You need these supplies for class everyday.
- Drawing pencil
- White rubber eraser
The following materials for home art assignments
. Keep these supplies at home.
- A4 spiral or hard cover bound sketchbook
- Drawing pencils (2b-6b)
- Small glue stick
- Small White glue (liquid)
- Charcoal pencil, black – 4b soft
- Charcoal pencil, white
- A set of twelve Prismacolor colored pencils
(good quality colored pencils) - White Plastic Eraser
- Black ultra fine Uni-ball pen (gel pen)
- Spray workable matte fixitif. (Aerosol Hairspray’s OK, but not as good) This is used to spray on your drawings you complete at home. It prevents them from getting smudged during transport to and from school.
Optional Supplies for IB Students
: In addition, of course, you can purchase specific media and materials that would help you create artwork for your IB theme.
- Willow Charcoal (vine) – Thick, Box of 12
- Compressed charcoal – box of 3
- A set of oil pastels (cray pas)
- Watercolors in small tubes or pans, acrylic paint, and/or oil paint (cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, permanent green light, burnt umber, sepia)
Places to buy art supplies in Florence
Tell them you are an ISF student and you will get a discount.
Lory near Ponte Trinita
Zecchi near the Duomo