Can find supplies at CheapJoes.com or DickBlick.com or local art stores such as Huston-Tuttle in Rockland or Rockport Blueprint in Camden.

2B pencils

Sponges

Paper towel

1-inch artist tape or masking tape

Paper:

Arches Cold Press 140 – buy by the block or the sheet. 

Cheaper paper will have issues when painting.

Paints:

• Windsor Newton Watercolors suggested, other brands are welcome.
• Paint Palette / Large with a cover / Wells for colors on the sides and a large center for mixing colors is best.
• Colors – A variety to start:
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Cadmium Red
  • Cadmium Yellow
  • Naples Yellow
  • Cerulean Blue          
  • Prussian Blue
  • Perylene Violet
  • Payne’s Grey

Brushes / Synthetics are affordable Natural Brushes last longer

Flats  / have a variety of sizes ½ inch to a 2 inch

Rounds / Have a variety of sizes

Maskoid  / colorless

Flat Board to paint on – this is any kind of board which will support your paper while you paint, such as a wooden board or very heavy piece of cardboard.  It also needs to be about the size of the paper or a little bigger, smooth, and not too heavy.