Tools and Materials - Watercolor

Here’s a list of my most commonly used tools and materials I use in my projects with links to my most commonly used brands.

If you purchase any of these items via Amazon, I’ll get a little kickback!  But don’t feel obligated.  I always encourage artists to find the best deal they can.  Happy painting!

Find more of my process tutorials on Gumroad!

Recommended Books:

 
– Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits by William F Powell
– Angelic Visions by Angela R. Sasser (Shameless plug! Great source for my basic methods).

THUMBNAILING:

Strathmore Toned Paper Sketchbook

White Prismacolor Color Pencil

Bic Fine Point Ball Pen

FASHION DESIGNS:

Croquis Sketchbook

Pitt Grey Artist Markers

PREP & TRANSFER:

– Cintiq 21UX (or Any Other Tablet)

– Photoshop CC 2015 (Photography Plan)

– Inkjet Printer (I use a Brother with high capacity cartridges and it lasts forever)

– Artist’s Tape

– Blush Brush

– 2B Graphite Stick

– 16×20 Masonite Panel

– Mechanical Pencil .7mm

– Watercolor Art Pad

– Anti-Smudge Glove (also good for using with digital screens!)

INKING:

– Micron Pens

Sepia

Brown

PAINTING:

– Strathmore Wet Media Illustration Board

– Color Wheel (small one for travel, big one for studio reference)

– Paper Towels

– Mason Jar

– Watercolor Well Palette

– M Graham Watercolor Paints (Here are some of my favorite colors that are good to start off with.)

Alizarin Crimson

Burnt Sienna

Burnt Umber

Cadmium Red

Cerulean Blue

Chinese White

Hansa Yellow

Naples Yellow

Neutral Tint

Payne’s Grey

Perelyne Maroon

Quinacridone Rose

Raw Umber

Raw Sienna

Sap Green

Sepia

Ultramarine Blue

Yellow Ochre

– Robert Simmons Sapphire S85 Brushes (Mixed Natural and Synthetic Bristles)

000 Round

4 Round

1 Flat

– Table Salt or Sea Salt

– Amaco Liquid Gold Leaf and Silver Leaf