• 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

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