Supplies – Colors course
Below are the list of supplies that you’ll need for this watercolor course. These products are some of my favorite, tried and true watercolor supplies that I know you’ll love! These are the same set of supplies I like to use for all of my watercolor courses.
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Supplies You’ll Need
Canson Watercolor Paper Pad Size 9x12
- Sold as 1 Each.
- Ideal for watercolor, gouache, and acrylic painting, as well as pencil drawing. Unit: pad of 30.
- Resistant to repeated washes, suitable for all wet media applications.
- Fold Over Bound Pad-140 lb./300 gsm.
- Size: 9 in. x 12 in..
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Sketcher's Pocket Box
- High-quality watercolours using cost-effective pigments
- Vibrant with good transparency, strong tinting strength, and smooth handling
- Travel-friendly and compact pocket-sized plastic box with built-in mixing palette
- Includes 12 half pans (Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Ultramarine, Intense Blue (Phthalo Blue), Viridian Hue, Sap Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Chinese White) and 1 pocket brush
Watercolor Round Brush Set (Includes sizes we will use)
- Transon round watercolor paint brushes are also suitable for acrylics, inks and gouache. Round are great for detail, wash, fills, and thin to thick lines. Check seller name before purchase.
- Professional round brushes - Made from GOAT HAIRS and HIGH-GRADE IMPORTED NYLON. NATURAL GOAT HAIRS have great liquid holding ability, SOFT and SMOOTH blending with high-grade nylon gives you perfect sable-like spring back and be able to hold its shape, more AFFORDABLE than genuine kolinsky and sable hair. These brushes do not compromise their quality.
- Sturdy and Durable - Nickel plated copper ferrules, more DURABLE and double-crimped to the handle, NO WOBBLING.
- Ergonomic - Well balanced wooden handle finished with champagne-colored metallic finish. Smooth touch, comfy control, it brings you great joy while painting.
- Brushes come in 8 popular sizes:#1, #4, #5, #8, #10 #12, #14, #16 . Meet all your basic needs for round brushes.
Pencil for tracing (I also like to use blue erasable pencils for sketches, but it's not necessary)
- For works in progress that may need some reworking along the way, these leads erase with ease.
- Strong, medium coloring points deliver vibrant colors.
- Offers a safe way to let your child color his/her art works.
- Perfect for illustrating, animating and all your other unfinished business.
Kneaded Eraser to help lighten tracing lines
- Kneaded Rubber Art Eraser
- Also for shading and blending
- Perfect for pencil, charcoal and chalk
- Kneaded rubber molds into any shape
- Delivers smooth and rich lines of a Sharpie marker with pen-like control – perfect for sketching and inking
- No bleed-through
- Works great on most sketchbooks and watercolor papers
- Fine point tip is ideal for clean outlines, detail work, and underdrawings
- Smudge-free & waterproof and the quick-drying ink resists smearing, fading, and water – great for layering under or over paint
- Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours are high quality, yet affordable, delivering trusted performance.
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Optional Supplies
Dr. PH Martin's Magenta Liquid Watercolor (Colors Course)
- Fine art quality watercolor with the same brilliance and permanence as traditional tubes
- Brilliant, lightfast, transparent liquid watercolor for use on paper or canvas
- Made in the USA
Dr. PH Martin's Phthalo Blue Liquid Watercolor (Colors Course)
- Fine art quality watercolor with the same brilliance and permanence as traditional tubes
- Brilliant, lightfast, transparent liquid watercolor for use on paper or canvas
- Made in the USA
Dr. PH Martin's Hansa Yellow Liquid Watercolor (Colors Course)
- Fine art quality watercolor with the same brilliance and permanence as traditional tubes
- Brilliant, lightfast, transparent liquid watercolor for use on paper or canvas
- Made in the USA
Scotch Painter's Tape (to tape down watercolor paper to plastic board or table top)
- Versatile solution for protecting surfaces that require a little extra care when preparing to paint
Hole punch (for project in Colors Course)
- One hole punch
- Punches 5 sheet capacity
- Paper hole size 0.25 inch
- Nickel plated hand punch
Ribbon or Bookmark tassels (for project in Colors Course)
- Made of 100% fine virgin polyester
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Tracing Supplies
- I also like to use blue erasable pencils for sketches, but it's not necessary.
Graphite Paper (if you aren't using a window or lightbox to trace)
- Carbon transfer paper: come with 30 sheets tracing paper, enough for your spare or replacement; Its size is 8.5 by 11 inch; Can transfer dark, clear and visible lines
- Transfer designs onto surfaces such as paper, wood, canvas, ceramic, etc.
- Great if you're doing a lot of tracing; you can also use graphite paper or a window.