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WATERCOLOR
Painter’s Checklist
suRFACE
Fabranio 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper, 11" x 15" (27.9 x 38.1cm)
PALETTE
DALER ROWNEY
ARTISTS’ WATERCOLOURS Alizarin Crimson
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red
Coeruleum Blue
Indigo
Sap Green
RICH ART COLOR COMPANY White*
BRusHEs
ROBERT SIMMONS BY DALER ROWNEY BRUSHES
Series 755 1" flat Skyscraper
SIENNA WATERCOLOR
No. 8 round
SN50 no. 4 script liner
suPPLiEs
Basic painting supplies (page 127)
souRCE
Tempera paint can be found in the children’s section of most art and craft stores. Water- color paper can also be found in most art and craft stores.
* Tempera is water-soluble, and will lift. It
is more opaque than regular transparent white watercolor. It can also be mixed with other watercolors to create an opaque watercolor, better known as gouache.
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After twenty-five years of painting and teaching, one of the most important tips I can give any painter is to finish the painting, no matter how ugly it gets.
You always learn more from your mistakes than your suc- cesses. Painting is a teachable skill; it’s not about talent. I have taken many workshops from some wonderful art- ists over the years and they all say it’s about practice. One teacher told me, “You need to paint a thousand paintings before you understand what it’s all about.”
PREPARATION
Mix the following colors, and set them aside:
Blue Gray Mix: Coeruleum Blue+tch Burnt Sienna. Note: This should be more blue than brown.
Red Purple Mix: Alizarin Crimson+tch Coeruleum Blue Olive Green Mix: Sap Green+tch Burnt Sienna
Sepia Brown Mix: Burnt Sienna+tch Coeruleum Blue
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