Thursday, January 28, 2010

Supply List for Frankie Bush's Watercolor Classes

Artist Quality Watercolor Paints
Assorted Brushes-suggested sizes #6, #8, #10, #14 round, 1" flat
Paper-140lb. Arches, cold press, loose sheets recommended for this class
2 Water Containers
Paper Towels
Masking Fluid
Scrubber/Lifter- Loew-Cornell at Hobby Lobby in tye-dye department (also at Michael's)
Drawing Pencils (hard)
Kneaded Eraser
My Pallette:
Legend: O-opaque, T-transparent, S-staining, C-cool or W-warm
Yellow
Naples (O), Aureolin (T), New Gamboge (T,S), Quinacridone Gold (T,S), Yellow Ochre (O), Most yellows are warm.
Red
Alizarin Crimson (T,C), Permanent Rose (T,C), Windsor Red (O,W), Indian Red (O,C), Scarlet Lake (T,W,S)
Blue
*Verditer Blue (O), Cobalt (S), French Ultramarine (T,S), Indigo (O,S) Most blues are cool.
Green
Permanent Sap (T,S,C), **Undersea Green (T,C), Beautiful greens can be made from blues and yellows
Orange
Cadmium Orange (O,S,W) or mix your red and yellow
Purple
*Mineral Violet (T), and Windsor Violet (T,S)
Brown
*Brown Madder (O), Raw Sienna (T), Burnt Umber (T), Sepia (O) Browns are neutral, neither warm or cool.
*Holbein only. **Daniel Smith only.
I order from Cheap Joe's at http://www.cheapjoes.com/. You can call 1-800-227-2788. The shipping is less than the gas money. At 14/15 tube of paint is cheaper in the long run than a 5ml tube.
Loew-Cornell ULTRA ROUNDS are a good price and quality for synthetic brushes. Cheap Joe's stock # are: #14-LC7020, $9.99; #10-LC7020-10, $7.99; #8-LC7020-8, $6.99; #6-LC7020-6, $5.69; 1" FLAT-LC7400-1, $10.59

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