The artful field journal: paint a sparkly winter landscape with watercolor and gouache

materials list

For detailed art supply recommendations, please see Andie’s website here.

• Any type of sketchbook or journal. It is recommended to use a journal that opens flat, with pages thick enough to handle watercolors. Having a clip or rubber band to hold journal pages open is helpful. It also works well to use single sheets of watercolor paper.

• No. 2 or HB pencil

• Gray and light blue colored pencils, if you have them

• Pigma Micron pen in black or sepia

• Watercolor brushes. A No. 8 or 10 round and a No. 4 round (or “water brush”) are recommended. A “rigger,” “liner,” or “script” brush is also fun to have. As is an angle shader or short flat or filbert, if you have one of these.

• Any type of paint. Tube watercolors listed on Andie’s website link above are recommended, but any type of watercolors, tempera, acrylics, or colored inks, will also work.

• Tube of permanent white gouache paint (not watercolor)

• Palette. This can be a plastic lettuce bin lid, a paper plate covered with saran wrap, a china plate, or a traditional paint palette.

• Spray bottle for water, if you have one

• Reference materials: you may use any photographs of winter landscapes for this class. Best of all: sit near a window with any view of plants and/or trees and sky.

• Black or sepia Ink, preferable waterproof or water resistant (the bottle should let you know this information, or you can test before hand).

• 2 different sizes of found twigs or sticks

• Palette for mixing paint. This can be a plastic lettuce bin lid, a paper plate covered with saran wrap, a china plate, or a traditional paint palette, if you have one.

• Paint mixing container, a small cup or dish

• Paper towels or rags

• Container filled with painting water

• Optional: any type of glitter, Pearl-Ex sparkle powdered pigments, metallic ink or paint, and/or Finetec or Coliro Pearl Colors.