Alfred Foundations

Hello all! Just an update on materials you should bring from home (it is so much easier!) Look for free, recycled or donated materials first…buying something is the last resort!

For our first week art-making event: fabric, plastic sheeting, and an assortment of materials that allows light to pass through them in interesting ways ( i.e. lace, hardware cloth, chicken wire, mesh screening).

For Professor Ted’s class: please bring FIVE magazines that have lots of photographs. You should select a variety of magazines with images of people, nature, objects.

The BFA program requires that you purchase the following list of supplies. For convenience, the bookstore offers the kit at a discounted price, but if you already have many of these items, you are welcome to assemble the materials yourself.

Drawing Pencils: HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B, B
12 Pack of Prismacolor Color pencils
3 Packs Vine Charcoal (30 sticks total)
Oil Pastels 25 pack
Compressed Charcoal 4 pack
4 Bulldog Clips
2 Kneaded Erasers
Art Gum Eraser
Pink Eraser
White Steadler Eraser
6B Graphite Stick
9B Graphite Stick
16” Tool Box w/tray
2 Rolls Drafting Tape
Olfa Model “A”
Olfa Blades- 10 pack
Pack of Assorted Sewing Needles
Pencil Sharpener
Conte Crayons: 2 pack of each White, Gray, Black, Sanguine
Brushes: #8 round, #8 Flat, #10 Flat, #12 Flat, Bamboo
Acrylic Paint: white, black, cad red med, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, pthalo blue, light yellow, yellow oxide
X-Acto Knife
X-Acto Blades 5 pack
2 Boxes of Pushpins (100 each)
Spool of Thread (Black)
18” Metal Cork Ruler
Hot Glue Gun
50 pack Glue Sticks
Sobo Glue
Needle Nosed Pliers
Work Gloves (Leather)
Safety Glasses
Scissors (7”)
Classic Portfolio 23”x 31”
26” x 38” Drawing Board (approx. size. Cannot be smaller than 22” x 30”)
Seam Ripper
Spray Fixative

Thanks to PropMedic on deviant art for the image! ( See at http://propmedic.deviantart.com/art/TF2-Papercraft-RED-Toolbox-77759668)

If you want to get a jump on buying new or used books or even to rent them, go to your class schedule and there you can find a button labeled ‘textbooks’. That will take you directly to a page where you can buy your course texts. If you’d just like to browse, the Alfred Bookstore website is located at http://alfred.bncollege.com/.