Opaque Watercolor and Gouache Supply List

Opaque Watercolor and Gouache with Peter Ulrich

If you already have supplies for transparent watercolor painting, then you can use those and simply purchase and add the opaque gouache paints to a separate palette. You may, of course, do your paintings using both transparent and opaque pigments. I, however, will be doing demonstrations exclusively with gouache.

Here are three sets of gouache paint that I have used in the past. Any one will do for this workshop.

Winsor & Newton sells a set containing the three primaries (red-blue-yellow), a green, a white and a black. With this set you can mix up any color you choose, for example, the secondaries of orange, violet and green.

You could also purchase sets with 36 (from U.S. Art Supply, 18 ml) and 24 colors (from Castle Arts, 12 ml). I like these because they contain very brilliant and vivid colors that may not be able to be mixed using the smaller sets.

Below is the materials list for my watercolor classes. This list applies to our workshop except for the transparent paints listed. 

Watercolor Materials List

DRAWING

• Sketch pad, medium sized such as 11″ x 14″
• Drawing pencils and eraser 
• Sharpie Black ink pen, ultrafine point

TUBE COLORS: (Winsor & Newton, DaVinci, Daniel Smith, Daler Rowney are all good – buy Artist Quality, not Student Quality)

• Indanthrone Blue
• Ultramarine Blue
• Winsor Blue
• Prussian Blue
• Cerulean Blue
• Cobalt Blue
• Cobalt Teal
• Payne’s Gray (strongly suggest Winsor & Newton; all others are too dull)
• New Gamboge and/or Quinacridone Gold
• Raw Sienna
• Alizarin Crimson 
• Permanent Rose
• Cadmium Red Light
• Cadmium Lemon
• Cadmium Orange
• Burnt Sienna
• VanDyke Brown (or Burnt Umber)

BRUSHES:

• Any “large” brush that holds lots of water but has a very fine point.

For example: Silver Black Velvet round, (my current favorite), Robert Simmons “Goliath” (#26 or larger) or the “Faux Squirrel”  #1827 by Dynasty (#18 or 20)

• 1 ½– or 2-inch flat for washes
• #1 Rigger

PALETTE – John Pike or similar style palette with big center mixing area and a cover to keep paint fresh.

PAPER – Top quality 100% cotton rag paper like Arches (140 pound cold-pressed or rough), either full sheets (22” X 30”) torn into ½ or ¼ sheets, or a 12” X16” block (about equivalent to a quarter-sheet) with glued edges (more expensive than sheets).

EXTRAS:

• Viva paper towels or some brand that is equally soft and free from embossing.
• Photo references for subject matter
• Water container
• Box or Bag to carry all this stuff.

This kit can be shipped for a fee, or picked up at the Art League School Store on the second floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Please let us know in your order notes if you prefer to have the kit shipped or if you prefer to pick it up.
The kit includes the underlined items.

Cost is $273.44 plus sales tax of $16.41 for a Total = $ 289.85

Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to purchase a selection of items different than the kit.