Please remember watercolor is a very quality art material sensitive technique. The beautiful watercolors you enjoy seeing are not done in student grade materials. These lower quality pants do not mix to colors properly nor does cellulose paper work well for watercolor techniques.
The linked items below will give you a discount on your supplies in our webstore.
In the actual store floor, the items are 15% off any non-promotional price with your Art Store Discount after you register for your class.
Required Material List:
- One sheet of Arches Paper, 140 # cold press, 22 x 30, natural white
- Board to attach paper (gatorboard or sealed wood board) NO FOAMCORE OR DRAWING BOARDS
- Non-patterned tape to attach the paper to the board (1″ or wider artist tape recommended)
- 12 or 18-inch ruler
- Your favorite watercolor brushes, preferably 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch & a range of rounds from small to large (2 to 12)
- 2 to 3 rags (may be old sheets, shirts or towels)
- graphite pencil: 4H recommended
- Kneaded and/or white eraser (extra soft rubber eraser recommended)
- Sketchbook for notes (9X12 in recommended)
- 2 flat bottom water containers
- A watercolor palette with at least 20 compartments
- A resist fluid of your choice
Professional Grade Watercolors: (Daniel Smith (DS), Winsor Newton and M Graham (Graham) Recommended Colors):
- Lemon Yellow (PY175, DS & WN only)
- Naples Yellow (varied pigments, Graham, WN or DS)
- Gamboge (varied pigments, Graham, WN or DS)
- Light Red (WN only) or Burgundy Red Ochre (DS only, PR102)
- Alizarin Crimson Permanent (varied pigments, Graham, WN or Daniel Smith)
- Cadmium Red (PR108, Graham or WN only)
- Sap Green (varied pigments, Graham, WN or DS)
- Olive Green (varied pigments, Graham, WN or DS)
- Ultramarine Blue (PB29, Graham, WN or DS)
- Cobalt Blue (PB28, Graham, WN or DS)
- Cerulean Blue (PB35, Graham or DS)
- Pthalo Turquoise (PB15:3 or PB16, Graham, WN or DS)
- Indigo (varied pigments, DS or WN only)
- Burnt Sienna or Quinacridone Burnt Orange/Quinacrodone Rust), (PBr7 or PO48, Graham, WN or DS)
- Buff Titanium. (PW6, DS only)
