SUPPLIES

• Brushes: Must be round and pointed.

• Small brushes (#1 round) Varying sizes (start with what you have).

• Cardboard backing & tape for mounting project paper to while you work.

• Paint Palette: 6-well or use what you have.

• Project Paper*:

• One 8.5” x 5.5” piece of Arches Text Wove or 90# watercolor paper. OR other paper that can be fed through a laser toner printer.

• Pigments: Use colors that best match the manuscript or experiments with
  gouache colors of your choice.
  • Gouache, Watercolor
  • Dr. Ph. Martins Bleed Proof White

• Water dispenser (small squirt bottle or eyedropper or pipette) for hydrating paints

• Water Container & Paper Towel for rinsing brushes and catching drips.

• Laser Toner Printer - must be able to accommodate your paper choice.
  Laser Toner IS recommended because toner doesn’t react with water media.
  Ink Jet (dye-based) printers may react with water media and is NOT Recommended.
  Printing Alternative - Take the supplied pattern and project paper to a self-service toner-based printer/copier at a local office supply store to print the pattern directly on to your paper choice.

• Optional but Handy:
  Hands free magnifiers
  Gold mica watercolor

*Alternative paper choices

• Saunders Waterford watercolor

• Hahemuhle Cezanne - Cold Press - 140lbs

• Rives BFK (Very soft and whiter than Arches Text Wove

• Bienfang 90 lb, 146 gm/acid free/fine surface

• Hahnemühle Bugra

• Fabriano 90 lb. watercolor paper.

IMPORTANT - DO THIS BEFORE CLASS
PREPARE the printed line art pattern provided (or traced pattern) page by securing it to a board with artist or washi tape. Securing the paper prevents unwanted paper creases while allowing you to turn the paper while painting.