Brushes

·     # 30 Natural round brush

·     # 8, # 14, # 20 round Sable/Synthetic blend brush

·     # 3 round Synthetic brush

·     2 ” Bamboo Hake brush, mop or other wash brush

Watercolor Paper

·     ½ sheet 300 lb. = (55.8 x 38.1 cm) CP Arches watercolor paper

·     ½ sheet 140 lb = (55.8 x 38.1 cm) CP Arches watercolor paper

Transparent Watercolor

·     French Ultramarine Blue (W&N)

·     Cobalt Blue (W&N)

·     Indigo (W&N)

·     Burnt Sienna (W&N)

·     Perm. Alizarin Crimson (W&N)

·     Winsor Violet Dioxazine (or *DS Carbozole Violet)

·     Quinacridone Magenta (W&N)

·     Perm. Rose

·     Perm. Sap Green

·     Burnt Sienna

·     Indian Yellow

·     Hansa Yellow Medium (* Daniel Smith color)

Other materials

·     Large 1-gallon plastic wash bucket (or large Tupperware container)

·     # 2 office pencil or # B art pencil

·     Palette -covered plastic pallet with shallow wells (I like Richeson pallets)

·     Paper towels

·     Old terry cloth

·     Pencil (2HB is fine)

·     Pebeo Drawing gum or other masking fluid

·     Kneaded eraser

·     Mr. Clean Eraser (available in the cleaning section of the grocery store)

·     Fingertip spray bottle

·     1 small roll of clear contact paper or frisket paper, the contact paper can be found at a hardware store or dollar store. The contact paper has a light tack to the back and has been used as a shelf liner. This is just a technique you can try if you prefer you could also use your masking instead.

About color: whenever possible use professional quality transparent watercolors they have a higher pigment load, less filler and are ground finer giving you the best results.