Paint the Central Coast - En Plein Air Watercolor

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Welcome to the wonderful world of watercolor! In addition to painting materials bring whatever you need to be comfortable outside - hats, drinking water, snacks, sunscreen, etc. You will need a portable, foldable chair to sit on, painting water supply and a container in which to put your water. If you have an easel, bring it.

THIS IS A SUGGESTED LIST - you are welcome to use any watercolor materials you prefer. If you have none or want to know what my tools are, here they are.

Palette - I use a simple $10 - $15 foldable field palette.
Watercolor paper - I suggest you use 140 lb. cold pressed Fabriano Artistico full sheets and then cut them into quarters. You can get 4 pieces large pieces or 8 smaller pieces out of it. Arches is good, too. I have found the full sheets to be better quality than the pads. Another option is using a field book - I like the Pentalic 11" X17" field books that Lenz Arts carries.
Board to paint on and clamps or tape to affix it. If you have a field book you don't need a board.
Brushes - I primarily use a #12 round, sometimes a #6 round.
Pencil(s), eraser to draw your image on the paper.
Paint - Windsor-Newton, Daniel Smith & Graham are excellent tube paints. The starred paints are the most important. I will use others from time to time but this is my basic palette. Also, Windsor-Newton makes a traveling kit with palette with 12 half pans which is designed for painting outside and I've found works quite well.
Alizarin Crimson*
Quinachridone Red
Aurelion Yellow*
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue*
Cobalt Turquoise light
Opera (Holbein color)*
Quinacridrone Gold
Ultramarine Blue*
Viridian Green
Windsor Blue, Green Shade
Yellow Ochre*
Undersea Green (DS)
Pyyrol Orange (DS)
Burnt Sienna*
Burnt Umber
Manganese Blue

Lenz Art is the local art supply store.

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