Advanced & Intermediate Watercolor Painting
Linn-Benton Community College Advanced & Intermediate Watercolor Painting
Instructor: Ellen Hansen Email: [email protected] 541-730-5470
Suggested supplies: If you do not have some of these supplies at home, and it is difcult to get them you can get by with the materials you do have.
1. Watercolor paints: Indigo, *Ultramarine Blue, *Cadmium Red, *Cadmium Yellow, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Yellow Ochre, and Chinese White 2. Small (size 4), Medium (size8) and Large (size 12) round watercolor brushes. 3. 140’ cold press paper watercolor paper. 4. Pencil and art gum eraser. 5. Foam board if not using Arches block paper. This is to secure your watercolor paper so that it does not buckle when wet. You will only need this by the 5th class. You can but the large piece of foam board in half for easier handling. 6. Masking tape to secure watercolor paper to hard surface. 7. Something for a palette, has to be white, like a top to whip cream or a white plate, not paper. 8. Container for water, cottage cheese container will do. 9. Large trash bag to use as drop cloth. 10. Paper towels, just a few. 11. Small sketch book or plain paper like copy paper for doing sketches. 12. Box, bag or something to put it all in.
This is the recommended list of supplies. You really only have to have 1. a medium round (6 or 8) watercolor brush 2. 140 lb cold press watercolor paper 3. a water container 4. the red 5. yellow 6. blue tube watercolor paint (preferably at least student quality) pigment listed above, pencil 7. paper 8. erasure.
All of the other while recommended can be purchased as you continue in the class if you prefer.
You may also want to have: 1. Masking fuid Drinking straw 2. Toothbrush Cheap brush to use with masking fuid 3. Small Spray Bottle Mask pen 4. Sketchbook Mask pick up 5. Ruler White gouache or white acrylic paint 6. Folder for handouts Sea sponge 7. Elegant Writer, black, calligraphy pen Salt
* items are the only required colors.
A word about purchasing your watercolor supplies: If you are not sure if you will continue doing watercolors or just want to take it slow, I recommend beginning with student grade watercolor supplies. You can always upgrade to artist quality gradually.
A good student grade watercolor paper is Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper and you can fnd that at Hobby Lobby, Fred Meyers and Michaels. You should probably purchase a size about 12" X 15". Good student grade watercolors are VanGogh found at Hobby Lobby or Cotman found at Michaels. You want to look for brushes that are medium priced and are a blend of natural and synthetic. Michael’s has Cotman and Robert Simmons which are both good quality brushes. I don't know if you can fnd Princeton or not in Albany or Corvallis, but if you can fnd Princeton 4050 they are good without being expensive. I know Dick Blick has them online.
If you want artist quality, Arches 140 lb cold press paper is excellent and you can fnd full sheets at Hobby Lobby. You can then cut these sheets down to the size you want, just be careful handling all watercolor paper as your fngers leave oil on the paper and shows up when you paint.
Windsor Newton is artist quality paint but very expensive. It can be found at Hobby Lobby and Michaels. M Graham is also artist quality paint and can be found at The Frame Shop on First Street as well as Arches paper.
Dick Blick, Daniel Smith, and American Journey and many other artist quality brands of watercolor paint are sold online as well as many other brands of paper and brushes.
Hope you fnd this helpful, but if you have any other questions regarding the class content or supplies, please call or email me.
I am looking forward to meeting you, Ellen Hansen 541-730-5470 [email protected]