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"Polka Dot Coat "
Digital painting


 

 

 
 
  • Transparent Watercolor Paints
    Professional/Artist grade transparent watercolors manufactured by Winsor&Newton, Daniel Smith, Stephen Quiller, Holbein, others:
    • Alizarin Crimson
    • Aureolin OR Lemon Yellow
    • Burnt Sienna OR Quinachrodone Burnt Orange
    • Cadmium Orange OR Permanent Orange
    • Cadmium Red Light OR Cadmium Scarlet
    • Cadmium Yellow Light OR Pale
    • Cerulean Blue
    • Cobalt Blue
    • Permanent Rose OR Quinachrodone Rose
    • Quinachrodone Gold or Raw Sienna
    • Utramarine Blue OR French Ultramarine Blue
    • Winsor Blue OR Antwerp Blue OR Thalo Blue
    • Yellow Ochre
    • Black or Paynes Gray
  • Limited Palette of 7 Colors
    • Aereolin OR Lemon Yellow
    • Cadmium Yellow Light OR Pale
    • Cadmium Red Light
    • Alizarin Crimson
    • Ultramarine Blue
    • Winsor OR Thalo Blue
    • Ivory Black (mainly for value studies)
  • Brushes
    Synthetic or sable watercolor brushes by Robert Simmons, Stephen Quiller, Richeson.
    • 1-inch Flat
    • No. 10 OR 12 Round
    • No. 6 or No. 8 Round
    • 1-1/2 inch Wash Brush (optional for beginning painters)
    • SUMI-E Calligraphy Brush (optional for beginning painters)
    • 1-1/4 inch x 3/8 inch palette/painting knife (soak in vinegar to cover blade for 24 hours to prepare knife to hold paint)
  • Other
    • Watercolor Paper – 140 pound Arches Cold Press, 22 x 30 inch sheets
    • Palette OR large metal butcher’s tray – Palettes by Stephen Quiller (round), Frank Webb, John Pike, Cheap Joe
    • 2 Containers for Water – (e.g., ice cream buckets, cool whip containers)
    • Support Boards – 1 to 2 boards (Masonite or MARLITE sized 12x16" for quarter sheet, 16x24" for half sheets)
    • Bull Dog Clips - 4 (used to clip paper to board)
    • Masking OR Artists Tape (1-inch)
    • Absorbant rags (or Kleenex tissue OR paper towel)
    • Sketch book OR bond (typing) paper
    • Pencils – 2B, (4B or 6B optional)
    • Graphite pencil (optional)
    • Tracing paper
    • Kneaded eraser
    • Cellulose Sponge
    • Photos and magazine clippings of favorite subjects
Last Update • November 13, 2009
 


 

 


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