Art Supplies for Art Meditation

The natural materials made art supplies are what I recommend to practice, if accessible in your area. Such as Chinese bamboo brushes, ink, Chinese painting colour, rice paper, and painting pad, etc. A detailed instruction for using art supplies is conducted in each course.

It doesn’t really matter what brand and size you use, as it does that you spend time to connect your inner feeling and art materials to develop your personal experience. It is not a many hours repeating practice to get one proficient technique for something. It is who you are and how you can reach your inner beauty.

If you want to use regular watercolour sets for the course practice, please be notified that some artistic feature may not work same as demonstrated, because the materials are different in between.

You may choose one of supplies sets:

Watercolour supplies or Chinese painting supplies or Japanese painting supplies.

Chinese or Japanese painting supplies:

Brushes: a big white hair or brown hair bamboo brush used for loading various strokes and wash feature. If you have natural goat hair watercolour brush which is pointed round shape, you may use it if it is hard for you to find a bamboo brush.

A skinny brown hair pointed brush for details development. You may use watercolour sable brush which is pointed round brush and can be easily found in your local art supplies stores.

Black ink: Chinese ink, or Japanese ink or Korean ink. Please do not use stationary ink as it made from chemical material and may turn to purple after it dries out.

Paint: Chinese painting colour, or Japanese painting colour, in 12-tube pack or more, some may be sold in a small tray with filled cream paint in it. Usually it contains basic colours: White, Gamboges Yellow, Vermillion Red, Cinnabar Red, Carmine Red, Rouge Red, Burnt Sienna, Green #3, Blue #3, Phthalo blue, Indigo Blue and Coal Black. Any additional colours are always welcomed.

If you can’t find the above paint, you may use watercolour paint to practice. Please be notified that some of the feature may not be the same as you expected.

Rice paper or absorbent paper: Absorbent rice paper which may be called as Xuan paper, or raw rice paper, or Sumi Paper, etc. You may get rice paper as a single sheet or in roll pack.

Painting Pad: Wool made painting carpet is the professional quality product. However you may also use white felt which is cheaper and easy to get from art supply stores, or fabric stores.

Palette: A simple white plastic or pottery palette with wells and open space for mixing colours. Or you may use several white trays, a small one for ink, and a big one for mixing colours

Water container: two containers will be ideal, one for cleaning the brush and one for bringing wash feature for practice. You may find yogourt container or glass, plastic container.

Paper towel or cloth
Spray bottle

You may get these art supplies from local art supply stores, online stores or local China town art stores or book stores.

Watercolour Supplies for Art Meditation Courses:

Rice Paper

Sable or bamboo brush in varied sizes, round shape

Ink – Chinese ink or Japanese ink or Korean ink all are fine to practice

Watercolour paint or gouache paint set 12 colours pack

Rice paper or absorbent paper

Felt or painting pad

Palette or trays or dishes

Wash

Paper towel or cloth
White water container for water experiment

Spray bottle

You may find them online or local art stores.

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