Live In-Person Series

Painting Breakthroughs

with Richard E Scott

May 30 / June 13, 20, 27 / July 11, 18, 2026 / 6 Classes
Saturday Mornings / 9:00 – 12:00
Montrose, California

Suggested Gear & Materials

You are welcome to use any drawing and painting gear you like. That said, for those interested, below is a listing of the gear and materials that I will be using in the class.

Click on the links (underlined text) to view items at Amazon, or even better, you can purchase many of these items at Blue Rooster in Pasadena.


Drawing Gear

Pencil

When I draw in graphite, here is my preferred pencil:

Blackwing Pencil – Natural

Watercolor Gear

Watercolor Block

  • Saunders Waterford Watercolor Block / 16” x 12” (or any size you prefer) / Rough Surface / Regular White Color / 300gm (140lb)

  • Other good brands are Arches and Fabriano / any size you prefer / Rough or Cold-Press Surface / 300gm (140lb)

    My suggestion is to stay away from inexpensive brands or any student-grade paper

The Saunders Waterford and Arches papers can be purchased from Blue Rooster / Fabriano can be purchased at most art supply stores

Saunders Waterford Block – comes in a variety of sizes

Brushes

  • I use a variety of flats and rounds / some in sable, others in synthetic / use whatever kinds you like

  • Brush holder to keep the brushes protected

My brushes and brush holder

Palette

I highly recommend this palette:

  • The Portable Painter Palette is excellent and inexpensive / get the “Classic Plus Kit” (it has extra wells for additional paint colors, if desired) / visit Portable Painter and enter promo code SCOTT during checkout to receive a 10% discount on your order (promo code is case sensitive)

My Portable Palette loaded with watercolors

Watercolors

You are welcome to use any colors and brands you like. Here are the colors I use and how I organize them on my Portable Painter Palette (corresponding to the paint wells shown in the photo above).

Top Row (listed from left to right):

  • Cadmium Yellow Lemon – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell

  • Cadmium Yellow Deep – MaimeriBlu

  • Quinacridone Gold Hue – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell

  • Cadmium Orange – MaimeriBlu

  • Transparent Brown – Sennelier L’Aquarelle

  • Quinacridone Red – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

Middle Row (listed from left to right):

  • Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Viridian – MaimeriBlu

  • Cerulean Blue – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Cobalt Blue – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Utramarine Light – Sennelier L’Aquarelle

  • Mixed Violet – a mixture of two watercolors: Cobalt Blue – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour and Quinacridone Red – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour (I mix 2 parts Cobalt Blue to 1 part Quinacridone Red)

Bottom Row (Optional Paints):

  • Titanium Opaque White – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell (not shown in photo above)

  • Middle well – I use this spot for any new colors I’d like to experiment with (not shown in photo above)

  • Ivory Black – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour (not shown in photo above)


Note: the mixed violet I use will not produce the most intense violet possible. I have found that a mixture of Ultramarine Light and Quinacridone Magenta makes the most intense violet. I prefer my mixed violet in most cases because it mixes beautifully with other colors without dominating the mixtures. 95% of the time this mixed violet is all I need. If I need a more intense violet, I mix together Ultramarine Light and Quinacridone Magenta.

All of the paints listed can be purchased online at Jackson’s Art.

Easel

Not required for the class, but nice to have when you paint on location. Below is the one I use. To see a detailed description of how I assembled this easel, click this link.

My easel - a camera tripod with a masonite board attached to the top

Other Items (no photo of gear listed below – any style or brand is fine)

  • Sponge or Sham-Wow

  • Small spray bottle (any brand)

  • Paper towels (I use Viva Select-a-Size)

  • Artist tape

  • Wax resist – you can use a wax stick, or even a wax candle


I look forward to painting with you. Thank you!

Richard
richard@paintwithscott.com