Little French Pitcher Batik - Watercolor Lesson with Guest Artist Kathie George

BRUSHES Use old brushes for waxing, because the wax can’t be removed from a brush. I wax with a round brushes size 3, 8 and a one-inch flat that I use only for batik. For painting, I use assorted flat brushes, which include a one-inch flat, and a 1 1/2″ flat (which I carry on my website). SURFACE I use Awagami Ginwashi rice paper for most all of the batiks I paint. However, any transparent or semi-transparent oriental paper can be used, so experiment. Each one gives the painting a different look. We carry the Awagami Ginwashi on the website: www.kathiegeorge.com SUPPLIES Electric frying pan with temperature control or wax pot iron Masking tape newspapers paraffin wax (also used for canning) Permanent and waterproof ink pen – I use a Micron Pigma .05 black Waxed paper Optional: Cretacolor Pastel Pencils or other good-quality pastel pencils. Most of these supplies can be found on my website: www.kathiegeorge.com Colors Used Winsor & Newton Artist’s Watercolors Burnt Umber (BU) Ultramarine Blue (UB) Quinacridone Burnt Orange (QBO) or Burnt Sienna (BS) Cobalt Blue (CB) Quinacridone Gold (QG) Cobalt Blue (CB) New Gamboge (NG) Winsor Violet (optional)