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.