Painting Fun!

Let's get started with the basics!
Watercolors...
Paper: 140 lb cotton cold press block or sheets. This one is my favorite... but Blick art matrials has a nice Canson 140 lb cold press pad on sale for a fraction of the cost.

Paint: Start with a set of warm and cool reds, yellows, and blues. Colors that contain Cadmium, like cad red and cad yellow are highly toxic. So, choose your colors wisely if you're working with small children and pet that may be tempted to get into them. I ditched all of my toxic paint colors a few years ago while my daughter was young.
I like keeping watercolors in a round palette with a cover for traveling. But here is a sweet little set of starter paints (however the good paints are amazing...and if you can swing it...get the primary colors in warm and cool)


I also keep this little set of Cotman pan colors in my reach for quick sketches. I love the pigment concentration in this brand. Yummy.

Cotman also makes a super watercolor bush selection... nothing makes watercolor more fustrating than having the wrong brush. So, go brush hunting for a good flat, round and a liner. I like having a #12, 8, 6, and 4 of each. It's really up to you and what you prefer.

Play! Play! Play!