Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate Program
Supply List
Course: Greens-Summer 2024 Instructor: Amy Lewandowski [email protected]
Please have several leaves to work from each week starting week 1- new growth or light
green leaves, week 2 - saturated greens, week 3 - dark green, week 4 - pale light blue or
gray greens, week 5 - multicolored greens and greens with red edges, ending with week 6
- fall colored green, gold and red mix, and variegated leaves. I prefer you to draw and paint
from life rather than a photo, but your own photos can be used. In addition, I will upload sets of
photos by color each week that you are welcome to use also.
A syllabus will be provided closer to the class date.
Watercolor paper: Several pieces of 11” x 14” good quality 140 lb. or 300 lb. watercolor paper,
preferably hot press, white or extra white. For projects and charts. Suggested brands are Arches,
Fabriano, or Canson. The paper can be from 11 x 14 packs or purchased as a sheet and cut.
Clean watercolor paper scraps large enough to test colors and practice exercises preferably of the
same type of paper you will be bringing.
Pigments: Artist or good quality watercolor paints in tubes or pans. Suggested brands are Winsor &
Newton, Daniel Smith and Schminke Horadam. Bring any pigments that you might already have or
wish to try.
A minimum 6 color palette is preferred to be able to paint a wide spectrum: cool yellow, warm
yellow, cool red, warm red, cool blue, warm blue
Also bring one only, for a modifying exercise, of any small 5 ml watercolor tube or half
pan of a premixed green. Example: W&N’s Sap Green or Winsor green, Daniel Smith’s
Green Gold or Phthalo Green or equivalent.
The following is an example of a 6-color palette. You need not purchase these paints.
https://www.amazon.com/DANIEL-SMITH-285610005-Essentials-
Introductory/dp/B00WT5VRF6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Daniel+smith+extra+fi
ne+essentials+6+tube+set&qid=1625063999&sr=8-1
The following is the instructor’s standard palette with the six colors underlined for information
only. You need not purchase these paints.
Winsor Newton: Winsor Yellow, Permanent Rose, Winsor Red, Ultramarine Blue-
green shade.
Daniel Smith: Lemon Yellow, New Gamboge, Quinacridone Magenta, Rose of
Ultramarine, Transparent Pyrrol Orange, Phthalo Blue.
Brushes: Round Brushes (short handle): Suggested brands are Winsor & Newton Kolinsky
Sable Series 7 or Raphael Kolinsky Sable 8404, preferably about a #2 and #4 (or equivalent as
different brands vary in size) or a new red sable, synthetic sable mix or synthetic will be fine.
Please check that the brush has a good point.
Eradicator brush- small by Rosemary & Co.
https://www.windriverarts.com/Brushes.htm#Specialty%C2%A0%20Brushes
Old brush for mixing paint, about a size 4.
Palette: white china/porcelain plate to be used as a mixing palette along with any other palette
you usually use.
Color Wheel and black and white value scale (combined or separate). I use the
“Watercolor Wheel” by the Color Wheel Company. https://www.amazon.com/Color-Wheel-
Company-Watercolor
Water containers
White tissues or paper towels
Graphite pencils or lead holders and a sharpener: 2H or HB or in the size you are
comfortable using for drawing. For transferring drawings using graphite paper about a size 4H.
Tracing Paper: Several sheets of 11” x 14” or in the same size as the watercolor paper you
will be bringing. Canson brand tracing paper is heavier and more transparent than other brands.
Kneaded eraser
White eraser & x-acto knife or Tombow mono zero eraser
Sketchbook and Notebook for sketches and taking notes.
Straight edge ruler
Optional:
Masking fluid
Cosmotop Spin by Da Vinci, Series 5880 #2 (flat), Series 5580 #1 (round) for lifting or
smoothing.
White cotton glove with the fingertips cut off
Mono Sand eraser by Tombow
Removable tape
Small spray diffuser
Magnifying glass
Dividers for measuring
Any other materials that you enjoy using
