You will need to bring:

• One full-size sheet of Arches 300# cold-pressed watercolor paper. Please cut a 9” x 11 1/2” size piece for the rose practice painting and bring the rest of the paper to the workshop to use for the floral painting.
  Important: Only bring Arches 300# cold-pressed paper as other papers will not work well with the masking fluid or stay wet longer for the soft-focus background. Patty does not want anyone disappointed. She loves how beautifully Arches 300# cold-pressed paper works!

• Flower reference photos for the floral painting

• Please have the floral drawing ready to transfer to the watercolor paper at the workshop to allow for maximum studio painting time. More than one drawing may be brought if there is indecision about which flower to paint or if the participant is a fast painter and wants to paint more than one. Instead of a drawing, an 11” x 17” black and white Xerox enlargement of a photo may be brought to transfer the basic shapes to the watercolor paper.

• A smaller backing board for the practice rose background painting and a larger backing board for the floral painting, plus masking tape

• Scraps of Arches 300# cold-pressed paper for color testing

• Saral Graphite WAX-FREE transfer paper (or borrow from Patty)

• Red or blue pen to transfer drawing; pencil and white plastic eraser

• Favorite watercolors and a palette with large mixing areas for washes

• Practice Rose watercolor tube paints: Winsor Yellow or another bright yellow, Winsor Blue (red shade) or Phthalo Blue (red shade), Winsor Red or Cadmium Red, Winsor Green (blue shade) or Thalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Permanent Sap Green, and Permanent Rose (These are the watercolors Patty will be using. Similar colors may be substituted; contact Patty with any questions.)

• Watercolor brushes, flats and rounds. A combination of 3 or 4 large round (size 8 or 10) and large flats (1 inch or so) will be used—bring whatever is available.

• Faber Castell Watercolor Pencil “Fuchsia” #8200-123 or similar bright pink for the practice rose

• Two water containers

• Winsor Newton Masking Fluid (If the masking fluid is old it may not rub off; best to buy new. If it still has an ammonia smell, it is okay to use.)

• Small dish for holding masking fluid to make it easier to apply when dipping in with applicator

• Old or inexpensive brush with nice point for masking and small bar of soap to protect masking brush (masking fluid will ruin an expensive, good brush)

• Stylus or ruling pen or a small sewing needle stuck in a wine cork handle (for applying a fine line of masking fluid for leaf veins and masking small, irregular edges)

• Magnifying glass to help see edges close-up when masking (available at an office supply store)

• Large hole pencil sharpener for watercolor pencils

• Paper towels and facial tissue (avoid tissue with lotion, won’t work to lift watercolor)

• Roll of toilet paper to wrap with paper towel (used to control water with brushes)

• X-Acto knife

• Masters brand brush cleaner for washing out staining watercolors from brushes

• Fine mist water sprayer, like old Windex bottle or old eyeglasses cleaner bottle

• Optional: Eye dropper to easily add drops of water to watercolor mixes

• Optional: Additional colors of Faber Castell Watercolor Pencils or other lightfast watercolor pencil brands

Provided by instructors:

Practice rose drawing to transfer, red rose and leaves photos, warm-up practice exercise on water and
watercolor pigment, step-by-step practice rose handout, Floral photography tips, and special transfer
paper vellum to transfer pink rose guidelines as well as create additional transfer sheets of other colors for floral paintings.