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Starting your art journey 🎨🖌️🖼️
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items Some of my favorite beginner friendly and must haves if you want to start a new creative hobby.
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This one is great for having a surface to mix color and dilute them . You can reuse by adding water and more paint
24 Half Pans Classic watercolor set by Artist Loft
Perfect for on the go or just quick breaks within your day to sit and paint something
Portable Watercolor Sketchbook Set 5.1x3in
Easy to use , good for beginners
36 Color Acrylic Paint Value Set by Craft Smart® | Michaels
This is better paint than the craft smart it’s more opaque and thick . Still very affordable
DecoArt® Americana® Premium Acrylic Paint Value Pack - Michaels
These are great to have in colors use a-lot like white and black . I usually run out of those two colors the fastest so i always keep a bigger bottle, and you can use this to mix other paints into it
16oz. Matte Acrylic Paint by Craft Smart®, Color: White | Michaels
I consider this the best paint to use when painting on canvases. Still very affordable, but i only use it for bigger projects and canvases
Liquitex® BASICS® 8.5oz. Acrylic Paint, Color: 432 Titanium White
Great starter kit for practicing watercolor , nice variety of colors .
36 Color Watercolor Paint Value Pack by Artist's Loft™ Necessities
Nice variety of brushes to start practicing acrylic painting .
White Synthetic Brushes by Artist's Loft™ Necessities™ | Michaels
I find that picking watercolor brushes is a little more tricky than acrylic brushes but this is a good set to start. Then as you practice more you’ll learn what you need in Your favorite brushes and pick better ones
Brown Synthetic Round Brushes by Artist's Loft® Necessities
Beginner friendly, super easy to use and has a nice color variety
Watercolor Paint
Sketchbooks
Love this paper it’s great for practicing watercolor , the paper holds water well and love the look the textured paper gives the final pieces. Love the 4x6 size option for the days that I just need a quick art session
Watercolor Pad - 140lb paper
Another good notepad to practice on
Canson® XL® Watercolor Pad, Size: 9" x 12"
I love these mini sketchbooks I have 3 and keep them in my office, bag and reading corner. They’re great for mini sketches or those busy days when you just need a 15min break before you get on with life. As a mom I’ve learned to love the tiny small a...
Sketchbook by Artist's Loft™, 4" x 4", Color: Black
I love painting on this paper , I use it for my moody art times , I mostly paint flowers and night sky scenes on here . They hold gouache pant pretty well
Black Page Premium Hardcover Journal, 6" x 8" by Artist's ...
This one is great for Acrylic markers 🩷 i Love to use these for night when I’m stressed , I love the sound of the acrylic markers in the paper
7" x 10" Black 92lb. Mixed Media Pad by Artist's Loft®