When purchasing tempera, we only recommend the Blick Premium Tempera. All other tempera is not good quality, even Blick Student or Blick Essentials.
- Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, White (click here for a set)
- Pencil and eraser
- Charcoal
- Bristle paint brushes, variety of sizes
- 9x12" Cold Press Watercolor paper
- Paper media such as old sketches, music scores, letters, thank you notes, posters with lettering, maps, pieces of wallpaper, decorative papers, monochromatic photographs, etc, to be used to cut and paint over
- Make copies of special letters and photos - do not use precious originals for this project!
- Elmers White Glue
- Palette for color mixing
- Cup for water
- Paper towels
- Clothes you don't mind getting paint on
- Optional: gold leaf or gold tempera
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