watercolor kits
Watercolor Wrangling Kit:
For beginner, or seasoned watercolorists, the following is a variety of supplies for my Watercolor Wrangling workshops. Find a variety of paper sizes to choose from along with my favorite brushes and paints. Be sure to include a watercolor sketchbook for informal watercolor sketching studies. See above for my recommended sketchbook supplies.
Watercolor Paint
My favorite watercolors are made by Golden, called QoR. They are professional grade, offer beautiful, rich color. The following includes the travel tin of 12 which I use for travel and sketching, and two optional tube sets, of 12 or 24.
QoR watercolor mini travel half pan tin of 12 colors
QoR watercolor intro set of 12 individual tubes
QoR watercolor set of 24 individual paint tubes
Kuritake "Art Nouveau" 24 Color Palette - love the rich earth tones and blue-greens in this set.
If you want to create your own custom palette with tube paint, the following palettes are what I use. The first is a larger travel/portable option, the second for use in the studio.
SUNIY Folding blank watercolor palette (33 wells)
Paper
There are a lot of good watercolor paper brands. I include a variety I use in different sizes here, in pads and blocks. For the past few years, I've been using Fluid brand blocks for watercolor and acrylic. Best to always use at least 140# weight, cold press. As always, Arches is a favorite.
Fluid Brand 9 x 12" 140# watercolor paper block
Fluid Brand 6 x 6" 140# coldpress watercolor paper block
CansonXL 9 x 12" coldpress Watercolor Paper Pad
Fabriano 8 x 10" 140# coldpress Watercolor Paper Pad (12 sheets)
Fabriano Studio 9 x 12" 140# coldpress Watercolor Paper Pad
Brushes
As a Silver Brush Ltd. Certified Artist-Educator I have the benefit of insights to the history, materials and expansive lineup of brushed they make. For watercolor, these are amazing!
Silver Brush Ltd: Golden Natural Square 1" Wash Brush
Silver Brush Ltd Black Velvet set of 3 round watercolor brushes (size 4, 8 and 12)
Don't forget artist tape for clean edges. Scotch Brand Artist Masking Tape