Diane Antone - Watercolour Artist - Making watercolour work for you!
I am an experienced and qualified teacher and I want to share my skills with you so you can improve at watercolour painting.
Each week I offer you a selection of step-by-step narrated video tutorials for you to watch and learn how to handle watercolours with confidence and skill.
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The colours used in this video are the following:
Burnt Umber https://amzn.to/3ezup6c
CobaltTurquoise https://amzn.to/2Q1oHQr
Quinacridone Gold https://amzn.to/3qb3FMs
Lemon Yellow https://amzn.to/3rKUuD8
Cadmium Yellow. https://amzn.to/2Q2RunF
Sap Green https://amzn.to/3cxly2t
Ultramarine Blue https://amzn.to/3ev2ynM
Cobalt Blue https://amzn.to/3vtY0nR
I recommend you get hold of a tube of Potter's Pink if you plan to paint much nature. It speeds up the painting of the insides of animals' ears, for example, and is great for delicate flower parts.
Schmincke Potters Pink
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I also used a fine waterproof pen to draw details. Here is a set of 6 different sizes by Staedtler which are very handy.
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Or here is a set of four from Faber Castel which is also good:
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I like to use this paper for practice work:
Canson MONTVAL watercolour paper block 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques. Exceptional resilience and easy to work with.
https://amzn.to/2Nlhda0
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.
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3a1IVko
This is a link to a Winsor and Newton Artists' quality box, which is ideal for a serious student.
24 colours: https://amzn.to/3tHJTKI
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3rC0IVj
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
https://amzn.to/3qb3FMs
Permanent Rose
https://amzn.to/3d27oYK
Indigo
https://amzn.to/2Zl1YAl
Sepia
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BRUSHES
Princeton do a good range of synthetic squirrel brushes. This is a size 10 round.
https://amzn.to/3q6Y35F
And Winsor and Newton Cotman brushes are also good. This is a size 10 round.
https://amzn.to/36Xn8Zb
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.
https://amzn.to/3a0nikC
A size 3 would also be useful.
https://amzn.to/3q4O14Z
Staedtler Noris Karat Aquarell black watercolour pencils
https://amzn.to/3d24Bie
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