Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing
RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES LIST 2014-2015
Please note: Some Items will be available for purchase in a class pack through Blick
stores in September for a discounted price.
 Sketchbook: hardbound, notes will be
taken in sketchbook, and sketchbook must
be brought to school every day.
 Portfolio 18x24 red wallet portfolio, or other
of your choice * mandatory!
 USB drive
 Mat board will be needed later in the
school year (Semester 2)
 Set of colored pencils (preferably
Prismacolor set of 24- colors not found in
the set of 24 can be purchased individually
as needed)
 Folder or binder for handouts
 Pencil Set (range of B’s and H’s)
 Ebony Pencil
 Variety of erasers
 12x16 Canson Mi-Tientes paper pad, 24
sheets- choose color preference
 Set of pastel pencils (faber castel Pitt
brand)
 Strathmore 400 series mixed media pad
(140lb- size 11x14, 15 sheets)
 Blending tortillions
 Set of Charcoal pencils
 Black Higgins waterproof drawing ink
 Artists tape/drafting tape (white or neutral
for creating borders and keeping artwork
neat, peels off artwork easily without
tearing paper)
 Paint brush set
AP Drawing Wish List
The concentration portfolio is a student directed portfolio, mainly completed at home. The
following is a list of additional art supplies your child may wish to use at home for AP Art,
depending on their media choices and needs of their portfolio. These items are not
mandatory, but are useful. Supplies purchased by art department may not be taken home
for use outside of school. Since all students will have different concentrations, there will be a
need for more individualized supplies as they become more involved in this portfolio.
Paints: basic set of watercolor, gouache, acrylic, water-based student oils (oils cannot be
used in school), paint palette for saving paint, various brushes, palette knives
Papers: Watercolor, pastel/charcoal, canvas, illustration board- no larger than 18x24, any
color/price, heavy weight paper 70lb and higher, ask for different kinds of paper for different
media.
Pastels: oil pastel, chalk pastel, conte crayon, pastel pencils (Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils),
Prismacolor NuPastel hard pastels
Charcoal: Compressed, Soft, range of tone, charcoal pencils
Inks: India ink, any color, type (Higgins drawing ink)
Pens: numbered micro drawing pens for different line widths
Extras: sharpeners, kneaded erasers, vinyl erasers, blending tortillions, masking tape, drafting
tape
Anything else needed for at home drawing/painting for concentration
Please Note: During the Second Semester of AP Drawing students will need to purchase
black mat board to mount and display their Quality artwork on.
Art Supply Store locations:
Michaels
www.michaels.com1280 Corporate Dr
Westbury, NY 11590-6625
Blick
http://www.dickblick.com/
168 B Glen Cove Road
Carle Place, NY 11514
(516) 248-1555
ALWAYS bring your student ID card to get a discount.
Also check store websites for printable or online coupons
Summer Art Program Resources
New York University (NYU)
Office of Special Programs
721 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10003
http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/summer-sessions.html
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/page/hsStud
ents.html
Pratt Institute
Pre college program for high school students
200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn NY 11205
https://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing-education-andprofessional/pro-credit-programs/precollege/summerprograms/
Parsons New School for Design
Pre-College Academy
Greenwich Village campus, 2 West 13th Street and
55 West 13th Street.
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/pre-collegeacademy/
Fashion Institute of Technology
http://www.fitnyc.edu/7614.asp
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street New York City 10001
212-217-7999
The Art Students League of New York
215 West 57th Street, New York
Summer classes and workshops
http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/
The Heckscher Museum
Summer Art Sense (Teen ArtSense)
2 Prime Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743-7702 (about
30 min drive)
T: 631.351.3250
http://www.heckscher.org/pages.php?which_pag
e=education_summer_artsense
Long Island Academy of Fine Art
Portfolio Development Program
14 Glen St. Suite 201, 2nd Floor
Glen Cove, NY 11542 (about 25 min drive)
924-3294
http://www.liafa.com/youth-programs/
(516)
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
http://www.usdan.com/
Ph:(631) 643 - 7900
185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights, NY
Art League of Long Island
Teen Portfolio Program for High School Students
107 East Deer Park Road - Dix Hills, NY - 11746 - p:
631.462.5400 (about 30-40 min drive)
http://www.artleagueli.net/
Creative Art Space for Kids
(516) 596-4ART
48-D Atlantic Ave, Lynbrook, NY 11563 (about 20
min drive)
Classes are held on Thursdays from 6-8pm for
students ages 14 to 17yrs old throughout the year,
http://www.creativeartspaceforkids.org/
A Gathering of Artists
322 Hillside Ave, Williston Park, NY (8 min drive)
Advanced studio art portfolio class
http://www.agatheringofartistsinc.com
Also please consider visiting museums and galleries during the summer. Check museum
websites for events and classes for high school students.