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Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 16 March 1997 Newsprint Paper I'm sure that it goes without saying that newsprint paper is probably the single most important and widely used supply at Mission: Renaissance. We use 1000's of sheets of paper each week. There must never be an instance of no newsprint on hand! We purchase [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 13 March 1997 Revised 1 October 2007 Mirrors & Plumblines One of the tools used for the drawing course is a small, hand held mirror the purpose of which is explained in Larry's Basic Line Drawing Course. Each student receives their own mirror when they enroll in the Basic Line [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 13 March 1997 Hairspray Hairspray is used as a fixatif spray for pastel and charcoal drawings. Many other fixatif sprays are toxic and are not to be used in any location at any time. Only unscented hairspray is to be used. We currently use Grande' Finale' unscented hairspray which is [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 12 March 1997 Large Supply Orders You can save yourself a great deal of time in the area of art supply purchasing from Mac Pherson's and SLS, by ordering a large order at the beginning of each month and placing small "pick up" orders throughout the remainder of the month. [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 11 March 1997 Pastel Orders Recently we have begun ordering pastels in large quantities. This gets us a better deal on the product and a greater profitability margin on our sales. The order is placed through Mac Pherson's or SLS and is called a "drop shipment", which comes directly from [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 10 March 1997 Testing of Art Supplies On occasion, unfortunately, art supplies become unavailable both temporarily and permanently. This can cause a great deal of scrambling on the part of the Purchasing Manager in order to locate replacement supplies so that we can continue to supply our students with the [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 9 March 1997 Lamps and Lamp Stands Each studio has several setup stand lamps and lamp stands (minimum 4 each). These lamps are used to light setups for students to draw from. They are purchased from Smith-Victor Corp. in Gary Indiana. The lamps are #A10 and the stands are #S3. [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 5 March 1997 Glazing Medium Formula We currently produce our own glazing medium for sale to students and instructors. It is a simple formula of 1:1 damar varnish and linseed oil. It is mixed in a quantity large enough to fill 20 - 30 100cc bottles. These are the same [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 4 March 1997 Benches & Boards Our drawing bench is of our own design. It is light weight and easily stored. The exact dimensions are contained in the bench building manual. At the time of this policy, we still build the benches ourselves out of my garage. I hope that [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 3 March 1997 Vacuum Cleaners Over the past several years we have established every location with the same brand of vacuum cleaner. The reason behind this was to limit the number of vacuum bag designs we needed to keep in stock and for easier repair and replacement of parts. Thus [...]
