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GORD JONES MATERIAL LIST

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Only SUGGESTED, please bring what you are comfortable with:

• Watercolour palette (John Pike, Lynch, Wood, or equal) with deep wells and large mixing surface)

• Mounting board (gatorboard works well coated with clear acrylic) for paper approx. 16” x 20” or   Acrylic (Plexi-glass) sheet.

• Sketch pad – approx. 5” x 7”

• HB, 2 to 6B pencils

• Optional - Value Markers in Greys – light, medium, dark – eg. Winsor & Newton, Promarkers, Copic Markers

• Small pocketknife for scraping or something similar

• 1” wide standard white masking tape

• Natural or synthetic sponge

• Facial tissues and paper towels

• Margerine container or other container for water

• Mini Spray bottle to moisten paints

• Hair dryer

 

Paper:  

• Any good quality watercolour paper (instructor prefers 140 lbs. Arches Rough, Bright White – full sheet).  Painting size is generally ¼ sheet so a full sheet can be cut down

into 4.

 

Suggested Brushes:

• Liner/Rigger - #6, #2

• Synthetic Flat Wash Brushes - 1”,  ¾”,  ½ ”

• Round Brush - #6

• Optional mop brush #6 or #8

• Any other brushes you are comfortable with

 

Watercolour Paints: (Instructor suggests Winsor Newton professional quality tubes)

Ultramarine Blue                                                       Aureolin Yellow

Winsor Blue                                                                Yellow Ochre

Cobalt Blue                                                                 Cadmium Yellow Light

Cerulean Blue                                                             or Lemon Yellow

Burnt Sienna                                                               Neutral Tint

Cadmium Orange                                                       Winsor Violet

Alizarin Crimson                                                  

Cadmium Red Light

 

Recently Added:  Holbein - Lavender                 

 

Dr. PH Martin’s Bleedproof White (optional)

 

Colours are only SUGGESTED! Use what you have!

 

Please note: This list consists of my basic kit, sometimes I add, substitute, or subtract from it. It is only intended as a guide, please use whatever you have or are comfortable with.

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ART CUNANAN MATERIALS LIST

 

WATERCOLOUR PAINTS

• Yellow Ochre

• Ultramarine Blue

• Cerulean Blue

• Cobalt Blue

• Lavender

• Turquoise

• Cadmium Yellow (light)

• Cadmium Red (light)

• Red Rose deep or Alizarin Crimson

• Burnt Sienna deep (Da Vinci) or Winsor Newton B. Sienna

• W&N designer gouache-perm white (tube) or Dr. PH Martin bright white (small bottle)

 

WATERCOLOUR PAPER

• 140 lbs cold press or rough Arches or Winsor Newton

10 pcs. Half sheets (15x20) or 20 pcs. Quarter sheets (11x15)

 

BRUSHES

• Rigger #3 Artists Watercolour sable (W&N)

• Pure Squirrel Hair Mops #10

• Sword liner (if available/optional) or Daggers 3/8”

• Princeton Neptune Quill #4 and #8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

• Watercolour palette (small for outdoor/ travel with folding lid)

• Box of Tissue (Kleenex or any brand)

• Pencils – HB 3B, 4B

• Water Container small (collapsible for outdoor/travel preferably)

• Paper towel

• Masking tape

• Sketch pad/book