Painting Portraits in Watercolor

Instructor: Wennie Huang

Supply List:

Watercolor Paints: (Liquid in Tubes preferred)

RECOMMENDED COLORS (a few more colors than listed on the website - it’s ok if you don’t have all of the colors) - I use Van Gogh, Sennelier, Winsor Newton, and Rembrandt brands.

• alizarin crimson or any madder rose or similar color
• cadmium red light or vermilion
• burnt sienna
• cadmium yellow light or hansa or azo yellow
• raw sienna
• viridian green
• ultramarine blue
• cerulean blue
• White gouache - optional

Brushes:

Buy what’s in your budget: Professional brands like Escoda, Winsor & Newton and Raphael make excellent brushes. Click on the links in blue for what I use:

• #6 or #8 Red Sable watercolor round w/good tip - I use Raphael’s 8408 #8 Botanical/Extra Pointed Round ($87)
• This is a more affordable round sable Winsor Newton one-stroke No. 8 for $45:
• #10 or #12 Sable watercolor round w/good tip - I use Raphael’s 8404#10 Kolinsky Sable Round ($121)
• This is a more affordable round sable Winsor Newton one-stroke No. 10 for $59:
• ¾” - 1" watercolor flat - sable or synthetic - I use Winsor Newton’s one-stroke 1" sable: ($60)
• #3 Raphael Squirrel Quill Mop ($45) but you can try Raphael's synthetic aqua quill brushes, which are almost half the price

Watercolor Paper

• 140 lb. Cold Press. Arches blocks - 9” x 12”, 10" x14”, or 12" x 12", (Green Cover)
• Link for Arches watercolor paper block, 140 lb. /20 sheets - COLD PRESS, 9 x 12 inches or 10 x 13/14 inches (GREEN COVER) - any other paper is an inferior quality and paper is an extremely important component of a good watercolor (even more than paints): https://www.jerrysartarama.com/arches-watercolor-blocks ($38 for 9" x 12")

Palette:

• White enamel metal palette (butcher’s tray) for mixing liquid paints or the white mixing surface that comes with your paint kit NO plastic circular palettes and any palettes which are not white: https://www.jerrysartarama.com/butchers-tray-palettes ($11)
• White porcelain dish can be used in a pinch
• NO plastic circular palettes or any palettes which are not white

Miscellaneous:

• Spray bottle for misting palette - I love this one ($10)
• Two clear glass or plastic containers for water
• #2 Pencil and eraser
• Small sketch pad, pencil and eraser to make thumbnail sketches
• Bounty or Viva Paper towels or Kleenex for blotting
• 1/2" Thin Artists Tape