My Art Materials – Watercolor Art Supplies List

Lets be honest, if you are an artist or art lover, you would like to have all possible art material however its not practical. In this article, I am trying to give an overall view of basic art supplies a beginner artist would need to just start with

Paint

• At the beginning, a standard set with limited color will just work fine
• You can buy a basic set of any brand with Red, Yellow, blue, Green, Umber, Black, White, Grey
• Or you can also mix and match with standard colors from different brand & different type (Pan/tube/liquid color etc)

Palettes

• You need to have a palette to arrange your color, play around it, mix it etc
• But most importantly when you will work on a piece & specially wants to have a nice, seamless background color, the need of palette become more
• You should be able to mix the color & have enough quantity ready before painting so that you can paint the whole background at one go else mixing half way will not yield the same color
• I also suggest to use a round palette which can hold the liquid mix rather than a flat one

Brush

• Brush is the magic wand to create wonders.
• It is always wise to spend good amount in a good brand brush, although it costs more than the normal price, it normally lasts very long (approx. 3 years)
• To start with you will just need a medium round brush (Size 4) & flat brush (Size 6 or Size 10)

Paper

• You can start with cold press & 300 gsm paper
• If you are not ready to try on 300gsm paper then atleast start with 180 gsm
• Its also good to start with cotton paper as it holds maximum water.

Container

• While working with watercolor it is important to have atleast two container.
• One container to use clean water for mixing & the other one two clean the brush

Tissue Paper or Towel

• Tissue paper or towel is needed to take off excess water from paper or wiping excess paint off brushes
• Nothing fancy is needed here, just use normal tissue paper at home or an old cloth to its use