Studio Needs

Spring 2011 - Art Studo Wish List

•Items for MOSAICS

• Colored glass pebbles - Sold in plastic mesh sacks in their floral/plant section of places like Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

• One-step sticky grout – sold @ Home Depot in a bucket for about $8 ideal of mosaic art.

•Other items we could use for our MOSAIC classes:

• "tile-cutting" tools, beads, jewelry parts, single earrings, metal parts, crosses, buttons, marbles, sea glass with soft edges, broken tiles or whole tiles, dishes, cups & saucers, and pottery we can easily break apart at the studio into tiles for mosaics.  Dinnerware, solid and patterns (china, stoneware, ceramics), etc!

•Scraps of wood and panels of wood we can cut.

We would also love any wood that has already been precut into shapes (hearts, letters, numbers, etc).

•Clay Pots

•Potters/Ceramic Clay

This clay can be all dried up - we'll take it!  We don't need brand new clay straight out of the bag.  Clay from the earth, the natural clay that ceramists and potters use, never goes bad, can be soaked with water and restored!  Otherwise locally, it is sold at the Ceramics Store, Houston.

•Rolling pins or thick dowels that can be used as rolling pins.

Questions? Call Joanne Frimel, 713-501-2966

List of Needs (2010)

The Newspring Student Art Studio is now open and we need your support!  Please take a look at this list and see if you, or anyone you might know, can meet the needs on this list.  If you have or know someone with the following items to spare, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•Apple computers - graphic design software

•Laser color printer/copier - high speed

•EBONY  DRAWING PENCILS &

Any types of graphite Drawing Pencils

Sold individually, per dozen, or as small sets of pencils that are hard/soft, dark/light

Also - Magic White Pencil Erasers or Pink Erasers (a dozen)

•PRISMA COLORED PENCILS (Big on our Wish List)!

Sold in sets of 12 colors, 24 colors, 38 colors, 120 colors, 132 colors - (approximate)

•BLACK SHARPIES – REGULAR & FINE POINT OR DUAL-POINTS

Sold by the dozen or any way packaged

•COLORED SETS OF SHARPIES or COLORED SETS OF BIC MARKITS

Sold as individual colors, per dozen, or as variety of colors sold as sets

•CALLIGRAPHY MARKERS & PAINT PENS

Sold individually and in sets of 5-8, variety of nib/tip widths
Colores Desired:  Black, Brown or Sepia and any colors available

•T-SQUARES, TRIANGLES, METAL STRAIGHT EDGE 12” T0 36”

•SPEEDBALL OR SIMILAR WATERBASED PRINTING INK

(For Block Printmaking and other forms of Printmaking)
Sold in tubes – Black, White, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, Magenta, Silver, Gold

•ACRYLIC PAINTS

Sold as Sets of different colors in tubes  - (no brushes are needed at this time).
Also sold as Individual colors  in tubes and sold in 16 oz. or 32 oz. bottles. Bottle sizes are usually ordered from artist catalogues or locally, can be purchased at Jerrys Art Supply or Texas Art Supply.  Otherwise - Any & All  Brands Appreciated  that can be found at Hobby Lobby, Michaels.   Colors Needed Sold as Individual Tubes:  Cadmium Red, Cadmium Orange, Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Payne’s Gray, Prussian Blue, Processs Cyan, Cerulean Blue, Phthalo Blue, Hooker’s Green, Thalo or Yellow Green, Sap Green, Red Orange or Vermillion, Yellow Ocre, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow,  Burnt Siena, Raw Siena, Raw Umber, black, Large tubes of White & Metallic Acrylics.  Basic Colors sold in 16 oz. & 32 oz.:  White, Black, and any shades of reds, yellows, blues, greens, oranges, violets and browns.

•Also need several gallons of White Latex Paint will replace expensive Gesso

•TEMPERA PAINTS

Any and All Brands  including Crayola, Artista, Prang
Sold in16 oz., 32 oz,. and larger
Colors:  White, Black, Yellow, Red, Turquoise (or fluoresent blue), Magenta (or fluorescent pink), Brown (Burnt Sienna and-or Raw Umber)  & Metallics

•MODGE-PODGE

Sold in 32 fl. Oz.
Gloss-Lustre and/or Matte Finish
(used as water base sealer, collage glue, and finish for all surfaces)

•WATERCOLOR PAPER

Sold as Individual Sheets or in Pads
Accepting a variety of surface textures and weights;  the heavier weight, the better
8.5 x 11” and Larger

•CARD STOCK, POSTER BOARD, MATT BOARD, ILLUSTRATION BOARD

Variety of sizes, scraps, smooth and rough surfaces

•CANVASES, CANVAS BOARDS, ROLLS OF CANVAS, USED CANVAS

Any standard size

•PRECUT PICTURE MATS – SOLD IN PACKAGES OF 3-6-?, ANY SIZE

White, Black, Colors

•FRAMES of all sizes and varieties (no glass please)

Including Acrylic Box Frames and Garage Sale Finds!

•WHITE DRAWING PAPER 180#,  BRISTOL BOARD,  SKETCHING PAPER

Sold as individual sheets and in pads
(All types of paper, card stock, weights, textures, colors, solids, patterned, will be used)!

•BLACK & COLORED CONSTRUCTION PAPER

Any Size, mixed packages -  (18 x 24” can be cut down to any size)

•LARGE PAPER CUTTER

•LONG NOSE PLIARS & WIRE SNIPS (Hardware Stores) – for Wire Sculpture

•While at hardware store…see Masonite Board in Lumber Section (Lowes, Home Depot)   A store employee will cut the board to standard size 12” x 18”, 18 x 24” (any size to fit standard frame sizes)…Or, bring whole sheet and we will cut our own.  For Drawing Boards, Painting Boards, Painting Surfaces.

Questions? Call Joanne Frimel, 713-501-2966