Description
This workshop will seek to show you, and enable you to exploit, the wonderful properties of watercolour - to explore how versatile and forgiving it can actually be. The aim is to give you faith in the medium so you can work with more confidence.
Materials List:
PAINTING MATERIALS
To get the most out of this workshop I suggest you bring the same materials as I use since different papers, paints and brushes create different effects. Having the same paper and having one good sable brush are the most crucial elements if you wish to paint in a similar way to my own.
PAPER: Saunders Waterford and/or Arches, mainly rough but also cold pressed (not) surface 140lb+ in sketch blocks and spiral bound watercolour sketch books sizes 8” x 11” upwards to 18”x24”. Please note: other papers will not produce the same watercolour effects.
(If you use loose sheets you will need masking tape and Drawing board)
PENCIL: 2-4B, putty rubber, pencil sharpener/blade.
PAINT: Enamel paintbox, pans and paint tubes of Artist’s quality watercolour. I use Winsor and Newton (and also SAA’s range of Artist’s colours). The colours I use predominantly are listed here:
Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Aureolin, Indian Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose, Cadmium Red, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Sepia, Burnt Umber, Indigo, Winsor Violet, Chinese White & Titanium White. Less often I use Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Indian Red, Lemon Yellow, Viridian. Optional additional palette: china with several wells.
BRUSHES: Pure Sable Watercolour brushes, round and flat.
Sizes vary nowadays but I recommend sizes 6, 8, and 12 or bigger
Large ¾-1” flat brush
(Old small brush if use masking fluid.)
WATER: 3 small clear water pots and plastic reservoir bottle.
Kitchen Roll or rag.
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