Painting Essentials:

1. Canson Multimedia sketchbook. Love the thicker paper in this sketchbook. I can add watercolor without the pages buckling.
2. Fluid Cold Press watercolor paper. I especially love the square shape of this high quality thick watercolor paper!
3. Uniball signo 207 bold gel pen. I love how smooth these pens are when I want to add ink details to my paintings.
4. Palette with cover.
5. Painters tape – to tape down my paper
6. Grumbacher watercolor brush. Favorite sizes: 8, 6, 4, and 2
7. Van Gogh watercolor paints
8. Holbein Gouache mixing set of 5. I love adding the opaque look of gouache to my paintings!
9. Derwent drawing pencils. Especially with figures, I like to sketch in pencil before starting a painting.
10. Kneaded eraser. For erasing and leaving only faint lines when I begin to paint.
11. Paper towel – I have to have a piece of paper towel to suck water off the brush when I need a drier brush. Or to blot the brush after dipping in the water. It’s a good way to check the brush is clean.

Other Essentials:

• iPad – I do everything on my iPad – google reference photos, take photos, write posts, create digital art, look through and post on Instagram, read WordPress blogs, and more. I made the investment when my Kindle cracked and it was the best thing I did. I couldn’t live without it!
• ZXU Stylus pen – for drawing on the ipad. I use the apps Adobe Draw and Adobe Sketch because they link up with Photoshop and Illustrator on my desktop.

Other stuff in my supply tray:

1. Reeves watercolor pencils for adding details
2. Tombow markers for handletter

Recycled stuff:

1. Tray from a holiday gift “basket” to hold everything
2. Plastic egg container for mixing colors to keep the paints in my palette “pure”
3. Back of the watercolor paper pads – to tape down my paper so it doesn’t buckle when it gets wet
4. Recycled container (Ricotta or sour cream) for water
5. Cracked mug for my brushes. It was too pretty to throw away!

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