Jeff Suntala

Jeff takes complex everyday scenes and paints them Plein Air
relatively quickly through simplification of form and organization.
While he does not copy a scene exactly,
he captures its essence and the resulting painting is true to its environment.
He is a Signature Member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.

Upcoming Workshops

Suggested Supply List

Urban Watercolor

Paints

  • Hansa Yellow (cool yellow)
  • New Gamboge (warmer yellow) DON’T BUY THE WINSOR NEWTON BRAND. THEY USE AN INFERIOR PIGMENT NOW. USE DANIEL SMITH.
  • Winsor Orange (a bright orange that's hard to achieve otherwise)
  • Scarlet Lake (warm red)
  • Alizarin Crimson (cool purplish red)
  • Opera Rose (bright pink)
  • Burnt Sienna (orange-ish brown)
  • Burnt Umber (neutral brown)
  • Raw Umber (yellow greenish brown)
  • Permanent Sap Green
  • Cobalt Blue (pure blue)
  • Cerulean blue (slightly greener blue with lots of grain)
  • Ultramarine Blue (darker version of pure blue)
  • Pthalo Turquoise (bright turquoise, similar to bright caribbean water)

    • Brushes

  • Winsor Newton Sceptre Gold II 101 series is a good brush for the three round brushes.
  • 1" flat "one stroke" sable or sableine brush.
  • No. 6 round
  • No. 8 round
  • No. 10 round

    • Paper

  • 140 lbs cold press or rough watercolor paper D'Arches Block format preferable

    • Miscellaneous

  • palette
  • container for water
  • paper towels
  • pencils
  • kneaded eraser

    • Urban Sketching

    Note:

    Sketchbook or loose watercolor paper. We don’t need a sketchbook for today, as we’ll just be practicing/working on basic principles. However, the books listed below are quality sketchbooks for watercolor sketching.

  • Aquabee
  • Stillman and Bin Beta
  • Hand Book Journal Company - watercolor
  • Moleskine watercolor
  • Etchr “The Perfect Sketchbook”

    • Pencil (2B, mechanical, other)

    Pens (Uniball UB-150 or Uniball 207 are inexpensive waterproof pens)

    Non waterproof colored pens are fun as they bleed into the washes you put down creating a fun effect.

    Watercolor paints or colored pencils

    Water cup for paint

    Paper towels or cotton rags

    Reference if you want to sketch things that you’re interested in or have taken your own photos of and would like to make it “your own” sketch. Otherwise we’ll have some photos ready for use. iPad or tablet or smartphone to use to sketch from as well