"In the effort to capture and record in paint one's sensations, there must be no handicap with the materials."
- Robert Henri
WORKSHOPS - Scroll down for Watercolor and Water-soluble Oils I am always available for questions. Pmorganart@gmail.com
MATERIALS LIST - WATERCOLOR
Paints: A warm and cool of each. Transparent Rose and Cadmium Red Light/ Cobalt Blue and Ultramarien Blue, Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Gold or Yellow Ochre. These are just some examples. There are many varieties of each.
Brushes: 1” wash brush and one # 12 round and a # 6 round for fine work. Cheap Joe's Pseudo Squirrels are wonderful!
Paper: 140 lb. Cold Press (I like the Extra White Fabriano Artistico and Arches)
Water container: Plastic divided containers are good as well as stainless containers.
Board: A firm board for your watercolor paper and four stainless bulldog or bankers clips to hold your paper in place.
Misc. Kneaded Eraser, a sponge, washcloth to catch water from your brush, sketch book: 6 x 9 or 8 x 10 , pencil 3 B – do not use hard H pencils as they damage the watercolor paper and a notebook to jot down my words of wisdom ;)
Camera: I allow students to take photos during the demonstration.
Photo References: Bring simple photo references and enlarge them to 8 x 10 to make your drawing easier. Better yet, do your drawing at home and then you can spend all your time painting !
MATERIALS LIST - WATER SOLUABLE OILS
PAINTS: While there are many art supply companies selling the water-soluble oils now - I find some expensive. I use Cobra and Lukas. Jerry's
Artarama and other places sell them. They are reasonable in price. I find the Cobra a little more buttery but Lukas has some good colors too. Explore!
BRUSHES AND PALETTE KNIVES:
I use mostly Rosemary Co. brushes from England. They are wonderful and used by very many professional artists around the world and really
reasonable in price. Try a few good quality palette knives to explore. I like RGM Plus from Italy but Masters Touch is reasonably priced and works well too.
PALETTE: Lots of options. I keep it simple. I use a simple glass surface about 9 x 12". You can Google palette products.
But you can also use a piece of glass, with an off white background of spray paint to keep your surface neutral on one side. And simple put a piece of
making tape around it to protect sharp edges. Palette papers are available also. BRUSH CLEANER: I use a clear jar of water with a little soap added. For ex. Dawn - which has a grease cleaner. Masters brush cleaner works well too. Clear jar tells you when to change your water.
SOLVENTS: I do use a little gamsol (odorless solvent) to thin my washes in larger pieces. I've discovered a wonderful product by GAMBLIN
Solvent Free Gel. Mixes beautifully to control paint thickness, etc.
SURFACES: I like linen and wood panels for palette knife work. Any cotton or linen surface will work for either brush of knife or combining both.
Please feel free to call or write with questions.
Email: pmorganart@gmail.com
845-926-0198