Watercolor paper: Arches Aquarelle 300 lb heavy cold press paper (I prefer the surface of the 29” x 41” sheets, and they can be torn into smaller sheets by scoring with a knife and ruler).

Brushes. (I use inexpensive brushes because gouache is harsh on brushes). Most of the following brushes can be found at Blick Artist Materials: Princeton Velvet touch series #6, Princeton Select or Princeton Heritage Rounds 1-3, and a few double 0s for finer details. Princeton Select Lunar blender 1/4".

Gouache paints. (My preferred brands are: Turner Design gouache, Holbein Artists gouache, and Lukas Gouache extra-fine.) You can find Lukas and Turner at Jerry’s Artarama. Colors for starters: red, yellow, blue, blue-violet,Payne’s grey, burnt sienna, raw sienna, jet black, sepia.