Watercolor Painting Links

There are many suppliers who sell the watercolor painting brushes, watercolor paper, watercolor paints, watercolor painting palettes, easels, and other related supplies. You can always get a good price at the following suppliers, and they send your order out very quickly and reliably.

Art Supply Warehouse (ASW)
5325 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616-1835
Phone: 800 995 6778
Fax: 1 919 878 5075

Jerry’s Artarama
5325 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616
Phone: 800 827 8478
Web: http://www.jerrysartarama.com

Dick Blick
P.O. Box 1267
Galesburg, IL 61402-1267
Phone: 800 828-4548
Web: http://www.dickblick.com

When you are painting out in the sunshine, you need to shade your canvas and palette. Although no umbrellas stand up to high winds, I find the Windbrella is pretty good as it has vents to let lighter breezes through. If you get an umbrella with a long pole to stick in the ground, I recommend the Earthworm stand which comes with two spiral spikes for either sand or soil.

Windbrella
Dick Blick
PO Box 1267
Galesburg, IL 61402-1267
Phone: 800 828 4548

The Earthworm umbrella stand
www.theearthworm.com

Jerry’s Artarama is another good supplier of art materials and equipment.

Watercolor blocks and paper
Arches
Jerry’s Artarama
5325 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616-1835
Phone: 800 827 8478

Watercolor paints
Winsor & Newton
Jerry’s Artarama
5325 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616-1835
Phone: 800 827 8478

I like the sun-eden equipment because it is so light, and in general I only use watercolors when I am traveling light. This is a nice lightweight system for working plein air.

Product Manufacturer/Supplier Contact Information

Sun-Eden lightweight portable easel system
Sun-Eden Artist’s Gear 1430 Fletcher Drive
Erie, CO 80516
Phone: 303 828 4430
Fax: 303 828 0106

I use Stanrite products from time to time, and they seem to be fairly robust. I also use these plein air. They are a little heavier than the Sun-Eden products, but a little stronger.

Stanrite watercolor easel
Stanrite
Jerry’s Artarama 5325 Departure Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616-1835
Phone: 800 827 8478

The Mabef easels are heavier and better for use in the studio. You can use the outdoor easels above also in the studio if you only want to buy one easel.

Mabef easels Mabef
Dick Blick PO Box 1267
Galesburg, IL 61402-1267
Phone: 800 828 4548
Fax: 800 621 8293