30 June to 20 July 2025

Material List

Here’s the list of materials you’ll need to get the most out of Floral Fusion.

I’ve recommended the same, quality materials that I use in my daily art practice. I've added links, some of them are affiliate links but but you’re welcome to source from wherever you get your art supplies.

As with all my courses, Floral Fusion has a list of materials that I've curated with careful consideration and that we'll use throughout the course. These are the same sketchbooks, paints and brushes that I use: they're all professional quality and are worth the money.

Paper

A basic smooth paper sketchbook for drawing exploration
A watercolour or mixed media paper sketchbook - Moleskine or Hahnemuhle - A4 or similar ledger size paper. You can also work on paper instead of a book as a more economical option.
A watercolour block, A3 size (roughly 12x16”) Cold Press 300g. Arches Aquarelle and Hahnemuhle come in large individual sheets and pre-stretched blocks of ten or twelve sheets
Tracing paper or tissue paper or similar like deli paper or wax paper.
Extra paper for stencils

Paints, Pencils & Inks

A few black pigment ink Fineliner markers (must not be water soluble once dry), pencils and other drawing instruments of your own choice.
A pointed dip pen for drawing in ink. I use the Speedball Mapping set.
Black acrylic ink. I use Golden High Flow acrylic paint, 30ml.
Professional quality watercolour set. I use the QoR set of twelve tubes for the projects. Please take note of the twelve colours in the set that are required if you use a different brand like Daniel Smith.
Horadam Titanium White water soluble gouache 60ml or 15m made by Schminke. I often use this l to turn watercolour into tinted opaque gouache. I recommend getting the larger tube and DO NOT get acrylic gouache.
Small container of wax medium, Dorlands or similar.
A roller as used for lino printing. I use a soft rubber 4" brayer
Pink fluorescent fine acrylic marker, 2mm. I use Molotow refillable #217
White acrylic markers, Ultra Fine 0.7mm and optional Fine 0.9mm. I use Posca, there are plenty of other options.
Black carbon copy paper (the waxy kind, not graphite paper)
Pencils
- An Ink Black or dark green like Mallard/Ionian/Iron Green Derwent Inktense or Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle pencil
- Caran d'Ache Luminance White
- Caran d'Ache Luminance Sepia or similar dark colour
- Optional: Caran d'Ache Luminance in Chrysocolla Blue, Light Malachite and Dark Cadmium Orange

Paintbrushes

Paintbrushes suitable for watercolour and acrylic paint (I use Rosemary & Co and Silver Brush).

A pointed round synthetic Size 10 like this Silver Silk 88 can be used for most projects. I've added a list of brushes, you don't need all of them but they're ideal for exploring a variety of textures and marks as I demonstrate in the projects:

Round pointed: Rosemary & Co Designer size 10 or Silver Brush Ultra Round
Fan brush: Rosemary & Co Blender medium
Dagger or angled brush: Rosemary & Co Series 311 1/4" Series 311 or Red Dot
Stencil brush, medium: Set from Royal
Optional: mop brush size 5: Rosemary & Co Red Dot Mops
Optional angled brush: Rosemary & Co Angular 3/4" or Silver Silk 88

Other Materials