Fresh Florals PreClass

Introduction

Welcome to the PreClass session for this class! This lesson includes information about supplies both needed and recommended for class.

Note that you can likely try out the supplies you already have for this class. You can also use whatever colors you desire – you can make your flowers whatever colors you desire. A little about the colors used in this class:

Supplies

• Brushes:
  • Silver Brush Black Velvet Brushes: I recommend both sizes, but if only getting one, the 8:
    • Silver Brush Black Velvet Round #8 BLICK – AMZ
    • Silver Brush Black Velvet Round #12 BLICK – AMZ
• DaVinci Cosmotop Spin Brush:
  • Mottler Flat Wash 30 (its better than the Silver one)
• Watercolor Paper, either are fine:
  • Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Pad 9×12
  • Arches Rough Watercolor Paper Pad 9×12
• Watercolor Paints:
  • Daniel Smith, Essentials 5ml Set of 6
    • Includes: Hansa Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, Phthalo Blue – Green Shade, New Gamboge, Pyrrol Scarlet, French Ultramarine.
  • My colors are NOT required. But here’s my list
  • • Nickel Azo
    • New Gamboge
    • Aussie Red Gold
    • Yellow Ochre
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Burnt Umber
    • Perylene Maroon
    • Anthraquinoid Scarlet
    • Pyrrol Scarlet
    • Quinacridone Rose
    • Imperial Purple
    • Moonglow
    • Cobalt Teal Blue
    • Iridescent Electric Blue
    • Cobalt Blue
    • French Ultramarine Blue
    • Phthalo Blue GS
    • Indanthrone Blue
    • Serpentine Genuine
    • Sap Green
    • Green Apatite Genuine
    • Perylene Green
    • Payne’s Blue Gray
    • Neutral Tint

• Palette (See a video on setting up a palette HERE)
  • Schmincke Watercolor Palette
  • Watercolor Half Pans
• Tools and more:
  • Erasers – Factis or Kneaded eraser
  • Ampersand Hardbord – larger than your paper
  • Sharpie marker

 

Palette

If you’d like to create a palette like mine, here’s more on how I set it up (see the blog post HERE) – pdf is HERE.

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