Recommended Supplies

• Watercolor paper

  Lisa will be using Arches cold press paper torn down to a 5x5” square. She’ll also be using 9x12” Canson Montval paper for quick demos. Use what you feel comfortable with!

• Brushes

  A round and a wash brush, large flat or hake brush if you have one.

• Pencil and eraser

• Paper Towel or cloth

• Cup for water

• Spray bottle filled with water

• Watercolors

  Bring what you have. Lisa will be using her everyday Folio Palette, filled with:

  • Hansa Yellow Light
  • Cadmium Yellow Pale
  • Raw Sienna
  • Quinacridone Gold
  • Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
  • Cobalt Turquoise Light (PG50, I use Winsor & Newton, it’s the same as Daniel Smith Cobalt Teal Blue).
  • Cerulean Blue
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Organic Vermillion
  • Transparent Red Oxide
  • Venetian Red
  • Indanthrone Blue
  • Neutral Tint or Payne’s Gray

  Other colors she loves for the desert:

  • Winsor & Newton Smalt
  • Naples Yellow
  • Holbein Shell Pink
  • Sedona Genuine
  • Schminke Transparent Orange
  • Lunar Earth
  • Piemontite Genuine

  Don’t feel obligated to have any of these colors! Lisa will also discuss alternative colors; once again, use what you have!

• Gouache

  White gouache or Dr. Ph Martin’s bleed-proof white ink, gold gouache for sparkle. White chalk pencil if you have one.

• Sepia pastel pencil or dark brown or blue watercolor pencil

• Pocket knife

  Pocket knife if you have one or something like an Xacto knife to scratch the paper to create texture.