Online Class

Sargent’s Secret

Suggested Gear & Materials

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

Pencil & Eraser

  • Caran d’Ache 844 Metal Mechanical Pencil 0.7mm

  • Graphite refills: Staedtler Mars Micro Carbon HB or similar hardness 0.7mm

  • General’s Kneaded Rubber Eraser

    All of the items above can be purchased at Amazon

Paper

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

  • Other good brands are Arches, Kilimanjaro, Fabriano and Khadi / 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 Jackson’s Art and Blue Rooster Art Supplies / Kilimanjaro paper can be purchased from Cheap Joe’s / Fabriano can be purchased at most art supply stores / Khadi Paper can be purchased at Blue Rooster Art Supplies, Hiromi Paper, and Amazon

Brushes

  • Any brushes you enjoy painting with, from flat brushes to round brushes, are fine to use in this class

  • I will be using round brushes of various sizes: #10, 8, 6, and 4

  • You may also want to have a liner OR rigger OR small brush (for adding details) / you will be able to find these brushes at your local art supply store or online

Palette

  • I will be using my custom-made palette / that said, I highly recommend the palette below

  • 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)

Watercolors

Top Row (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

  • Quinacridone Magenta – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

Bottom Row (from left to right):

  • Titanium Opaque White – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell

  • 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)

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.

Other Items

  • Small spray bottle (any brand)

  • Sponge or Sham-Wow (available at Amazon)

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

  • Artist tape (any brand)

  • Water container (to dip brushes in and clean brushes while you paint) – if you buy the Portable Painter Palette, you won’t need a separate water container

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

  • Hair dryer (to speed up the drying time)

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I’ll see you online for class.

Thank you!

Richard
richard@paintwithscott.com