SUPPLIES

This is the current list of brushes and watercolor pigments that I use and recommend for my 

workshops and classes. 

Palettes: For travel I use a cheap plastic palette that folds in half.  For airplane journaling and hiking I use something like this palette. And for my studio palette I use a butcher tray palette.

Brushes: At least 2 round watercolor brushes:  #14, #12, or #10. I recommend Golden Fleece brushes made by Cheap Joe’s or Robert Simmons “Expression Rounds”. 

1 or more acrylic #10 or #12 round or flat brushes for collage and other mixed media approaches. 

Paints: Buy tubes of Transparent to Translucent watercolor pigment, Professional Quality. Large tubes are more economical. My go to brands are Daniel Smith and Holbien. 

Good brands are: Winsor Newton (NOT Cotman), Grumbacher’s finest (NOT Academy), Da Vinci, Holbein, Daniel Smith, American Journey (available only through Cheap Joe's catalog), M. Graham and Sennelier. At the end of this list are my favorite opaques made by Holbien. 

Pigments: If you are on a limited budget, buy the 3 primaries: Cadmium  Yellow light or Hansa yellow, Quinacridone Rose or Quinacridone Red and Ultramarine Blue. If you already have some watercolor paints consider the full palette listed below or bring your personalized palette of hues.

Full Palette:

Hansa Yellow

Cadmium Yellow light 

Quinacridone Red

Quinacridone Rose 

Naphthol Red

Quinacridone Gold 

Quinacridone Burnt Sienna or Burnt Sienna 

Cobalt Turquoise light 

Sap Green 

Cobalt 

Phthalo Green 

Carbazole Violet 

Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine 

Manganese Blue 

When you ready to spend more money on beautiful paints try these:

Cobalt  Turquoise light 

Phthalo Blue 

Cerulean Blue 

Ultramarine Violet 

Moonglow (Daniel Smith)

Leaf Green (Holbien)

Holbien opaques

Juane Brilliant 1

Compose green 1

Brilliant Pink

Horizon Blue

Compose Blue