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:

• Canvas panels
• The sturdy backing of a pad of paper
• Davey Board (bookbinder's board)

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"

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