Don’t feel like you need to have all of these products in order to start painting and creating. Begin with the techniques that require materials you already have or the basic necessities: paint, paper and brushes or other application tools. Then as you progress through the book, add a few new tools and materials as they strike your fancy. Pretty soon you will know what suits you and where your passions lie, and you’ll have the tools and materials you need to follow your paper painting dreams.
Acrylic paint colors: black, gray, red, orange, yellow, blue, green, white, brown and purple (Fluid acrylics are necessary for the paper painting techniques.)
Elmer’s glue
Gesso
Gloss gel medium
Golden UVLS acrylic varnish
Liquitex clear gesso
Liquitex gloss gel medium
White gesso
Corrugated cardboard
Decorative paper from art supply stores (lightest colors available)
Dry waxed deli paper
Found paper including pages from atlases, catalogs children’s and adult books, Chinese (foreign language) newspapers, gift tissues, handwritten notes, kids’ old homework, maps, sheet music, wallpaper samples, etc.
Palette paper pad, 12" × 16" (31cm × 41cm)
Paper doilies
Rice and translucent papers
Crayons
Derwent Inktense pencils
Faber-Castell Pitt Pen
Pencil (graphite)
Paintbrushes
Prismacolor sticks
Rollerball paint pen
Craft mat
Nonslip rug liner, place mat or other textured material
Silicone place mat
Silicone sink liner
Archival ink pad (optional)
Brayer
Brush cleaner (Masters)
Bubble wrap
Craft fun foam (self-adhesive)
Eye dropper
Gallon zip bags for organizing papers
Gelli Arts printing plate
Hair dryer (optional)
Hand-carved stamps
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Isopropyl rubbing alcohol
Liquid dish soap
Paper towels
Parchment paper
Plastic card (like a room key or gift card)
Rolling pin
Sea sponge
Shoes with pattern on soles
Speedball linoleum cutters
Speedy-Carve carving material and tools
Spray bottle/mister
Stencils
Texture plates or other textured surfaces
Tile (glass, ceramic or terra cotta)
Toothbrush
Vessel for water
Waxed paper plates for palette
What sets the collage work of Elizabeth St. Hilaire apart is her use of unique papers. Her signature collage style utilizes papers colored by hand in every hue and texture needed for a complete paper palette. Only professional artists’ colors are used for the underpainting and paper painting. Professional acrylic paints are fade resistant and archival. Finished collages are coated with ultraviolet light stabilizing varnish for a final protective layer that eliminates the need for glass.