Art Materials

We recommend that you purchase the Art 131 Supply Kit, which contains all art materials listed below. This supply kit is only available at Utrecht Art Supplies and Artist & Craftsman Supply. Supplies may also be purchased separately at the University of Washington Bookstore or other art supply stores.

Strathmore text 80# Charcoal gray paper (5 sheets)
Ampad quadrille graph paper (10 squares per inch) pad,
8.5”x 11”
Strathmore series 300 (single ply) bristol board, 11”x 14”,
15 sheet pad
X–acto knife with #11 blades
18” metal ruler with cork backing
14” plastic triangle (30/60 or 45)
Bainbridge/Letramax StudioTac Dry Adhesive High-Tac,
11.5” x 17”, 20 sheet pad
Rubber cement pickup
Clear acrylic roller brayer
Staedtler Mars plastic eraser or kneaded eraser
Black Sanford Sharpie Markers - Ultra Fine Point and Super Sharpie
Drawing pencils (H, HB, B)

Software
In this course, we will be using Adobe Illustrator 10, which is available for Macintosh or PC for $99.95 (academic price) at the UW Bookstore Computer Store. While it is possible to complete course projects with other vector drawing programs (i.e., Macromedia Freehand or Corel Draw) alternate programs will not be taught or supported by faculty or teaching assistants.

Computer Usage
General access computing labs at the University of Washington are located in Odegaard Undergraduate Library Commons and Mary Gates Hall Computing Resource Center. All computers in these labs have Adobe Illustrator 10 installed. For specific lab hours, visit the Student Access and Computing Group website at http://depts.washington.edu/sacg/facilities/labs

OUGL Computing Commons
Odegaard Undergraduate Library, second floor; 616-7173
170 PCs + 43 Macs

Mary Gates Hall Computing Resource Center
Mary Gates Hall, room 131; 543-0681
126 PCs + 39 Macs

Required Textbook
Illustrator 10 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guide) by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas
published by Peachpit Press — ISBN 020177321X
Available at the University of Washington Bookstore
List price $24.99

Required Media
You are required to purchase 2 Zip disks (PC or Mac). Back up your solutions on both disks every time you work. Projects are due on the listed dates regardless of technical failures/emergencies.

Art Supply Stores
Utrecht Art Supplies
1124 Pike Street
206.382.9696
www.utrechtart.com

Artist & Craftsman Supply
4350 8th Avenue NE
206.545.0091
http://acsupply.hypermart.net

University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
206.634.3400
www.bookstore.washington.edu