<p> Materials List for Watercolor Class with Richard Koleszar</p><p>If you have already been painting, just bring what you have to the first class.</p><p>Most of these items can be purchased at Jerry’s Art a Rama in Norwalk or online catalogues, such as Dick Blick, Cheap Joes, or Jerry’s Art a Rama. You can also get some items at Michael’s, but the other sources have more selection.</p><p>PALETTE:</p><p>John Pike – or any with paint wells and a place to mix and pool colors.</p><p>PAINTS:</p><p>Color tubes 5, 15 & 37 ml. Windsor & Newton or other good quality manufacturer. NOT “hues” or “student grade”. Color list supplied below – basic colors and advanced selection.</p><p>PAPER:</p><p> Watercolor 140 lb. cold-press is best for working on half-sheets (30” x 40” cut in half). I usually buy Arches or Kilimanjaro. Other papers you find are equally serviceable. You’ll need 2-3 sheets.  A sketchpad 90 to 140 lb for value sketches (also pencils – HB, 2B & 4B – two of each and a good pencil sharpener.</p><p>BRUSHES:</p><p>You can buy basic sets which include all but the 1 ½” wash brush. Simmons is a combination of synthetic bristles which bounce back well. OR you can buy separately the basic brushes #4, 8 & 10 round; ¼” & ½: flat; and it’s nice to have a #6 script brush or “liner” for small twigs, power lines, etc.</p><p>MISCELLANEOUS:</p><p>Kneaded erasers; paper towels “Bounty”; support board for paper that is ½” wider than your paper and that is made from ¼” plywood, plastic or “gator board”; binder clips to hold paper; masking tape; X-acto knife; Q-tips; sponge; pocket knife with dull blade; container for water; photos for subject matter.</p><p>These are my paints that I am now using (Liquitex, Windsor Newton, or similar):</p><p> Cadmium yellow light – warm Hansa yellow – cool New Gamboge – warm  Cadmium orange – warm Quinacridone red – cool (or Scarlet Lake – cool or Cadmium red light – warm)  Permanent Alizerine crimson – cool Windsor violet – cool  French ultramarine blue – warm Cerulean blue – cool  Cobalt blue – cool Manganese blue or sap green Leaf green (DVP) or yellow green – cool  Windsor green or Viridian – cool Prussian blue – cool Ivory black – neutral Quinacridone gold – warm Raw sienna or yellow ochre – warm Brown Madder – warm  Burnt sienna – warm  Van Dyke brown or burnt umber – cool</p><p> Items marked with asterisk are the basic colors needed. Try and set your palette up with warm and cool color groups – and keep it that way so you can concentrate on painting, not groping to find a particular color. That way you’ll instinctively drop your brush to the right color!</p>