Supply List for Watercolor Workshop Students
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SUPPLY LIST FOR WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP STUDENTS a 12 x 16 piece of Gatorbord, plexiglass, or marlite (temboard with a smooth white finish on one side) to use as a waterproof painting support an assortment of watercolor brushes: rounds size 4, 8, 12 and flats 1”, 1.5” a failed watercolor painting you can tear in pieces an assortment of tube watercolors: Aureolin yellow, Permanent Rose, Cobalt Blue and any others you like to use. I have comprehensive materials list that includes a long list of excellent pigments. I favor Daniel Smith pigments, but Winsor Newton is also excellent. Other excellent quality watercolors are DaVinci, Grumbacher. Stephen Quiller, Holbein, and American Journey (Cheap Joe’s). A bag of texturing materials such as Saran wrap, cellophane, cheesecloth, pieces of lace, gridded items such as pieces of rug hooking mesh, sink mats, plastic needlepoint mesh, pieces of screening, rickrack, plastic stencils, smaller bubble wrap, anything flat that can be placed in a wet wash! – YAA will put together a few things for you to use, but feel free to bring your own! Your sketchbook and/or a variety of clippings and photographs of subject matter that excites you. My recommendations for watercolor tube pigments: You do NOT need all of these, but my recommendations follow. Pigments with an * are a minimum palette: pigments with a + are my favorite additions DS=Daniel Smith, DV=DaVinci, WN=Winsor Newton, H= Holbein Tube pigments are available from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, 374 Industrial Park Drive, Boone, NC 28607, Phone 800.227.2788 or www.cheapjoes.com Gentle, non-staining pigments: (the first 3 are primary) *Cobalt Blue (WN or DS) *Aureolin Yellow (WN or DS) *Permanent Rose (WN) or Quinacridone Rose (DS) +Viridian (WN, DV, or DS) Strong, staining primary pigments: *Thalo, Phthalo, or Winsor Blue (DV, WN, DS) *Hansa Yellow Light (DV or DS) or Winsor Yellow (WN) *Red Rose Deep (Quinacridone)(DV) or Winsor Red (WN) or Permanent Red (DS) Secondary Colors with characteristics as noted: *Cadmium Orange (WN, DS) or Perinone Orange 9DS) granular, quite opaque *Cobalt teal Blue (DS)- granular, non staining, very opaque Peacock Blue (H)- brilliant, transparent, staining *Winsor Violet (WN), or Carbazole Violet (DS) – both are dark, staining, transparent Extra pigments I use a lot: +Quinacridone Burnt Orange (DS)- bright, transparent red/brown, low staining Burnt Sienna (WN, DS)- semi-transparent, granular, earthy red/brown, non-staining Anthraquinoid Red (DS)- staining, transparent dark red +Quinacridone Magenta (DS)- bright rose, staining, transparent Phthalo Turquois (DS)- dark blue green, staining, transparent Winsor Emerald (WN)- opaque, granular, non-staining +Quinacridone Gold (DS)- bright, brassy gold, transparent, low staining +French Ultramarine Blue (WN, DS)- granular, somewhat opaque Cadmium Yellow (WN)- very opaque, stains somewhat +Scarlet lake (WN)- vibrant orange-red, semi-opaque, but transparent in thin washes, staining Whitened/Blackened pigments: already neutralized by the addition of black pigments Neutral Tint (DS) Indianthrone Blue (DS) Permanent Brown (DS) .