Favourite Sketching Art Supplies
Beginners Art Supplies below in BOLD
Sketch
ART RETAILERS
LarryPost Art Supplies at Brookvale for fabulous personal service & advice www.larrypost.com.au
Eckersley’s Art Supplies www.eckerleys.com.au
PENS & PENCILS
Suggested Beginners supplies in bold:
Staedtler Pigment Liners 0.1 fine or 0.3 medium
Artline 200 pen (watersoluble)
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)
Artline 200 black or brown water soluble pen
Pigma Micron Pen in brown
Staedtler Triplus fineliner in grey
Chinagraph White Wax Pencil
Watercolour graphite pencil 6B or 8B
Pencil sharpener
A small set of quality watercolour pencils is also handy but not essential
Paint
Suggested Beginners supplies in bold:
WATERCOLOURS & BRUSHES
Rosemary and Co Travel Brushes Squirrel Mop R9 or R10 synthetic
Da Vinci Travel brushes
Pentel Aquash Waterbrush, medium size
Windsor & Newton Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box, 12 Half pan, paint set
“Artists Quality” Watercolours are more expensive but generally stronger in colour. Windsor & Newton and Daniel Smith Watercolours are a popular choices.
Favourite refill colours include:
Indigo
Buff Titanium
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Turquoise Light
Payne’s Grey
Sap Green
Potters Pink
Small portable water container such as a plastic screw top spice jar is handy.
Paper
Watercolour Sketchbooks & paper we love:
Strathmore Watercolour Visual Journals, A5 is great to travel with. A4 gives you more room to experiment.
Windsor & Newton A4, watercolour Sketchbooks 200gsm or 300gsm 100% cotton
Favourite brands:
Canson Montval 185gsm watercolour paper pad A4
Hahnemuhle Waterclour Sketchbooks
Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook 350gsm
Moleskine Watercolour Sketchbooks various sizes
A scribble pad/paper for warmup sketching