Two identical hard surfaces for the cover of your sketchbook. Recommended sizes are 5x7 or 8x10 or 9x12. This can be any of the following substrates: A way to add color to your pages & to your covers
- Combination of acrylic paints, paint markers, watercolors & gouache, and fountain pen inks. You may use whatever medium you prefer, but make sure it can be dried rather quickly.
(OPTIONAL) Paper or Canvas Paper for signature cover wraps
- Kiala prefers to use thin canvas paper or mixed-media paper for this.
- Suggested size is 11 x 14 or 9x12
Inside Papers -- bring your favorite paper for sketching
- Kiala will be using sketching paper from Bee Paper Company. It's 9x12 and 68lbs (100gsm)
- You will need at least 10 sheets of your favorite paper for sketching or whatever paper you want in your sketchbook.
- If you like a chunkier sketchbook, you can bring more sheets.
- Use a size that folds in half to be the size of the sketchbook you most want to use.
- Kiala will be demonstrating with mostly blank papers, and she invites you to start with blank pages as well so that she can demonstrate her "charging" method.
- Two sheets of blank mixed media (or similar) papers that are at least 11x14
- Your favorite mark-making tools -- "shop your stash"
- Canvas panels
- The sturdy backing of a pad of paper
- Davey Board (bookbinder's board)
Basic bookbinding tools
- Awl (or paper piercer)
- Scissors
- Cutting mat
- X-acto knife or similar craft cutting tool
- Metal ruler for tearing paper (and measuring, if that's your thing)
- Bone folder (or paper creaser)
- Bookbinding needle (you can use any sturdy needle with a sharp tip)
- Bookbinding thread
- Kiala uses traditional bookbinding waxed linen thread, but here are some alternatives if you don't have bookbinder's thread
- linen thread that you wax yourself using beeswax
- embroidery floss (6 strands is best and you'll want to wax them before using for bookbinding)
- Sashiko thread (needs to be waxed before using for binding)
- pearl cotton -- if it has a sheen you may not need to wax it
- crochet thread -- depending on the kind, it may need wax
- OPTIONAL - ribbon for a closure, if you like having a way to wrap something around your sketchbook to keep it closed.
BONUS
Kiala will guide us through a few sketching prompts, so bring your favorite sketching materials
- Pencils
- Pens
- Erasers
- Blending stumps
- etc.
