Materials
MASKING FLUID
A rubber solution which protects white paper, allowing large coloured washes to be painted over.
Peels off (preferably within 2 days of application)
GOUACHE (opaque watercolour) and ACRYLICS
Enables painting light over dark.
Could be used to eliminate mistakes with watercolour and when dry can be painted over with watercolour.
Also used for highlighting.
COLOURED PENCILS, PASTEL PENCILS and SOFT PASTELS
Use at the end of painting to enhance the picture
OIL PASTELS
These need to be used with discretion. They resist watercolour so they can be painted over
INKTENSE BLOCKS and INKTENSE PENCILS
These are solidified acrylic ink, therefore they cannot be rubbed out
NEOCOLOUR II
These are watercolour sticks. They can be used wet or dry
TEXTURE PASTE
This can be modelled into shapes on the paper.
Useful for old stone walls and buildings etc.
CHARCOAL and INDIAN INK
These can be used for solid effects
SALT (fine and seasalt)
When sprinkled into wet paint it gives textured effects
TOOTHBRUSH
Used for a splattering effect
TISSUE PAPER (acid free)
Stuck on with PVA glue this will give a textured surface
CLING FILM
When dropped into wet paint and left until dry will create interesting marks
WATER SOLUBLE BLACK PENCIL
Is used for defining
ACRYLIC INKS
Use neat or watered down
CLOUDS
Can be created using crumpled kitchen roll on a wet sky
STIFF ACRYLIC SQUARE END BRUSH
Useful for lifting out colour
PUTTY RUBBER
For lifting out charcoal
PAPER QUALITY
A painting is only as good as the paper quality
I recommend for beginners: Bockingford Weight: 140+
The sky’s the limit!