Transparent Watercolor Paints — My favorite watercolor paints are professional/artist grade transparent watercolors (tube) manufactured by Winsor&Newton, Daniel Smith, Stephen Quiller, and/or Holbein.
HUES —
- Aureolin
- Burnt Sienna or Quinachrodone Siennas
- Cadmium Orange or Permanent Orange
- Cadmium Red Light or Cadmium Scarlet
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Lemon Yellow
- Permanent Green or Hooker’s Green Light
- Permanent Rose or Quinachrodone Rose
- Quinachrodone Gold
- Utramarine Blue or French Ultramarine Blue
- Winsor Blue, Antwerp Blue, or Thalo (green) Blue
- Yellow Ochre
- Black or Paynes Gray
LIMITED HUES (RAC CLASS) —
- Alizarin Chrimson (or Permanent Rose)
- Aureolin or Lemon Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow
- Cadmium Red Light or Cadmium Scarlet
- Cerulean Blue (optional)
- Cobalt Blue (optional)
- Phthalo Blue or Winsor Blue (green shade)
- Ultramarine or French Ultramarine Blue
- Ivory Black (for value sketches)
BRUSHES —
I use more synthetic or synthetic-sable combos than pure sable watercolor brushes. Favorite brands include Robert Simmons, Stephen Quiller, and/or Richeson. Only the 1-inch Flat and a No. 10 Round are absolutely essential. Others are optional.
My brushes:
- 1-inch Flat (Winsor)
- 1-1/2 inch Flat or Wash (Richeson or Quiller)
- No. 10 Round - sable or synthetic-sable combo
- No. 10-12 Rounds synthetic (Richeson or Quiller)
- No. 6 or No. 8 Round (Robert Simmons, Richeson or Quiller)
- SUMI-E Calligraphy Brush
- 1-1/4 inch Palette/Painting Knife (soak in vinegar to cover blade for 24 hours to prepare knife to hold paint)
OTHER PAINTING MATERIALS —
- Watercolor Paper – Arches 140 # Cold Press
- Quiller Palette or large metal butcher’s tray
- 2 Containers for Water – 1 for clean, 1 for dirty water
- Support Boards – 2 boards (Masonite or MARLITE sized 12x16" for quarter sheet)
- Bull Dog Clips (other clips, or clip clothes pins) - 4
- Masking or Artists Tape (1-inch)
- Kleenex Tissue, Paper Towel (or rags)
- Sketch Book or Sketch Pad, 6 x 8 inches
- Pencils – 2B and 4 or 6B
- Sharpie Pens (black, fine)
- Tracing paper
- Kneaded eraser
- Cellulose Sponge
- Reference material
- Camera (portrait class only)
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