Dear Grownups, SOURCES for special supplies are listed below for your convenience, however reasonable substitutes are perfectly fine!
Please purchase watercolor tubes, as they impart the lovely, translucent quality so characteristic of Waldorf wet-on-wet watercolor painting. 

SUPPLIES FOR DRAWING DAYS:
   - Waldorf block crayons (or substitute with fat, chunky crayons with paper labels removed.) 
   - Blank white or off-white paper, 8.5" X 11" to 11" X 15"
   - I prefer white construction paper, and drawing paper is fine, as well as regular printer paper (Newsprint has a poor surface texture, and tears easily, so is not recommended.)

SUPPLIES FOR PAINTING DAYS:
   - cloth rag or paper toweling
   - jar of clean water
   - paint brush
   - premixed watercolor paints--yellow, red, blue, orange, green, violet 
   - watercolor block (like a pad of painting paper), or tape a single page of watercolor paper to a board, or directly onto the table with painter's tape, on all four sides.

PAINTING PREPARATION:
1) Dress child in play clothes with short sleeves--watercolor paint is washable, but staining is possible.  
2) Protect computer components, and surface of table and floor from drips.
3) Mix separate containers of yellow, red and blue paint, following instructions by By Rauld Russell:
“Squeeze an inch or so strip of raw yellow paint on the end of your brush, and mix it thoroughly into a ‘finger’ of water in a baby food jar.  With a clean brush try this on a clean scrap of paper.  The watered paint should not be thick like poster paint nor pale and transparent like an Easter egg dip.  But should be full bodied and luminous on the white paper.  Repeat these steps with the red, and then the blue.  Only practise and experience will stand you to find the right mix.  Later you can mix up full reserve jars for painting lessons so you don’t have to go through this each time.  You need all the colours prepared for this and subsequent lessons.”
4) Mix separate containers of orange (yellow + red), green (yellow + green) and violet (red + blue).
5) Gather supplies on a tray or in a baking pan:
   - cloth rag or paper toweling
   - jar of clean water
   - paint brush
   - premixed watercolor paints--yellow, red, blue, orange, green, violet 
   - watercolor block (like a pad of painting paper)
6) AFTER PAINTING, cover jars of mixed paint and store them in the fridge to prevent spoilage OR leave small quantities of paint in uncovered jars, and allow them to dry at room temperature; then reconstitute by stirring in a little water on the next painting day.

SOURCES FOR SPECIAL SUPPLIES:
1) PAPER, SCISSORS, STONE:  https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/
    - Filana 12 block crayons @ $19.95 or Stockmar brand. 
      https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/shop/filana-block-crayons-copy/

    - Short-handled brush @ $4.25 to $5.75, for watercolor painting  (a short handle is easier for small hands!). 
      https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/shop/zen-series-83-synthetic-watercolor-with-scraper-short-handle-brushes/

    - 1 ounce Stone watercolor paint, lemon yellow @ $7.40. (We won't be using watercolor cakes or pans in this course.)
       https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/shop/stone-watercolor-paint-lemon-yellow/

    - 1 ounce Stone watercolor paint, red rose @ $9.40
       https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/shop/stone-watercolor-paint-red-rose/

    - 1 ounce Stone watercolor paint, ultramarine @ $7.40
       https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/shop/stone-watercolor-paint-ultramarine/

2) AMAZON:  amazon.com
    - Watercolor block, 9” X 12”, 15 sheets @ $15.29.    https://www.amazon.com/Strathmore-Watercolor-Block-Press-Sheets/dp/B004O7E678/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=watercolor+block&qid=1620247250&sr=8-6