What supplies do I need to make larger watercolors?

Clint,

I'm retired painter, I learneed from a guy named "James Boren"..I painted for 33 years under the name R.Morris Patterson...I began with cold press myself and ended up using hotpress watercolor board by Cresent #115.....I always used a "Jones pallete" and a full color variety with a hole of white guache that I mixed with all my colors which made my watercolors seem to look like oils (kinda)....then I switched to oils but over time I always sold more drawings then anything else and they always brought more money, even today I watch auctions and I see my drawings bringing alot of money compared to watercolors and oils even though paintings are still bringing alot of money, right now the art market is down for every artist I know of...Still there is money in the market and drawings by just about any artist are bringing alot of money so don't sell yourself short. If you wanna make your waterdcolors bigger, then start wirth an 11 x 14 block and mask it off with 3/4"drafting tape...make sure it's stuck down really good, do your painting.....then try it with 16 x 20.then go up to your 18 x 24s.......if you'll go to antique stores and look at old watercolors, you'll find that the best ones are a bit larger than 11 x 14, most likely 12 x 16s and 12 x 17s (odd sizes from the late 1800s) and you'll find that alot of them are british artists and are landscapes....these are good buys at around $250.00 kinda good at $300.00 if they are framed and matted origianlly....."and not water damaged"......So, look at these and then go about your own work with those prices in mind cuz you'll be wanting yours to bring more than that today, knowing that those older paintings brouhgt about $8.00 to $10.00 back at the turn of the century (1900) which was a killing then....So, buy a Jones pallete, some decent nylon brushes (don't waste your money on real sables or kalinskis) go from #4s to # 18s buy a few mops (possibly squirell hair) and a couple of fans...then build yourself an absorbent brush pillow out of an old towel and a roll of paper towels,...don't let your brushes sit in the water,..don't let the metal part of the brushes get etched by getting dirty.keep your stuff clean....keep a sketch book, collect books on artists you like and some you really hate.....keep a good camera 35mm, a decent digital and a decent computer ( I hate saying that)...collect old colors of paint and new colors too, collect hard colors to find, get a copy of the "artist's handbook to his market"....it tells you all about what colors are made frfom and where they come from...how to do things from scratch and how to cut corners.....then get a copy of "The Pencil" by "Paul Calle" You have yo have this in your Library....you cannot be without this..........collect, collect, collect...practice, practice, practice.....carngie hall and all that!

Hope this helps you out.

Hi,

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Hope that helps.

Good Luck!

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