Materials List
Please bring preferred and pre-owned materials A Note about Materials: the huge range of watercolour materials available can be difficult to navigate, particularly for beginners. Tanya is happy to be contacted by enrolled students prior to the course for advice on what to buy.
Paper: Good quantity of high-quality 100% Cotton Cold Pressed watercolour paper
Watercolour Paints: tubes or dry palettes. Buy quality paints such as Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith, Schminke or Old Holland. Below is a basic palette idea (with a cool and warm of each primary colour): Raw sienna, Lemon-yellow, Windsor red (or cadmium), Permanent rose, Prussian blue OR pthalo blue, Ultramarine blue. Handy additions might include: pthalo green (Windsor green blue shade), and transparent orange
Paint Brushes:
- Soft-haired round watercolour brushes, for example number 8, 10, 12 e.g. Roymac revolution, Taklon round 10 or 8 / Artworks squirrel .
- 1 soft-haired watercolour brush 1inch wash brush (flat) – for laying down washes e.g. Francheville Ox Hair 5/8 Wash brush or Neef 3/4 camel hair wash/mop brush.
- 1 Watercolour Rigger brush e.g. Windsor and newton Cotman Rigger Note: These brands are example brushes however you can also bring any other watercolour brushes you have.
Watercolour pan palette(s): deep pan palettes, minimum 8 pans.
2 clean jars or containers Sketchbook or paper for drawing up composition plans Tissues or kitchen roll Pencil, rubber, sharpener Masking tape and/or clips