Painting Flowers and Gardens in Watercolor

Supply List

Paper

140 lb cold press Arches (preferred, but use what you like)

10 X 13 or 12 X 16 block or 3 loose sheets

Inexpensive watercolor pad for exercises, sketches, practice.

Brushes (synthetic or blend is fine)

Round - #2 for details; #6 and #10 or #12

Flat – ½”, 1 ½” for washes

Rigger

Paint (suggested colors - recommend tubes of Holbein or Winsor Newton brands , artist's quality prefrerable to student grade , but feel free to bring what you currently have )

Opera

Cerulean Blue

Permanent Red

Cobalt Blue

PermanentRose

Ultramarine Blue

Alizarin Crimson

Thalo Blue

Permanent Yellow Lemon

Thalo Green or Viridian

Aureolin Yellow

Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna

New Gamboge

Burnt Sienna

Sap Green (Maimerblu Brand)

Sepia

Violet

Peachy Keen (Cheap Joes) or Jaune Brilliant

There are a lot of fabulous colors available for flowers: quinacridone red, lavender , rose colors; you may want to treat yourself to one or two to try out.

Palette

Recommend white plastic palette with cover (e.g. John Pike or Robert Wood) with compartments for paint and area for mixing.

Other

Two containers for water

Masking fluid or frisket (recommend new masking fluid in bottle with applicator, “Masque Pen”)

Masking Tape

Natural Sponge

Tissues, paper towels

Sketch paper, pencil, eraser

Subjects

From week to week, you may be asked to bring in a painting subject (e.g. a flower, a flower pot or vase, reference photographs.) These will be announced in class the previous week