These art supplies are available from most art supply stores. Check web listings too. A student discount may be available when purchasing supplies. Let the retailer know you are doing an art class. 

IMPORTANT:  Good quality paper and paint will vastly improve your experience with watercolour painting. 

Watercolor paper - I recommend d’Arches 140 lb. medium surface paper but any artist’s quality paper will be fine. Note that results vary significantly from paper to paper. 

blocks:  Size optional but 11 x 14” or larger is good.  Very handy format. 

in sheets:  sheet size 22 x 30”. Can be torn down for smaller sizes – this is a less expensive way to buy paper, but you will need a board or other support to tape down the paper.  Bring two boards for workshops.

Watercolour palette - covered palette with lots of mixing area. 

Watercolour paints - tubes of good quality. I prefer Winsor Newton artist quality.  They are excellent for colour brilliance, permanence and ease of mixing, but there are many brands of paint of varying quality. Cotman by Winsor Newton are good as a less costly starter paint.  There's been a lot of improvements in watercolour technology, especially in creating paint without cadmium. Cadmium hue is an artificial substitute, but hues are usually not as intense or as lightfast as the original cadmium based paints. Better to look for new colours that do the same job as well or better. Almost all colours can be created from this simple selection below.

BASIC palette, one each of primary colours, one cool, one warm:

1. Alizarin Crimson (permanent) or Quinacridone Rose or Rose Madder (cool red)

2. Ultramarine Blue (a cool blue)

3. Winsor Yellow, Cobalt Yellow or Azo yellow (look for a cool yellow)

4. Winsor Red or lightfast pyrrole red, pyrrole scarlet or naphthol red (warm red)

5. Winsor Blue or Pthalo Blue (a warm blue)

6. New Gamboge (a warm yellow)

Watercolour brushes - the absolute minimum THREE brushes - a 1/2” flat, a size 10 round, and a 1" mop or large 2" Chinese flat.  Otherwise bring a selection of flats, 1/2’, 3/4” or 1”; rounds, size 12 and larger; also a mop or Chinese flat, one inch or larger, “Bigger Brushes are Better!”  Note:  I use relatively inexpensive Opus (Allegro) brand brushes.  I recommend those or something similar.  The high quality Kolinsky Sables or other sable brushes are an option, but are not needed for most of the painting you may do.  My professional paintings are painted with good quality inexpensive brushes.

Drawing pencils 2B & 4B, eraser; roll of painter’s masking tape 

Containers for water - plastic bottle with cap, or 1 litre yogurt or ice cream containers  Optional 1. additional watercolour paper of your choice 2. other media, such as additional watercolors, acrylics, crayons or watercolour pencils, felt pens, anything that you would like to experiment with 3. Hair dryer. 4. sketchbook or journal 9 x 12” 

Suggested Reading:
Watercolour and art magazines, - lots are available - Watercolor Magic, Watercolor etc. Books - Watercolor, A New Beginning, by Ann K. Linsay, Making Watercolors Sing, by Jeanne Dobie, Painting Outside the Lines by Linda Kemp, The Tao of Watercolor by Jean Carbonetti and many more!!!