Newbie after tips and advice!

I only use watercolour paints and do pencil sketch’s, I would agree with everything said regarding buying equipment.  It to easy at first to be tempted into fancy looking brushe that promise expert results, they invariably don’t deliver.  Alan is spot on with the advice about paper , you can get a reasonable result from inexpensive paint, but nothing can best decent paper  the best you can afford .  I think it’s the same with drawing paper whilst it won’t cockle, poor paper doesn’t get a good finish and dome cheap paper is to grainy, though sometimes you might want a rougher paper . All the brands recommended are what I have used for years and enjoy using them , occasionally I splash out for a very expensive paper for special projects etc . What ever you buy have a good   Clean storage area for them , look after you materials and the will last . Most importantly do enjoy what you do and don’t push yourself to hard it will all come back to you and together before too long.