Class Supplies

• A variety of possible digital portrait photographs to be sent to the instructor ahead of time at kristazeg@gmail.com to be posterized. The photo(s) you send should be of good quality and not pixilated; a mixture of high, medium and low values; copyright free or your own photo; someone interesting that you care about.The face should be the dominant feature, but the person could have something interesting that they are showing or doing.

• Upon return of the posterized version of your photo(s) you will need to choose the one you want to do in class.Print it out on copy paper so that the image fills the 8 ½” X 11” copy paper in your printer

• two or three clear plastic page protector sheets

• fine black sharpie marker

• freezer paper

• a dozen pencil crayons of a variety of colours (no special brand needed)

• three or four different coloured highlighters

• a variety of scraps of fabric in light, medium, and dark values in the colours you wish to use in your portrait for the background, shirt, hair, glasses, etc. (Skin tones can be tricky so bring lots of scraps for creating the face)

• paper scissors, fabric scissors (medium and small)

• Duck billed scissors (optional)

• spray starch

• cotton batting 10” X 12”

• chunk of wool batting about 5” X 8”

• backing fabric 10” X 12”

• adhesives – glue stick, white glue, fusible of your choice (MistyFuse, WonderUnder, or Steam-a-Seam, etc.), and protective adhesive ironing sheet

• fine thread for invisible applique (Bottom Line, Sulky Invisible, Monopoly, Invisifil by Wonderfil, or any lightweight thread you may own)

• 50 weight cotton thread and heavier weight (30 or 40) polyester thread

• Sewing Machine needles – for fine thread (Microtex), for thicker thread (Topstitch)

• sewing machine and manual

• basic sewing supplies

• light box (optional)

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