Supply list for Wennie Huang:

Watercolor Paints: (Liquid in Tubes preferred)

RECOMMENDED COLORS (you don’t need to have all of the colors, but try for at least one or two from each of the rainbow hues below) - I use Van Gogh, Sennelier, Winsor Newton, and Rembrandt brands.

• alizarin crimson
• permanent rose or opera rose
• cadmium red light or vermilion
• burnt sienna
• venetian red or transparent red oxide
• cadmium yellow light or hansa or azo yellow
• Naples yellow
• raw sienna
• viridian green
• ultramarine blue or cobalt blue
• cerulean blue
• prussian blue
• indigo
• payne’s gray

Brushes:

• #8 and or #10 Sable round short-handle watercolor brush w/good tip - I use Raphael brand (botanical brush with beige tip or in larger sizes with orange tip)
• #3 Petit Gris Mop Quill brush - I use Raphael brand
• ¾” - 1" watercolor flat - sable or synthetic - I use Winsor Newton One Stroke line

Buy what’s in your budget: below are links for what I use, however synthetics can work, too -use the following as general guide for sizes:

• #8 Red Kolinsky Sable Raphael [Botanical] Extra Pointed Round ($73)
• #10 Kolinsky Sable Winsor Newton One Stroke (@$54) or #12 Kolinsky Sable Winsor Newton One Stroke ($84)
• Raphael Squirrel Quill Mop ($47)
• 1" Flat Sable Winsor Newton One Stroke (@$69) or 3/4" Flat Sable Winsor Newton One Stroke (@$52)

Watercolor Paper:

• 140 lb. Cold Press. Arches blocks - 10" x14" or larger up to 14" x 20" (Green Cover)
• You can also purchase full loose sheets and cut them down which tends to be more economical
• Other brands to try Saunders, and Blick Studio Premier
• Smooth or Vellum Bristol Board, 14 x 17 size is slick and cheaper and fun to paint on even though there is no sizing - great for warm-ups too

Palette:

• White enamel metal palette (butcher’s tray) for mixing liquid paints or the white mixing surface that comes with your paint kit NO plastic circular palettes and any palettes which are not white.
• White porcelain dish can be used in a pinch
• NO plastic circular palettes or any palettes which are not white

Miscellaneous

• Spray bottle for misting palette - I love this one!
• Two clear glass or plastic containers for water
• #2 Pencil and eraser and sharpener
• Small sketch pad, pencil and eraser to make thumbnail sketches
• Bounty or Viva Paper towels or Kleenex for blotting
• 1/2" Thin Artists Tape / Clips