This is a list of suggested materials. If you don’t have, or can’t find, anything on this list, don’t worry, we can do a lot with a minimum amount of
materials. I’ve included my personal choices for each item in parenthesis, but I don’t want you to feel obligated to rush out and buy high-end
materials. There are certainly less expensive options.
Pencil –
4B, 6B
Brushes –
• One Round – (I use Escoda Perla 10, Van Gogh “191” 8)
• One Flat – (I use Raphaél “915” 18 or 12)
• One Mop – (I use Raphaél “le 803” petit gris 8, 5 or 3, Escoda Ultimo 14)
Ink Pen –
Any ink pen with waterproof ink.
Sakura Pigma Micron 05, 03, or 01
and/or
Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment fine liner 05, 03, or 01
and/or
• Fountain pen with waterproof ink
(I use a Faber-Castell Guilloche fountain pen with refillable cartridges that I fill with Noodlers Polar Black ink)
Paper –
• A basic sketchbook (approx 22x28cm) suitable for thumbnail sketches as well as watercolor exercises, so a slightly heavier paper that can handle
washes. (I use Strathmore 400 series watercolor sketchbooks,)
• 100% cotton watercolor paper, approx 30x40cm. I like Canson Héritage and Arches cold pressed. I like using paper in blocks so I don’t need to
stretch or mount it on anything. But if you’d rather use loose sheets, that’s fine as well.
Paint –
I use Daniel Smith and Rembrandt paints, but most brands are suitable for what we’ll be doing. Here’s my palette:
• Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Chromium
• Burnt Sienna (English Red if using Rembrandt paints)
• Pyrrol Scarlet – a warm red, similar to W&N “Scarlet Lake”, Sennelier “red”, Schmincke “Vermillion”, Da Vinci “Permanent Red”
Indian red – a very opaque, granulating, and earthy red. Also made by DaVinci and W&N.
Raw Sienna
Raw Umber
• Yellow Ochre
Quinacridone Sienna – Old Holland “Quinacridone Red Orange”, Schmincke “Quinacridone Gold Hue”, W&N “Transparent Yellow” mixed
with a little W&N “Burnt Sienna”
Quinacridone Red
• Cobalt Yellow

Miscellaneous –
• Paper towel
Eraser

Masking tape
• Water bottle
• Water container (plastic cup)