Recommended art materials for ADULT students
       

Acrylics:

 

Paper: Brushes & Other Materials:  

Cobalt Blue
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Red
Titanium White
Ivory Black

(NB. Acrylics come in two ranges: Student & Artist quality. Student quality are cheaper because they have less colour pigment in them and therefore colours are less vibrant and less durable - do yourself a favour and buy only artist quality paints. Because you deserve it!)


Size: preferably approx. 16x20" or larger and should be no less than 140 lb/300gsm weight so you dont have to worry about paper buckling while doing wet washes)

A3 size sketching pad

 

1 x small ROUND acrylic brush
1 x medium 1/2" FLAT acrylic brush
1 x large 3/4" FLAT Acrylic brush

1 x Hake brush (approx.2" white bristle brush good for laying washes) - you can improvise by using a cooking basting brush

I x natural sponge

Small Water spray bottle (eg. empty household cleaning fluid spray bottle or small indoor plant spray bottle)

 

 
Drawing:      
Casorenzo Art Studio can supply you with all your needs for drawing materials such as graphite leads, pastel pencils compressed charcoal sticks and pencils, good quality erasers and sharpeners etc all from the brilliant Faber Castell range      
       

Materials for Kids

 

We can supply kids with the following materials used in the junior courses:
gouache paint, oil pastels, watercolour pencils, wax crayons, eraser & sharpener, paper pads

Recommended art supply stores in Malta:

GALEA Art Shop, South Street, VALLETA
Tel:21 237 455

(they will give you 7% discount if you mention you are a Casorenzo art student)

Grafarts Ltd. 12 Triq John F. Marks, SAN GWANN
Tel: 21 371 623
(tiny shop which packs a punch with its large stock)
 

VEE GEE BEE Art Shop, Republic Str. VALLETA
Tel: 21 381 380

(they offer a "Points" card system entitling you to a discount when you have collected enough points with your purchases)

Sistina Art, 188 Triq ix-Xatt, Gzira
(near bridge to Manoel Island)
Tel: 21 314 453
 

Hobby World, Triq il-Konstituzzijoni, Tat-Targa, MOSTA (near B4 Textiles)
Tel: 21 419 113
(big shop with great selection of papers,canvases and paints)

   
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