WATERCOLOR PAINTING MATERIALS

Instructor: Susan Schneider

• Pad of watercolor paper (140 lb minimum weight); Strathmore is a good brand. It needs to say Cold Press on the cover. Do not buy Hot Press paper.

• 1" flat brush (synthetic ok and if you have any of your own brushes, bring them to the first class); Round brush with a good point: a #8 or #10. Buy individual brushes and not those in assorted size containers.

• Watercolor pigments: If you do not want to buy individual tubes, then buy a double set of Prang. Do not buy Crayola.

• Pigments in tubes: Aureolin Yellow (transparent), cadmium yellow (warm), cadmium red (warm), alizarin crimson (cold), ultramarine blue (warm), cobalt blue (cool), viridian green (warm), sap green (warm). These are suggested colors but if you have watercolor sets, bring them to the first evening.

• Bring a plastic palette that folds up (Fred Meyer is a good source for these).

• Frog or blue tape and a drawing board for under the paper.