wild roses

abstract floral painting class

supplies and tools

Below is a list of suggested supplies for the class. Clicking on the product images will take you to the Amazon shop for your country where applicable (affiliate links).

I particularly encourage you to look through your supplies (inks, paints, collage papers, pastels...) and gather anything that reminds you of roses!

Substrate

Stretched canvas. I use a 16" x 20" canvas but you can work in any format you like. Square ones are really great too!
For the warm-up: Sturdy white paper like heavy watercolor paper, card stock or cardboard...

Canvas

Watercolor paper

BASIC TOOLS

A palette (or a simple white plate). You will need a surface that's big enough to comfortably roll a little brayer. Optional: I also use a whole lot of small transparent plastic lids.
Water + Spray bottle
Rags
Something to protect your surface (old towel, table-cloth, plastic bag...)
Something to protect your clothes (apron, old shirt...). We're going to get messy!

Optional: Craft heat gun (embossing tool) to speed up drying

Spray Bottle

Heat Gun

painting TOOLS

Your fingers!
Your choice of paintbrushes, including a medium-sized flat brush for collage
An old plastic card (credit card, key card...) and/or palette knives
A small brayer
Optional: a straw to blow ink around!

Palette knives

Assorted Brushes

Small brayer

Large Flat Brushes

COLLAGE

Cut out images of roses (from magazines, gardening catalogues...). Since I’m a fan of English Roses, many of my images come from the David Austin catalogue. I prefer to tear them along the outline instead of cutting them with scissors: it creates softer edges that blend with the painting better.
Matte gel medium
Optional: a few book pages (that inspire you!)
Optional: white or pink tissue paper

Matte Gel Medium by Liquitex

Paints, inks etc.

For this project, I mainly use white, greens and pinks/reds. I also use some blues and yellows. I invite you to use the colors that you love the most.

White

Heavy body Titanium White acrylic
White, fine tip POSCA pen
Optional but recommended: Titanium White fluid or high flow acrylic paint / acrylic ink
Optional: White gesso

White High Flow Acrylic

White heavy body acrylic

Acrylic Paint - Heavy Body Titanium White.jpg

White Poscas

White Gesso

Color - Acrylic paints, inks & other supplies

These are the colors I use the most but I encourage you to use YOUR favorite ones! Another favorite red that you’ll see me using in the videos is Naphtol Red Medium fluid acrylic by Golden, unfortunately I couldn’t find a link for this one on amazon.com but I’m sure many art stores carry it.

Burnt Orange