Watercolor paint:
Professional grade in tubes or dry pans – student grade paint is NOT recommended
Reduced palette:
- Alizarin Crimson/ cadmium red
- Ultramarine blue or indigo blue/ cerulean blue
- Aureolin yellow/ cadmium yellow
Advanced palette:
- all the above colors
- Yellow Ochre or quinacridone gold
- Cerulean Blue
- Burnt Sienna
- Ivory Black
- Undersea green (Daniel Smith)
Recommended brands: Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, M.Graham, Holbein, Sennelier, Da Vinci
Brushes:
Option 1 Economy set: Snap brushes
- 1 round brush size 12
- 1 flat brush size 3/4”
Option 2 Mid- priced set: Grey Matters brand
- 1 round brush size 12
- 1 flat brush size 3/4”
Option 3 DaVinci brand, Cosmotop spin series
- 1 round brush size 12
- 1 flat brush size 16
Travel brushes are very compact and portable, DaVinci Casaneo are my favorites
Miscellaneous items:
- pencil or mechanical pencil, HB or similar. Cretacolor pencil is my brand of choice
- waterproof ink pen (fine and medium), Sakura, Staedtler or similar – for sketching
- eraser
- paper pad for drawing
- portable container to hold water
- absorbent cloth towels or paper towel
- watercolor palette – for tube colors. I prefer metal but inexpensive plastic ones will be just fine
Paper:
- watercolor sketchbook, pads or loose sheets, cotton paper is the best Suggested brands include: Hahnemühle, Arches, Fabriano, Canson or equivalent. Fluid is a very affordable option
