ART #71: Intro to Watercolor Supplies

We're getting back to the basics with watercolors

You asked for it, we’re doing it

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to cover some fundamentals of watercolor for beginners. If you have any watercolor questions, please do let me know!

Today we’re starting with supplies. Here’s a list of some of the supplies I talk about in this video. Please do support your local art supply store, even if it means going a bit out of your way or asking them to special order something for you! Local, independent businesses only stay open if we shop there. Someday, you might have an art supply emergency (such as: you’re leaving on a trip the next day and you desperately need a new sketchbook) and they will only be there for you if you’ve been supporting them all along!

Otherwise, these are good independent businesses that are not paying me a commission, but I’ve shopped with all of them and I like them:

Art ToolKit, a truly independent little business owned by an artist, makes the tiny palettes I’m about to show you, and sells water brushes and other useful…