The Only Tools You Need to Get Started In Watercolor (+ Your Supplies List)

Here is Your Supplies List.

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A note on supplies: These are my favorites.  You might have the desire to try to find cheaper paper than the arches listed below, don’t do that. 

In Watercolor, you can buy cheap paint and cheap paintbrushes but paper quality matters.  You can take a very talented watercolor artist and have them paint on cheap paper and it will look like it was painted by a toddler, don’t skimp on the paper.  

Arches 140lb cold press watercolor paper 9x12  

Watercolor Brush Round 6, Optional a round 2 and a round 12

Watercolor Paints: This is my favorite travel set

Carbon paper for tracing

I use a Butcher Tray for my paint palette but a white plate would also work just fine.

These are not required but you may find over time you want them for outlining: Micron Pens

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