Favourite Sketching Art Supplies

Beginners Art Supplies below in BOLD

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ART RETAILERS

LarryPost Art Supplies at Brookvale for fabulous personal service & advice www.larrypost.com.au
Eckersley’s Art Supplies www.eckerleys.com.au

Art Smart, Seaforth

PENS & PENCILS

Suggested Beginners supplies in bold:
Staedtler Pigment Liners 0.1 fine or 0.3 medium

(waterproof)

Artline 200 pen (watersoluble) Officeworks
Lamy Joy Fountain Pen with waterproof ink De Atramentis Document Ink

Sailor Fude pen (calligraphy nib)
Kuretake Zig Black Brush Pen

Tombow Marker, light grey

Uniball Signor White Gel Pen (for white highlights)

Pigma Micron Pen in brown

Chinagraph White Wax Pencil

Watercolour graphite pencil 6B or 8B

Pencil sharpener

A small set of quality (Derwent) watercolour pencils is also handy

Paint

Suggested Beginners supplies in bold:

WATERCOLOURS & BRUSHES

Rosemary and Co Travel Brushes Squirrel Mop R9 or R10 synthetic (Larry Post)
Da Vinci Travel brushes
PentelAquash Waterbrush, medium size

Jasart Byron Watercolour sets are a great beginner option and can be later refilled with artist grade paint from tubes.

Windsor & Newton Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box, 12 Half pan, paint set

“Artists Quality” Watercolours are more expensive but generally stronger in colour. Windsor & Newton (W&N) and Daniel Smith (DS) Watercolours are a popular choices.

Favourite refill colours include:

  • Indigo

  • Buff Titanium

  • Cad Red

  • Burnt Sienna
    Cerulean Blue
    Cobalt Turquoise Light (W&N)
    Payne’s Grey
    Sap Green or Serpentine Green (DS)
    Potters Pink

  • Cad Yellow

  • Burnt Umber

Small portable water container such as a plastic screw top spice jar is handy.

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Paper

Watercolour Sketchbooks & paper we love:

Strathmore Watercolour Visual Journals, A5 is great to travel with. A4 gives you more room to experiment.

Windsor & NewtonA4, watercolour Sketchbooks 200gsm or 300gsm 100% cotton

Favourite brands:

Canson Montval 185gsm watercolour paper pad A4

Hahnemuhle Watercolour Sketchbooks

Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook 350gsm

Moleskine Watercolour Sketchbooks various sizes

A scribble pad/paper for warmup sketching