If you are wondering what supplies you should get as a beginner watercolor artist? This guide will give you insight about paint, brushes, and paper to my suggestions based on the quality & price. You’ll have everything you need for your next watercolor adventure.

It can be overwhelming gathering information about the art supplies and purchasing them from different places.
Therefore I am selling in small quantities ‘starter kits‘ and ‘watercolor paper‘ here, if you live in the United Kingdom and looking for easy purchasing of all supplies at one place, then perhaps this something you can consider !!

Recommended brands and places to purchase are listed below:

Watercolor Paint

Winsor & Newton Cotman- Beginners
https://www.winsornewton.com/na/paint/watercolour/cotman-watercolour/
Available both in pan and tubes. For beginners recommend a 24 pan set.

Winsor & Newton Professional Series – Artists
https://www.winsornewton.com/na/paint/watercolour/professional-watercolour/
Available both in a pan and tubes. For beginners recommend a 24 pan set.

Daniel Smith https://danielsmith.com
Available both in a pan and tubes.

Sennelier French Artists’ Watercolor Tubes http://www.sennelier-colors.com
M. Graham Artists’ Watercolors https://mgraham.com
Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Artist Watercolors Holbein Artists’ Watercolor Tubes https://www.schmincke.de/en/

Watercolour Paper

It’s good to start with cold press 300 gsm watercolor paper due to the water absorbency.
Artway https://artway.co.uk/artway-35-watercolour-paper-cold-pressed-300gsm-a1-a2-a3-packs
Archeshttps://arches-papers.com
Fabriano https://fabriano.com
Canson https://en.canson.com
Strathmore https://www.strathmoreartist.com/

Brushes

Rosemary and Co – for both synthetic and Kolinsky Sable Hair https://www.rosemaryandco.com/
Princeton https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home-eu.html