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Plein Air Painting: Watercolours Checklist
A checklist of the art materials you need for watercolour painting on location.
 Plein Air Painting Checklists
Non-Painting Essentials
Acrylics
Oils
Pastels
• Plein Air Painting: Tips for Taking Your Paints Outside

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• Before You Buy an Easel
• Essential Painting Know-How

Watercolour Plein Air Painting Checklist:
• Watercolour paintbox or selection of tubes
• At least one brush
• Pencil and eraser
• Four (rustproof) clips or pegs for keeping your paper in place when it's windy
• Paper towel or cloth for wiping brushes on
• Bottle of water
• Cup for washing brushes
• Watercolour paper
• If necessary, an empty bottle for pouring dirty paint water into, for disposable back home.

Tips: • A largish zippered pencil box or toiletry bag is ideal for putting your brushes etc. in.
Retractable brushes take up minimal space.
• One of those blocks of watercolour paper where the paper is 'stuck down' is ideal because you don't need to stretch it, but you will need something sharp to separate off a sheet once you're done.
• Consider buying a watercolour field set – a small box of paints complete with retractable brush; some even have waterbottles.

Plein Air Painting Checklists: • AcrylicsOilsPastelsOther Essentials


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