The Red Capped Robin
Materials List
• Paper:
– Fabriano 600gm hot press paper
– White Saral Transfer paper
– Black carbon paper
• Brushes:
– NAM 12 Red Filbert
– 70mm hake (Francheville #6)
– Holbein two inch and one inch goat’s hair hakes
– Windsor and Newton Series 7 #2 brush
– Roymac 3550 Golden Sable 00 brush
• Holbein Watercolour Paints:
– Neutral Tint and Sepia
• Art Spectrum Gouache:
– White
– Black
– Vermillion
– Burnt Umber
– Burnt Sienna
– Primrose Yellow
– Middle Green
– Naples Yellow
– Sky Blue
Before any painting is commenced, a number of decisions have to be made. The first for me is the subject. I have thousands of photographs of wildlife (mostly but not exclusively birds) and a decision needs to be made on what species of animal, insect, or bird will be the subject of my new painting. The second
