Recommended Minimum Supplies Required for Any Subject:
Colors: BUY professional brands only! DON’T BUY Academy or Cotman brands.
Buy the minimum colors needed: a red, yellow, blue and green. I recommend:
- - Permanent Rose (Winsor Newton is the best)
- - Lemon Yellow or Permanent Yellow (Holbein brand) is most cost effective
- - Ultramarine Blue (DaVinci or Winsor Newton brands)
- - Bamboo Green (Holbein) is the first choice; Viridian Green (Winsor Newton) is
second choice

Additional Materials:
- - Arches 140 Cold Press Watercolor Paper in the block or as separate large sheets (one sheet is fine for the first class).
- - 3 medium sized yogurt containers.
- - A large white or clear surface for mixing paints (plastic is fine).
- - An old rag.
- - ¼ of a kitchen sponge.
- - One round-tipped brush size 10 (synthetic is fine).
- - A 14 x 18 (approximate size) piece of plastic or wood to use as a surface for your paper.
- - White 3M Micropore Surgical paper tape (found in drugstores such as Long’s/Albertsons)
- - Non-permanent masking fluid (Winsor Newton).

As you gain more watercolor experience, add the following supplies to your minimum list:
Colors: The list of colors on the next page includes an acronym for each color, the preferred brand based on quality and price, and an abbreviation of the subjects for which the color is especially effective (only a matter of opinion).
P = portraiture, L = landscape, F = flowers.

For example:
Sap Green (sg) (American Journey) L/P/F
sg = Abbreviation; American Journey = preferred brand; L/P/F = use for landscape,
portraiture and flowers

All of these brands can be ordered online at www.cheapjoes.com
or by calling Cheap Joes at 1 (800) 227-2788.

Paper: Please see workshop specific materials listed at the top of the page.
A general guideline:
- - For all subjects, use 140 cold press Arches by the block or the large sheet (22 x 30)
- - For portraits, use 500 Strathmore Bristol Paper (or equivalent smooth paper)
Palette: Covered palette 11 ½ x 15 ½ (approximate size) (Tom Lynch or Frank Webb palettes).

Color List
Colors are in a suggested order for the palette:
Sap Green (sg) (American Journey) L/P/F
Bamboo Green (bg) (Holbein) L/P/F
Turquoise (t) (Holbein) L/P
Peacock Blue (pb) (Holbein)
Cerulean Blue (cb) (Winsor Newton) P/F
Lavender (lv) (Holbein) L/P/F
Cobalt Blue (cob) (Winsor Newton)
Ultramarine Blue (ub) (DaVinci) L/P/F
Alizarin Crimson (ac) (American Journey) L/P/F
Permanent Rose (pr) (Winsor Newton) L/P/F
Scarlet Lake (sl) (Winsor Newton) F
Cherry Red (chr) (Holbein) L/P/F
Orange Lake (ol) (Maimeri Blu) L/P/F
* Cadmium Orange (co) (Winsor Newton)
Sepia (s) (Holbein) L/P/F
Burnt Sienna (bs) (Winsor Newton) P/L
Quinacridone Gold (qg) (Winsor Newton) L/P/F
Yellow Ochre (yo) (Winsor Newton)
Naples Yellow (ny) (Winsor Newton) L/P/F
Aureolin (aur) (Winsor Newton) L/P/F
Lemon Yellow (ly) (Da Vinci) F
Titanium White Gouache (tw) (Da Vinci) P
* Cadmiums may not be good for one’s health.

Brushes: Choose brushes by the sizes of the drawings below rather than the # size used by the manufacturer. The brands listed here are recommendations only. All brands are acceptable if the brush hairs bounce back to shape when you shake the wet brush.

#8 round	#12 round (Steve Quiller)	1/2" flat	Louise Cadillac 2" Hake #CJLC-2 at Cheap Joes

Additional Items:
- - Kneaded eraser
- - Small, flat elephant sea sponge (found in art stores)
- - #2, HB or H pencils
- - Tracing paper and ruling pen (optional)
- - Paper towels

SUGGESTED ART SUPPLY LIST FOR TRAVELING

- - Backpack for water and art supplies
- - Small clip board (8x10) from Office Depot in Berkeley (or a larger clip board – not found at Office Depot)
- - Arches paper or watercolor paper you like torn or cut into 8 even sections of a 22" x 30" watercolor paper sheet
- - Taupe or tan colored pastel or watercolor paper pre-cut into small rectangles or squares (approx. size of 2 or 3 business cards)
- - 2 Plastic jars with lids: either empty or holding water, depending on whether the site has water
- - Paper towels and tissues flattened out
- - Fold-up Stool (Alvin brand at Amsterdam Art)
- - Hat with a rim
- - Plastic box (from Office Depot in the school supply section at approx.
10"h x 3"w x 3"d.)
- - Plastic Containers – 2 or 3 that fit into each other
- - Paint – 5 or more tubes (includes 3 primary colors – red, yellow and blue – and/or other colors you like, and white gouache)
- - Brushes that fit into the box easily
- - Black ink in the form of rolling ball pens, brush pens, sharpies
- - Colored inks in the form of designer and/or felt tipped pens

Any questions, call Julie at (510) 644-1402 or email at juliecohnproductions@yahoo.com

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