Fine Art Fundamentals Series 1.5

Five online Marvegos classes on the Zoom platform include live interaction with an instructor for a unique personalized experience! In this part of the first series, students will use charcoal, chalk pastels and watercolors to create two artworks that are original and truly their own. Students will apply elements of form and composition to their drawings while exercising creativity and developing observation skills. Each series of online Fine Art Fundamentals classes build on different composition concepts. Series 1 explores Focal Point, or how size and elements of art create a focal point in composition.

Weekly (one day per week) options are available year round and daily (week-long) options are available during school breaks.

Watch this Parent Guide video which includes instructions on how to set up an art space at home and how you can achieve a more independent and empowering experience for your child.

Find the list of supply needs by day below. Plan to spend about 15 minutes preparing the supplies before each class.

Supplies Information

Quality art materials of good value have been specially selected for these classes because we know better supplies and tools improve the outcome of art making. Limited palettes of specific colors teach color mixing and are preferred over a palette with many colors. Our colored pencil selection provides the unique practice of layering and pressure control to blend and is preferred over softer colored pencils that mimic the practice of using soft chalk pastels to blend.

Listed below are the required supplies plus a number of choices and brands. We are phasing out the sale of art supplies in our store. If you purchase any supplies from The Marvegos, sign up for Curbside Pickup to obtain the supplies before the first class. If you prefer to purchase supplies from a different store, please allow up to 3 weeks to acquire the needed art materials. If you purchased these supplies before or have these supplies at home, no need to purchase again.

Required Art Supplies

Mirror attachment for tablets to view students’ artwork (recommended)  –  Marvegos Store

Organization tray (recommended for organizing art supplies)  –  Marvegos Store

Board (~16×20) for stretching paper  –  Marvegos Store  –  Blick

Masking tape for stretching paper-  Marvegos Store  –  Blick  –  Amazon

1 sheet tinted (not black) pastel paper (13-14″ x 17-19″ in size, purchase by pad or single sheet)

  • Pad (purchase 18″x24″ in size and tear in half for projects)  –  Blick  –  Amazon
  • Sheet (purchase 19″x25″ in size and tear in half for projects)  –  Blick-Strathmore (any tint)

1 sheet bristol vellum drawing paper (13-14″ x 17-19″ in size, purchase by pad or single sheet)

Tracing paper  –  Blick  –  Amazon

Composition templates (download and print)  –  PDFa  –  PDFb

Tube watercolors  –  BlickList  –  Marvegos Store (whole kit) –  Marvegos Store (paint tubes only)

  • Recommended colors: Permanent Red Violet, Permanent Red Light, Permanent Lemon Yellow, Phthalo Green, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Deep Blue, Yellow Ochre

Soft hair watercolor brushes  –  Marvegos Store  –  Amazon

Watercolor palette  –  Richeson Slant Palette  –  Amazon  –  Michaels  –  Marvegos Store (whole kit)

Water cup for rinsing brushes  –  Marvegos Store

Squirt bottle  –  Blick

Paper towels

Graphite pencil  –  Blick

Eraser

Chalk pastels  –  Blick  –  Michaels(24set)  –  Amazon

Hairspray fixative  –  Target

Vine charcoal  –  Blick  –  Amazon

Colored pencils  –  Target   Amazon

Black and white charcoal pencils  –  Blick  –  Amazon  –  Michaels

Acrylic matte medium  –  Blick  –  Amazon

Glue stick

Child scissors

Ruler

Toy from home

Supply List By Day

Prepare for each day of class by having the following supplies ready beforehand.

Day 1 Swim Outside the Box Part 1

  • Tinted (NOT black) paper (approximately 13×19 stretched to board with masking tape)
  • Ruler
  • Graphite/ebony pencil
  • Black charcoal pencil
  • White charcoal pencil
  • Eraser

Day 2 Swim Outside the Box Part 2

  • Continuing on same paper as Swim Outside the Box Part 1
  • Chalk pastels
  • Black charcoal pencil
  • White charcoal pencil
  • Eraser
  • Hairspray fixative

Day 3 Unreal Part 1

  • Tracing paper
  • Composition template for 18″x24″
  • Graphite/ebony pencil
  • Eraser

Day 4 Unreal Part 2

  • Bristol vellum paper
    • Fold and tear sheet of bristol paper in half
    • Stretch one half sheet to board with masking tape on all four sides
    • Tape one side of the other half sheet to the top of the board
  • Masking tape
  • Watercolor tubes
  • Watercolor palette
  • Cup with 1″ of water for rinsing brushes
  • Squirt bottle
  • Soft hair watercolor brushes
  • Vine charcoal
  • Eraser
  • Black charcoal pencil
  • Hairspray fixative
  • Paper towels
  • Toy from home
  • Ruler (optional)

Day 5 Unreal Part 3

  • Continuing on same paper as Unreal Part 2
  • Matte medium
  • Child scissors
  • Colored pencils
  • Black charcoal pencil
  • White charcoal pencil
  • Glue stick
  • Vine charcoal
  • Tracing paper
  • Masking tape
  • Toy from home