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Watercolour Supplies I Actually Use & Recommend 🎨
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Paints
Notebook & Paper 🔖
Brushes 🖌️
Pallets & Mixers 🎨
Paints
The right supplies make all the difference!
Watercolor Paint Set 100 Colors with Brushes
Such a good starter watercolour set if you want nice colours without immediately spending a fortune. Perfect for learning, experimenting and building your first palette.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Set 16 HP
A step up if you’re ready to invest in really beautiful, pigmented paints. You need SO little paint at a time, so the tubes last surprisingly long.
Winsor & Newton Pro Watercolor Paint Set
These are definitely more of a splurge, but the colour selection is insane. Great if you’re getting more serious about watercolour and want super rich pigments.
DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine™ Watercolors - 15ml
Such a cute little set for travelling or painting away from your desk. Compact enough to throw in your bag but still gives you a really useful colour range.
Van Gogh Watercolor Basic Colors Pocket Box
Another really good portable option. I love the idea of having a small palette ready to go instead of dragging your entire setup around.
Koi Water Color Field Sketch Kit
Great if you like squeezing tube paints into a palette and leaving them there. Lots of mixing space and way easier than opening individual tubes every time.
Mijello Airtight Watercolor Fusion 18-Well
Notebook & Paper 🔖
Watercolour paper makes SUCH a difference. Arches is pricier, but it handles water beautifully and is amazing when you want your paintings to feel a little more professional.
Arches Cold Press Watercolour 12 sheets
If you like smoother paper and cleaner details, hot press is such a nice option. Especially good for fashion illustration, portraits and line work.
Arches Natural White Watercolor Paper Hot Press
One of the easiest options for practice because you don’t feel guilty using sheet after sheet 😭 Great for learning techniques, colour testing and everyday painting.
XL® Watercolour
A really nice middle ground if you want something a little more substantial for finished pieces without jumping straight to the most expensive paper.
400 Series Watercolor
So nice if you like keeping all your paintings together rather than having loose sheets everywhere. Also makes a cute little record of your progress over time.
Etchr Landscape Watercolour Sketchbooks - Cold Press
Brushes 🖌️
A soft brush that holds a LOT of water, which is exactly what you want for washes and loose watercolour painting.
Princeton Neptune Synthetic Watercolour Brushes
These have a little more control to them, which makes them really nice for details, outlines and smaller illustrations.
Velvetouch - Series 3950 - Princeton Brush Company
Such a popular watercolour brush for a reason. It holds a ton of water but still comes to a nice point, so you can use it for both washes and details.
Silver Black Velvet Watercolor Brush
SO convenient for travelling. You fill the handle with water, which means you can paint basically anywhere without carrying around a separate cup.
Aquash Water Brush
Pallets & Mixers 🎨
I much prefer mixing paint on something white because you can actually see the colour properly. Ceramic palettes also don’t stain as easily as some plastic ones.
Ceramic Watercolour Palettes
Besides being ridiculously cute, the little wells are perfect for keeping different mixes separate while you paint.
Creative Mark Glazed Flower Porcelain Paint