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Supplies You'll Need
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Sketcher's Pocket Box
- Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours are a range of water colours that are made to our high quality standards but costs are kept to an economical level by replacing some of the more costly pigments with less expensive alternatives
- This popular pocket-sized plastic box features an integral mixing palette in the lid
- This water colour set contains a pocket brush and 12 Cotman Water Colour half pans: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Ultramarine, Intense Blue (Phthalo Blue), Viridian Hue, Sap Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Chinese White
Used in all projects
Winsor & Newton Permanent Rose, 8ml tube
- Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours are high quality, yet affordable, delivering trusted performance.
Watercolor Round Brush Set (Includes sizes we will use)
- Set of 12 round-tipped paint brushes
- Suitable for watercolor, gouache, and more
- Short-handled brushes that are easy to hold for kids
- Brush tip made of pure nylon hair
Used in all projects
Watercolor Paper (Canson brand)
- Size 9x12 inches
- Pad of 30 sheets, 140-lb., cold-pressed watercolor paper
- Kid-friendly and economical
- Preferred brand by Lily & Thistle for best project outcomes
Used for all projects
OPTIONAL: Blank Watercolor Cards with Envelopes
- 100% cotton watercolor cards
- Pack of 50
- 5" x 7"
Optional substitution for watercolor paper to make homemade valentine cards.
Kneaded Eraser to help lighten tracing lines
- Kneaded Rubber Art Eraser
- Also for shading and blending
- Perfect for pencil, charcoal and chalk
Used in all projects
- Art masking fluid is a colorless, non-staining liquid composed of rubber latex
- For masking areas of work needing protection when color is applied in broad washes
- Comes in 75-ml bottle
Sharpie Felt Tip Pens, Fine Point (0.4Mm) Felt Tip Markers, Journaling Pens, Art Markers, Drawing Ma
- Color-full, brilliant shades ignite thought-provoking messages
- Ink won't bleed through paper and is acid-free and archival-quality
- Quick-drying ink is both water- and fade-resistant; ap certified
- Fine point and slim, contoured design for effortless detail and control
- Includes 4 black sharpie fine point pens
Used in both doughnut and balloon valentine cards
Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pens (another option for a fine point pen)
- Contains both the soft and hard tip Fudenosuke Brush Pens
- Features a flexible brush tip for different lettering and drawing techniques
- Great for art drawings
- Soft tip and hard tip water based, pigmented black ink
Tracing Options
If you are looking for options to trace on watercolor paper, click here to read my article that gives you 4 different options.
Pencil for tracing (I also like to use blue erasable pencils for sketches, but it's not necessary)
- For works in progress that may need some reworking along the way, these leads erase with ease.
- Strong, medium coloring points deliver vibrant colors.
- Offers a safe way to let your child color his/her art works.
- Perfect for illustrating, animating and all your other unfinished business.
Portable LightBox (if you aren't using a window or graphite paper)
- A4 light box for tracing ease
- Great for kids
Graphite Paper (if you aren't using a window or lightbox to trace)
- Carbon transfer paper: come with 30 sheets tracing paper, enough for your spare or replacement; Its size is 8.5 by 11 inch; Can transfer dark, clear and visible lines
- Transfer designs onto surfaces such as paper, wood, canvas, ceramic, etc.
Extra Supplies
These supplies are optional. You can get them if you want, but they aren’t necessary
Arches 9x12 cold press watercolor paper (high quality watercolor paper)
- The long fibers in Arches natural white 100% cotton watercolor paper provide timeless beauty and an inimitable touch; this rich paper is available in multiple sizes and 3 revered textures: cold press, hot press and rough
- All Arches watercolor pads for painting are pH-neutral with a harmonious natural grain and no optical brightening agents; each sheet is easily removed from the edge-glued pad
- Arches water color paper is the only paper in the world to be gelatin sized "to the core”; it increases the luster and transparency of colors while preventing paints from penetrating into the paper and makes blending, overlay or paint removal easy, wet or dry
Corrugated plastic board (to use as a base for larger paintings that use a lot of water)
- Coroplast surface allows you to tack, tape, or print custom signs
- Sold in a pack of 2
Scotch Painter's Tape (to tape down watercolor paper to plastic board or table top)
- Versatile solution for protecting surfaces that require a little extra care when preparing to paint