This painting is a delightfully easy watercolour painting ideal for a baby or young child's nursery.
As well as a sheet of watercolour paper, all you need is the following limited palette, a No. 10 and No. 7 round synthetic brush, a script liner or rigger and a large brush for example a ProArt Hake.
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Colours used:
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Paper
I used a sheet of Bockingford 140lb cold pressed watercolour paper
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Brushes
I suggest for beginners an inexpensive round brush such as the Princeton Snap Brush, which is a decent starter brush and comes in many shapes and sizes at a low price.
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When you want a better brush you have an endless array to choose from. I would recommend Pro Art as a reliable brush to try and at a reasonable price - start here:
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And this is a brush set similar to the ones I import from Japan:
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Also, a script liner is essential for the way I work. This is a Princeton one:
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And this is my Hake brush, ProArt by Ron Ranson.
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If you are looking for suggestions as to what to purchase as a beginner, here are my recommendations. If you use these links I will receive a small commission from Amazon which will help to support my channel.
PAINT
Here is a link to a Winsor and Newton starters' paint box which would be ideal for a beginner.
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This is a link to a Winsor and Newton Artists' quality box, which is ideal for a serious student.
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TUBE PAINTS
I always have a tube of White Designers Gouache on hand for lights and corrections
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These colours are very useful and don't usually appear in the sets the manufacturers make:
Naples Yellow
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Quinacridone Gold
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Permanent Rose
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Indigo
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Sepia
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PAPER
Winsor and Newton Watercolour paper pad 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques.
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Canson MONTVAL watercolour paper block 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques. Exceptional resiliance and easy to work with.
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BRUSHES
Princeton do a good range of synthetic squirrel brushes. This is a size 10 round.
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And Winsor and Newton Cotman brushes are also good. This is a size 10 round.
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I often use a rigger brush (called script liner in the US) and this is a link to the Cotman range of riggers, this is size 1.
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A size 3 would also be useful.
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PENCILS
Staedtler Noris Karat Aquarell black watercolour pencils
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