Watercolor Painting Material List

 

Pallette -- I use an enamel tray.

Paint -- From left to right. 

Ultramarine Blue 

Alizarin Crimson 

Burnt Sienna -- In the corner

Cadmium Red Medium

Cadmium Red Pale 

Yellow Ochre 

Cadmium Yellow Medium 

Cadmium Yellow Pale

Cerulean or Cobalt Blue 

Payne's Grey 

Thalo Blue 

Burnt Sienna 

Burnt Umber

This arrangement keeps the yellows and pale blues fairly clean and provides for a variety of greys and blacks.   

 Although I have a bucket of brushes, mostly I use two or three.  A 1" flar camel and a #8 sable round made by Dan Smith.  I rarely use any other brushes.  I have a rigger and the small #4 which is nylon.  Sometimes when I want to wet a large area, I will use a 3" house painting brush. 

Other Items:

Hair Dryer
Razor Blade
Elephant ear or other natural sponge
Pencil
1 gallon bucket of water
Masking fluid and cheap throw away brush. 

Paper.  I use Arches 140 lb Cold Press or Rough. 

Wild Horses of Corolla

Today I went out with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to photograph some wild horses.

 

It's worthwhile to notice that these two horses are in fact right in the middle of NC Hwy. 12.  Yes, it's on the beach.  

 

Masques au marché français, la Nouvelle-Orléans.

Masks at the French market, New Orleans.

Etta James - A Sunday Kind Of Love

Gators in Old Pearl River, Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana

Reopen San Mateo Pier!

Alviso

Kapoho Tide Pools

On the last day of my Hawaii trip I went snorkeling. 

Hawaiian Sea Turtle

Fish Monger in Pahoa, Hawaii 7/6/2014

Clay Formula

 

30 Kentucky Old Mine #4 

30 Lincoln 60 Fire Clay 

5 Bentonite 

10 Custer Feldspar 

15 Grog 30 Mesh to Fine

10 Mullite 

5 Sand 30 Mesh 

Bikes on Chueong Chau Island

Me and bikes, ya know ... go figure.

Berry Creek Falls, Big Basin.

Oh -- who knows where this is?  I am not sure.   I edited the title.

Hong Kee Restaurant, Chueong Chau Island

6 x  17 cm Film.  This is like Edward Hopper goes to China to eat seafood.  Enjoy! We ate something like a conch only small.  I think it was a sea snail.

Hong Kong Skyline as Seen from the Ferry to Lantau Island

Accidentally used yellow filter. 

 Fixed with photoshop.

Tai O Fishing Village, Hong Kong

Tai O Fishing Village, Hong Kong.  This is taken with my Pentax 67 and 55mm lens. Prints are available. 

Bai Performance in Dali

This was a extravagant performance in Dali by the Bai people.  Allegedly this was directed by  Zhang Yimou, the director of the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.   In the background is the Jade Dragon Snow mountain. 

Shehe Old Town, Li Jiang Fire

Here's what the Shuhe old town in Lijiang is like on a sunny day in March:

And here's what it looks like on fire:

http://news.qq.com/a/20140406/003609.htm 

And in English: http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/1664/20140407/shuhe-ancient-town-suffered-great-fire.htm 

Tai O Fishing Village

Cheng Chau Fishing Village, New Territories, Hong Kong