WATERCOLOR PAPER - 1 pad (Arches #140 cold press preferred)
PAINT PALETTE or 8-10 white Styrofoam plates
PAINT (2 blues, 2 reds, 2 yellows. Sample paints listed below)
Alizarin crimson
Permanent rose
Ultramarine blue
Cobalt blue
New Gamboge yellow
Yellow ochre (can use raw sienna)
Burnt sienna
BRUSHES
1-2 inch flat wash
¼”flat
Rigger
Rounds, sizes,4,8,10,
Other items:
water container (Cool Whip bowl, cottage cheese container, for example),
Old toothbrush, table salt, masking tape, paper towels, tissue, red or blue (any color but black)ballpoint
Pen.
small spray bottle, and a support to tape your paper to (Masonite, foam-core, even a big enough piece of stiff cardboard will work).
For the more experienced artists, feel free to bring photos of subjects you are working on or would like to paint. We will be discussing composition, value, and other basic design principles.
Don’t worry if you don’t have everything. Just bring a “can do” attitude--we are here to have fun and make art.