Since this workshop takes place in January, in Iowa, odds are that outside painting will be pretty slim. So we are going to be flexible and adapt by painting in the comfort of a nice inside space. The following list will be some basic supplies for painting at the workshop. Pat and Pam will also be sharing more ideas for the basic equipment that they usually take when outside. Each has a very different approach, and so you will be exposed to a nice variety of what has worked out over their last five years of experience painting en plein air.
 

Supply List for watercolor and YUPO workshop:

1. Winter reference photos that you have taken.  We respect copyright laws.  Please do not bring magazine pictures, etc.
2. Yupo paper.  Tablets can be purchased at Dick Blick in Omaha.  Pat will have 11” x 14”sheets for sale for $1.50/sheet.  
3. Small (not bigger than 14x20) watercolor paper or block for the morning session  If you bring a block, you will not have to stretch it. 5 sheets of paper should be plenty.
4. Smooth mounting board slightly bigger than the paper to mount YUPO or stretch watercolor paper.  We both use plastic kitchen cutting boards or foam boards.
5. Watercolor palette. Pam uses a small plastic folding palette and fills it with tube paint for plein air. Bring what you have and we will make it work. If you fill the wells before you come, let them dry and cover with press-n-seal plastic wrap to keep them clean.
6. Watercolor paint. Bring what you have.  Pat uses Dr. Ph.Martin's Hydrus Watercolor, but paint out of tubes also do well for both morning and afternoon sessions. *
7. Water container.  A medium size peanut butter jar works well. 
8. Paper towels.
9. Brushes of various sizes.
10. Pam uses HB pencil for sketching, but a reg #2 would be fine.
11. Erasers- kneaded and pencil erasers.
12. Artists tape if you have it, otherwise any other low tack tape.
13. Small bar of soap.
14. A digital camera if you have one

Your own sack lunch and drink

*If you are buying watercolor paint, the following are Pam’s paint suggestions to get started. These should be available at Dick Blick and/or Hobby Lobby in Omaha.

Windsor Red OR Windsor Newton Quinacridone Red (Van Gogh brand at Hobby Lobby should have a similar warm red, meaning it tends towards the orange side)

Alizarin Crimson (cool red, meaning it tends toward the blue side)

Ultramarine Blue

Prussion OR Antwerp Blue

Pam uses Indanthrene blue for mixing darks

Cobalt Blue

Quinacridone Burnt Orange (if you can find it. If not, a burnt sienna)

A warm yellow, like Gamboge

A cool yellow like Lemon or Hansa

Quinacridone Gold  (or Raw Sienna. But I really love the Quinacridone colors. They are so bright and clear).

Others that are nice to have are:

A Permanent Rose and a Violet such as Windsor Violet

If you want to invest in Dr. Ph. Martin’s Hydrus Watercolors, the following are Pat’s suggestions: They can be ordered from the online catalog www.aswexpress.com in sets or individual bottles  I do not use white, brown or black. My palette consists of the following: 

Alizarin crimson

Deep red rose

Gamboge

Hansa yellow light

Phthalo green

Phthalo blue

Ultramarine

Cobalt violet