  

Digital Illustration (Cartoon, Manga and Character Design)

(Students need know how to use digital app such as Photoshop or Procreate. But this class won't teach you how to use digital app.)

• iPad with Apple Pencil
• Procreate installed on your iPad

Digital Art Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced

• A laptop (a Windows PC or MacBook, but not a Chromebook) with Adobe Photoshop (Photography Plan, $19.99/mo, or Creative Cloud All Apps $24.99/month for Students and Teachers) installed and a drawing tablet such as Wacom Intuos (available at BestBuy, Walmart, Target or Amazon).

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).​

Acrylic Painting

• Airtight Paint Palette
  
• 11x 14 Canvas
  
• Watercolor & Acrylic Paint Brush Set
  
• Acrylic Paint Set
  

Gouache Painting

• Brush Set
  
• Gouache Paints Set
  
• Wet Palette Tray
  
• Watercolor Paper Pad
  
• Brush Cleaner
  

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, $19.99/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