Watercolor - Supply List

WATERCOLOR SUPPLY LIST questions???...nancygraham2@gmail.com

EXPERIENCED PAINTERS: Please feel free to bring the supplies you already have before you buy anything new. Good watercolor brushes can be very expensive and chances are you have what you need. If you have a method for stretching paper that you are comfortable with… by all means, stick with it.

Also, if you have a painting ready to start…or an idea for one, bring it to the first class.

BEGINNING PAINTERS:
One good watercolor brush - #12 or #14 red sable round ($$$), or a good soft synthetic fiber brush. A good #12 round brush flares out to cover a broad area and also comes to a point for edges and detail. Other brushes can be added as you expand your ability.

Tube type watercolor paints – (preferably not student grade) Winsor & Newton or other quality artists paints.

Broadway
• Lemon yellow or winsor yellow……………………cool yellow
• Cadmium yellow……………………………………warm yellow
• Alizarin crimson…………………………………….cool red
• Cadmium scarlet or cad. red………………………warm red
• Cerulean or winsor blue……………………………cool blue
• Ultramarine blue……………………………………warm blue
• Viridian………………………………………………cool green
• Sap green…………………………………………….warm green
• Paynes grey………………………………………….neutral
• Burnt sienna………………………………………….granular, warm
• Burnt umber………………………………………….granular, cool

• Watercolor paper by the sheet or in a tablet – 140 lb., cold-pressed, at least 11” x 14” or you may choose to get a watercolor block (prestretched, w.c.paper pad, gummed on all four sides. $$) I will teach you various ways to stretch single sheets.
• One small watercolor tablet, 6”x9” or 7”x10” for practicing techniques
• Plastic palette, small rectangle with 8 – 12 wells. (or your choice)
• Plastic tub, as in “butter” or large yogurt tub, for your water
• Pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Paper towels
• Small natural sponge
• Small color wheel, optional