Welcome! I am excited to have you join my workshop. I am sharing a list of suggested supplies. These are only suggestions. I will be using these supplies in my demos . I will be using my set of FloralLandscape Terry Ludwig pastels. There is no need to purchase anything for the workshop. Feel free to use what you have. I will be available by email to answer your supply questions.
karenmargulis@gmail.com

•Selection of your favorite pastels. Be sure you have a variety of values including colorful darks and lights. You also need some grayed colors along with the pure intense colors. Don't worry if you don't have a large pastel collection! Remember the cavemen painted with charcoal and dirt! If you are new to pastels and have a limited collection consider supplementing your pastels with a set of hard pastels such as Nupastels. These inexpensive pastel sticks will help expand your collection.
• Black pastel or some type of black painting medium for underpainting. I will be using black Art Graf pigment squares but any black medium will work. https://www.viarco.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/artgraf_tonsterra-pt.pdf
• Paper. Have available several pieces of your preferred paper in a variety of sizes from 5x7 up to 11x14. Plan on using at least 2-5 pieces of paper each day. UArt or Luxarchival paper is my preferred paper and works well for wet underpainting. LaCarte paper will not work for some of the techniques I will share. I’d rather you have more paper available than not enough!
• Backing board and tape: Foamcore works fine. I get mine at the Dollar Tree. I attach my paper to the board using artist tape using tape hinges. See this blog article describing my process: http://kemstudios.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-favorite-tip-for-attaching-paper- to.html Avoid using colorful painter's tape as it adds a new color to your palette!
• Rubbing alcohol 70% and cup
• Inexpensive watercolor set and brush
• Inexpensive brush for wet underpaintings
• Pencil for initial drawings
• Blending tool. Anything to spread the pastel around. I use pipe insulation foam. Viva paper
towels work well.
• Grayscale markers for value thumbnails. I use three… a dark gray a middle value gray and a light gray. You can also use a pencil, charcoal pencil or pen.
• Index cards for thumbnails. I use the 3x5 inch size.
• Optional: Workable Fixative. I use rubbing alcohol in a continuous spray bottle.

REFERENCE PHOTOS: I prefer that you use your own reference photos for the
workshop. I will be doing landscape demos. Gather some possible landscape photos for your painting exercise