I recommend the paints from Prochem because they are exactly the colors we need in order to mix other colors perfectly. They are textile paints because many people want to print on fabric. Based on what your work is like and what your preferences are, you may not need textile paints. That’s why I suggested the tube acrylics, but again, they need to be specific colors in order to achieve the goals of the course.

You probably know that colors can lean either “warm” or “cool” meaning they have an orange cast or a blue cast, which might be imperceptible unless they are compared to other colors. That’s why I provide the color constant cards and use those as a guide throughout the lessons. If you have paints but they aren’t the purest versions you can find, then you won’t get accurate mixes from them. If your red has an orange cast, for instance, when you add it to blue to make violet, it will never be right, because the orange in the paint will shift the color. That’s one of the important things we observe as we go through the lessons.

Some of the colors you have may be fine, but it’s sort of a crapshoot to just use what you happen to have. Dyes won’t be applicable at all for this course, and inks are thin and therefore usually transparent so those are not a good match.

I hope this is helpful as you think about what you want to do.

Once you see how the paints work and get a handle on mixing, you can adapt what you know to any medium, which is why this is so useful. But starting with the materials that make the goal easier to achieve is important.

The class fee is $297 and includes a color starter kit (also includes free domestic shipping).

Color Constant cards

Squeegee

Color Wheel Template Thermofax

Color hand-outs for assignments that require them

Email Zenna and she will share a code with you to discount the fee depending on which supplies you already have.

I’ve gotten questions about paints to buy if you like outside the US and don’t want to pay the shipping costs, which is understandable! The tube acrylic paints will work for most exercises, but if you want to paint on fabric with softer paint, these paints might be an option in NZ or AU.

If you live somewhere else and do a web search and find paints that might be candidates, send me a link and I’ll take a look. I just spent 30 minutes looking through amazon.com.uk and I didn’t find anything that was ideal.

Hobbyland (New Zealand)

Carries Jacquard products including fabric paints. These colors can be used:

101 Yellow

103 Orange

106 True Red

110 Violet

111 Sky Blue

116 Apple Green

104 Pink

114 Turquoise

122 Black

123 White

Kraftkolour (Australia)

Carries Texcraft fabric paints. These colors can be used:

Lemon Yellow

Orange

Pillarbox Red

Burgundy

Violet

MidBlue

Leaf Green

Black

White

Over half the lessons will be pre-recorded and even though they are released on Mondays, you have all week to work through them. The live lessons and Q&As will also be recorded and shared within 24 hours of the event.

Read through the schedule here.

All class materials are yours for life, so eve after class ends, you can return to them.