Suggested Materials List

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

Pencil

  • 0.7mm or 0.9mm Mechanical Pencil (any brand) / a pencil is good for those who like to sketch a rough outline of the subject before drawing in pen

Pens

  • Felt tip pens: Pigma Micron in sizes 01, 03, 05. I prefer black ink

  • You are welcome to use any other kind or pen or brand you like / make sure it is NOT water-soluble (you don't want the lines to bleed when you add washes)

Watercolor Palette

  • The Portable Painter Palette is excellent / available online at portablepainter.com / I recommend the “Classic Plus Kit” (that has extra wells for additional paint colors, if desired) / scroll down to bottom of this page and click “Scott’s Gear & Materials” and then “Palette” to learn how to save money on this palette

Watercolor Paints

You are welcome to use any colors and brands you like. Here are the colors and brands I use for pen and wash sketching (tube colors or pan colors are fine):

  • Cadmium Yellow Lemon – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell

  • Cadmium Yellow Deep – MaimeriBlu

  • Quinacridone Gold – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Cadmium Orange – MaimeriBlu

  • Transparent Brown – Sennelier L’Aquarelle

  • Permanent Rose – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Violet – I like to make my own violet by mixing together Permanent Rose – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour and Cobalt Blue - Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor

  • Utramarine Light – Sennelier L’Aquarelle

  • Cerulean Blue – Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour

  • Viridian – MaimeriBlu

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

  • Titanium Opaque White – Schmincke Horadam Aquarell

I purchase all of my watercolors from Jackson’s Art Supply.

Brushes

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

  • I'll 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

Sketchbook

There are many great sketchbooks available for pen & wash sketching. What you are looking for is:

  • Heavier-weight paper - 140 lb. (300 gsm) or heavier

  • Smoother paper surface - cold-press or hot-press is good (avoid rough paper with pen and wash sketching)

  • A spiral binding - which allows you to flip the pages and not worry about the book closing as you paint

Here are some good options:

  • Kilimanjaro Paintbook. Paper comes in 140 lb. or 300 lb. weight / superb sketchbooks that come in 9” x 12” and other sizes / available at cheapjoes.com

  • Koval Sketchbooks / hand-made sketchbooks with excellent paper / although they are not wire-bound, artists who use them say they lay nice and flat / available at kovalshop.com.

  • Any sketchbook containing Saunders Paper, Arches Paper, Fabriano Paper, or other high-quality brand paper

  • Avoid cheap, student-grade papers, such as Canson

  • One of the most popular watercolor sketchbooks is the Moleskin brand / I’m not a fan of this sketchbook (the paper it too thin resulting in warping), but other artists and students like it

Other Items

  • Small spray bottle

  • Sponge or Sham-Wow

  • 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

  • Hair dryer (to speed up the drying time)

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

Thank you!

Richard
richard@paintwithscott.com