Supply List
Drawing & Watercolor for Young People
Please bring the following materials each week:
- 14" x 17" or 16" x 20" Drawing Pad
- "B" pencils ( 2B - 6B)
- Ebony Pencils
- Art Gum, Pink Pearl or Rubber Kneaded Erasers
- Paper Stomp
- Pencil Sharpener
Optional Materials
- Willow Stick Charcoal
- Sand Paper Block
- Shamy Cloth
- Pen & Ink Set with Permanent Black Ink
- Universal Pencil Lengthener
Supply List
Watercolor for Adults and Young People
Watercolor Paint
I strongly recommend purchasing only professional quality watercolor. Some of the best watercolor brands:
- Holbein Artists' Watercolour
- Rowney Artists' Watercolors
- Schminke Horadam Finest Artists' Watercolours
- Sennelier Watercolors
- Winsor & Newton Selected List Artists' Watercolours
Do not buy gouache or any color with hue in its name.
- Cadmium Lemon Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow Light or Cadmium Yellow Pale
- Cadmium Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Cadmium Yellow Deep
- Cadmium Orange or Cadmium Red Orange
- Cadmium Red Light or Cadmium Scarlet
- Cadmium Red or Cadmium Red Medium
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Permanent Magenta or Permanent Rose
- Winsor Violet
- Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean Blue
- Winsor Blue (green shade), Intense Blue or Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green, Thalo Green, Intense Green, or Winsor Green (blue shade)
- Ivory Black
Paper
Several sheets of cold pressed or rough textured watercolor paper, 140lb weight or heavier, any size.
I recommend the following paper brands: Arches, Lana,Winsor & Newton, or Whatman. Or if you prefer, a cold (not) pressed or rough textured watercolor block, 140lb weight, any size.
Brushes
- Several flat watercolor brushes - Loew Cornell, Series 7100, One Stroke Flat, 1", 1/2" & 1/4"
- A number 6 round watercolor brushes - Loew Cornell, Series 7020, Ultra Round, Size 6
- Several script liner brushes - Loew Cornell, Series 7050, Script Liner, Size 2, 4 & 6
Watercolor Palette
A white surfaced plastic palette with a large mixing area. I recommend one of the following types: John Pike Palette, Robert Wood Watercolor Palette or Jones Watercolor Palette
Other Materials to Bring
- A tall 1 quart water container
- 2B pencils
- Kleenex & paper towels
- A small terry cloth towel
- A kneaded eraser
- Palette knife
All the materials on this list are available at your local art store or by mail order.
Call the following companies for a free copy of their catalog:
- Cheap Joe's (800) 227-2788
- Jerry's Artarama (800) 827-8478
- ASW (800) 995-6778
Recommended Books
The Artist's Handbook of Materials & Techniques
By Ralph Meyer
Viking
Herb Olsen's Guide To Watercolor Landscape
By Herb Olsen
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Painting Buildings in Watercolor
By Randulph Bye
North Light Books
Art and Nature Appreciation
By George H. Opdyke
The Macmillan Company; New York, NY
Breaking the Rules of Watercolor
By Burt Sillverman
Watson-Guptill
Painting Trees & Landscapes in Watercolor
By Ted Kautzky
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Painting with Light
By Betty L. Schlemm
Watson Guptill Publications
Brushwork for the Oil Painter
By Emile Gruppe/Edited by Charles Movalli
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1983
Painting with the White of Your Paper
By Judi Wagner & Tony Van Hasselt
North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
By John F. Carlson
Dover Publications, Inc.
John Pike Paints Watercolor
By John Pike
Watson-Guptill
Color and Method in Painting
as seen in the work of 12 American Painters
By Ernest W. Watson
Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., 1942
The Practice & Science of Drawing
By Harold Speed
Dover
The Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting
By Edgar Whitney
Watson-Guptill, 1974
Watercolor
By John Pike
Watson-Guptill
Expressing Land, Sea and Sky in Watercolor
By Rowland Hilder
Watson-Guptill
Watercolor Fix-It Book
By Tony Van Hasselt & Judy Wagner
North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992
Watercolor Methods
Edited by Norman Kent
Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., 1957
Watercolor, the Happy Medium
By William Schimmel
The Macmillan Company
Marine Painting in Watercolor
By Edmond J. Fitzgerald
Watson-Guptill
Ways With Watercolor
By Ted Kautzky, NA
Reinhold Publishing Corporation
