STAN MILLER supply list and map - COEUR D’ALENE WORKSHOP -

If you already have w/c supplies you need not purchase listed materials, but compare your supplies with instructors

Watercolor Paper I suggest Arches 140-lb. cold press. One sheet for workshops - two sheets for classes minimum. Other types of paper are more or less acceptable depending on student’s experience.

Watercolor Brushes Beginning students need a 1” flat watercolor brush, synthetic or natural bristle.
A good brush costs at least $10 (unless on sale) and one shouldn’t spend more then $30 (unless you are a more advanced painter). Spokane Art has a Simply Simmons for $3.
I also recommend a 1/2” flat brush or a medium sized (#8-15) round and a small round (#5-7). Intermediate to advanced students need not purchase new brushes.

Watercolor Palette I use the John Pike Palette. There are many types of acceptable palettes. A simple white plate will work for the beginner. Make sure your palette has a fairly large mixing area…or use a white plate to accompany a palette that doesn’t.

Watercolor Paints Beginning students need a tube of Paynes Gray or some kind of a black - also need a strong red, yellow and blue. I recommend M Graham: Azo Yellow or Winsor Lemon - M Graham Quinacridone Rose or Quinacridone Red - M Graham Thalo Blue or Winsor Blue (red shade). If you cannot get these specific colors then try to find a color chart for the colors you are considering. Find the brightest and most intense red, yellow and blue. For students who already have colors, you need not purchase new ones.
Optional colors: I recommend M Graham and or WN - Cobalt Blue, Winsor Blue (green shade), Cerulean Blue, Thalo Green or Winsor Green (blue shade), Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Vermilion, Cadmium Orange, Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Naples Yellow and Permanent White.

Water container Should be able to hold at least a pint of water

Sponge An inexpensive grocery store sponge, not an art store sponge
Paper towels will also work - viva are best
Pencil and eraser (suggest kneaded eraser)
Masking tape ½ inch wide
Paper Sketch paper or scrap watercolor paper

Optional Supplies
Hair dryer

Watercolor Board. A soft plywood or pine board. Gator board or Mahogany plywood also works. 1/4” to 1/2” is plenty thick. No bigger then 24” x 30”

Stapler or staple gun to staple paper to board.

Design book (optional): Design! By Steven Aimone (fundamentals of design)

Or: The Artist’s Design by Marie Macdonnell Roberts

Students need to bring, besides their supplies:

If possible, bring five to ten photos of subjects you might be interested in painting if it rains or in the future. High contrast photos are easier to paint. The instructor will also have images for the students to use.

If we paint outside, depending on the weather, students should bring sunglasses, insect repellant, sunscreen. They should also, if they know how to do this, bring small L mats. (cut a mat in half, at the corners, so you end up with two L’s. No bigger then 8” long, the longest length). If you aren’t flying to the workshop, bring a folding chair or camp stool.

Students, if not flying to the workshop, may (optional) also bring 2 or 3 of their previous paintings for the instructor to see.

1. Head east on Interstate 90 past the Sherman street exit and start up the long hill.

2. Take the next exit after Sherman, Exit 17, Mullan Trail Road. At the end of the off-ramp turn right onto Mullan Trail Road. Proceed 0.1 miles (just a hundred yards or so) to White Tail Road.

3. Turn left onto White Tail Road. Proceed 0.1 miles (another hundred yards or so) to Dewey Drive.

4. Turn right onto Dewey Drive (you'll drive between a couple posts that will in the future be a gated entrance.) Proceed 0.4 miles down the hill towards the lake, curving to the right. Dewey Drive will start to make a curve back around to the left, there is a guard rail at this point.

5. Turn right onto the gravel road just before the guard rail. Heading straight ahead you should see the beginning of a paved driveway between two large rock pillars marked with "1890."

6. Go through them and down the driveway to Scharelant!