Painting with Water-Based Media | Nina Weiss

SUPPLIES & RESOURCES

PAINT • Round No. 4
• Round No. 6
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
• Round No. 10
(5 fluid ounces)
• Napthol or cadmium red Acrylic
• Primary cyan Nina recommends Bordeaux
• Ultramarine blue and Princeton (or similar) long-
• Quinacridone crimson han­dled synthetic:
• Primary yellow • Bordeaux
• Cadmium yellow medium • Bright No. 4
• White (titanium white) • Bright No. 8
Winsor & Newton Designer • Bright No. 10
Gouache (14 ml) • Round No. 4
• Primary blue • Round No. 6
• Ultramarine blue • Round No. 8
• Alizarin crimson • Round No. 10
• Spectrum red • Princeton
• Primary yellow • Bright No. 2
• Cadmium yellow • Bright No. 4
• Zinc white • Bright No. 6
• Round No. 2
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
• Round No. 4
Watercolors (15 ml)
• Napthol red or cadmium red Watercolor Pencils
• Alizarin crimson • Watercolor pencils set
• Cerulean blue of 36 (Nina recommends
• Ultramarine blue Prismacolor)
• Lemon yellow • Additional resources for
• Cadmium yellow medium watercolor pencils
• Titanium white • Visit Nina's website:
ninaweiss.com
BRUSHES
Watercolor and Gouache
Note: Watercolor and gouache can
share the same brushes. Clean the
brushes thoroughly before switch­ing
mediums.
Nina recommends Raphael (or
similar) short-handled synthetic:
• Bright No. 8
• Bright No. 10
• Bright No. 14
• Bright No. 24

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SUPPLIES & RESOURCES

Other Supplies • Golden gesso • Mary Cassatt
• Frisket, for watercolor • Utility blade to cut thick • Edward Hopper
• Gesso brush (or any large, less boards for gouache • Henri Matisse
expensive, synthetic bristle) • Ruler • Édouard Vuillard
• Gummed brown tape, for
Watercolor
watercolor paper ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• Janet Fish
• Spray bottle To learn more about the subjects • Winslow Homer
• Covered watercolor palette in Lesson 1, try researching the • Charles Demuth
• Two sponges for watercolor; following terms: • J.M.W. Turner
one for stretching paper and • Cave paintings • Maurice Prendergast
one for use with paper • Fresco painting • Frank Wilcox
• Erasers • Persian miniatures • John Sell Cotman
• 18" x 24" 140-pound • Illuminated manuscripts
watercolor paper Acrylic
• Book of Kells
• 12" x 16" 140-pound • Kenneth Noland
watercolor block ARTISTS TO STUDY BY MEDIUM • Mark Rothko
• 15" x 20½" binders board • Roy Lichtenstein
Gouache
• Drawing board; at least 20" x 24" • David Hockney
• Jacob Lawrence
for stretching watercolor paper • Andy Warhol
• Stuart Davis
• GAC 100 (acrylic polymer • Max Ernst
• Paul Klee
medium) • Joan Miró Ferrà
• François Boucher

RECIPES: MIXING SECONDARIES FROM PRIMARIES

ORANGE GREEN VIOLET

Acrylic

Cadmium yellow medium (warm) Primary yellow (cool) + Cyan blue (warm) Ultramarine blue (cool) + Quinacri-
+ Cadmium red (warm) You can also use a little ultramarine blue (cool). done (cool)

Gouache

Cadmium yellow (warm) + Spec- Primary yellow (cool) + Cyan blue (warm) Ultramarine blue (cool) +
trum red (warm) You can also use a little ultramarine blue (cool). Alizarin crimson (cool)

Watercolor

Cadmium yellow medium (warm) Lemon yellow (cool) + Cerulean blue (warm) Ultramarine blue (cool) +
+ Cadmium red (warm) You can also use a little ultramarine blue (cool). Alizarin crimson (cool)

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COLOR WHEELS

MUNSELL COLOR ROYGBV COLOR WHEEL

SYSTEM

VIOLET RED

BLUE ORANGE

CHROMA
GREEN YELLOW

HUE

RYGCBM COLOR WHEEL

VALUE

MAGENTA RED

BLUE YELLOW

CYAN GREEN

The 3 Axes of Color Space

• CHROMA: the purity or intensity of a color
• HUE: the attribute of color that enables one to
identify it as red, yellow, blue, etc.
• VALUE: the lightness or darkness of a color

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