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Making Watercolors
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items Here are all the things you might need when making watercolor paints. Most of these are just suggested brands that I use, but you can pretty much sub the brands if you want to buy it offline. I just put all the things in here so you can see what they...
This is the essential ingredient in making watercolor or gouache paint - there is no substitute or replacement for Gum Arabic / Acacia Powder, but you can use any brand you want, this is just the one I use :) (affiliate link)
Pure Gum Arabic (Acacia) Powder for Crafts
Any brand will do. Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure (affiliate link)
NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 4oz
Any Brand of raw honey will do, you don't need much. (affiliate link)
Amazon Grocery Raw Wildflower Honey 2 Lb
Any Brand of 100% Pure Clove Essential Oil will do - you only need very small amount (affiliate link)
Clove Essential Oil 100% Natural 10ml
Detoxify your studio and start making your own safe and beautiful paint with 20 non-toxic pigments. Natural Earth & Mineral Pigments are archival, eco-friendly and sustainably-harvested from around the world and great for making your watercolors....
Earth & Mineral Pigments Sample Pack (20 colors)
100% mineral, non-toxic, and inert, it can be mixed into almost any clear medium like watercolor binder, alcohol ink, acrylic pour paint, latex, or food safe epoxy resin, 2 part epoxy, plastic, etc (affiliate link)
MEYSPRING Two Tone Mica Powder for Epoxy
This is not the same MICA I used in my tutorial (that is not available anymore, sorry), but this works just as well, it is just a slightly different color gold. 100% mineral, non-toxic, and inert, it can be mixed into almost any clear medium like wat...
Royal Gold Mica Powder
I have ordered these a couple of times and they good quality and fit well in my White Nights palette (affiliate link)
48pcs Full Pans Empty Watercolor Paint Pans
This little set comes with a paint palette too! Not supper high quality but a great starter pack. (affiliate link)
Zonon 51 Pcs Watercolor Paint Palette & Pans
Its nice to have teeny tiny ones as well as the normal sized ones. (affiliate link)
Wildone 14-Piece Stainless Steel Spoons
You can add this to your mix when mulling or just add it to your water when painting to increase the flow of your watercolors. (affiliate link)
Winsor & Newton Ox Gall Liquid
Any kitchen scale that has ounces should be fine. (affiliate link)
Food Scale with Bowl
Cheap little set of palette knives, they have not fallen apart on me yet! (affiliate link)
5-Piece Stainless Steel Palette Knife Set
Very small but affordable muller for small batches - it is great for the 2 pan amounts I make. (affiliate link)
Mini Glass Muller
Beautiful quality muller from Jackson's. (affiliate link)
Professional Glass Muller
Such a huge collection of storage bottles and blunt syringes for storing and measuring. (affiliate link)
20 Pack Measuring Dispenser
I like the 8oz ones for making and storing my medium in the fridge. (affiliate link)
Paksh Novelty Mason Jars 8oz
You should wear this when measuring your pigments. 3M Aura Particulate Respirator 9205+ is an N95 disposable particulate respirator that is designed to help provide respiratory protection of at least 95 percent filtration efficiency against certain n...
3M Aura Particulate Respirator 9205+ N95