The artful field journal: composing colorful pages

materials list

• Any sketchbook or journal you have can work for this class. It is recommended to use a journal that opens flat, with pages thick enough to handle watercolors.

• Pair of scissors

• No. 2 or HB pencil

• Writing pen. Pigma Micron is recommended. 

• Ruler at least as long as the longest side of your journal

• 1 push pin

• 1 sheet of thick paper—manilla file folder is perfect

• Any type of watercolor brush. No. 8 or 10 round and a waterbrush is recommended. A “rigger,” “liner,” or “script” brush is also fun to have.

• Any type of paint. Tube watercolors are recommended, but any type of watercolors, tempera, acrylics, colored inks, can all work. 

• Palette. This can be a plastic lettuce bin lid, a paper plate covered with saran wrap, a china plate, or a traditional paint palette, if you have one.

• Paper towels or rags

• Container filled with water for painting