Recommended Art Supplies

Classic or washable watercolors offer pure pigments with no wax fillers and provide smooth laydown of vivid colors.

Velvetouch, from Princeton Artist Brush, offers a complete collection of multi-media painting brushes to help artists create the perfect masterpiece. The expert brush makers at Princeton developed the best quality paintbrush for oil, acrylic, watercolor and gouache painting. These brushes lend themselves beautifully to fine detailing, blocking, shading, lettering, applying washes and more.

The Princeton Velvetouch Size 6 brush is a very versatile brush for watercolor painting. If you are going to start with one brush, this is the one I recommend! You can create lots of beautiful compositions with this brush alone. It is the great beginning to your watercolor brush set. 

Using hair from select male Kolinsky red sable tails, da Vinci Maestro watercolor brushes hold a perfect point, possess plenty of elasticity, have a high capacity for holding color, and feature an expertly shaped tip. I recommend starting with a size 2. This brush is a worthy investment as your develop your watercolor skills!