International Artist – June-July 2019

STAGE 1 MY DRAWING
This is my drawing after I scanned it, enlarged it to 14 by 21 inches (36 by 53 centimeters) and printed
it in sections. I then taped it back together to get my full-size drawing.

Watercolor Demonstration 97

My Art in the Making Gliding Through a Sunset

WHAT THE

ARTIST USED

Paper

» 140-lb. Arches, cold press,

bright white watercolor

paper

» Gator Board support

Brushes

» Various sizes of Silver

brushes - Black Velvet series,

including rounds size Nos.

20, 6 and 2

» 1½-inch fl at wash brush

» No. 2 fl at brush for lifting color

» No. 2 fabric fl at with stiff

bristles to use for scrubbing

Watercolors

» Burnt umber

» Cobalt

» Cerulean

» Indigo

» New gamboge

» Permanent alizarin crimson

» Permanent orange

» Phthalo blue

» Pyrrol scarlet

» Quinacridone burnt scarlet

» Quinacridone gold

» Quinacridone rose

» Quinacridone sienna

» Transparent pyrrol orange

» Ultramarine deep

Additional Supplies

» Winsor & Newton Colorless

Masking Fluid

» Rubber-tipped color shaper

for applying masking fl uid

» Cream masking tape, Scotch

brand #2020 (high adhesion)

» Pebeo Masking Fluid

Marker, 0.7 mm, to mask my

signature

» Stapler to stretch watercolor

paper onto Gator Board

» Two water containers, one

for clean water

» Snap-off blade to cut

masking tape

» Mechanical pencil with

HB 0.5 mm lead

Gliding Through a Sunset

Reference Photo

My reference photo after making some adjustments in my photo software.