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Professional Art Supplies I Love
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items Art supplies that are for a more advanced artist. That might be someone who creates art daily for a professional or a serious hobbyist or even a university student
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Professional acrylic paint set with 90 colors? Yes, please! This would make a great gift for any artist. It’s fun to try every color and find your new go-to favorites to work with.
Amsterdam Standard Acrylics - Set of 90, All Colors, 20 ml Tubes
Blackwing – The legendary pencil with the funny eraser. I've used these since I was in high school. This is no ordinary pencil--it's good for drawing, sketching, or just making a grocery list. Also, you can replace the eraser. That's probably my favorite part!
Blackwing Pencil Packs
Sennelier’s pouch-style acrylic paints are a unique, less-mess alternative to tubes. These professional acrylics come with tips you can attach, similar to frosting bags. There’s less waste and they’re super satisfying to squeeze. You can apply them directly to your painting like frosting a cake or squirt them out onto a palette and use like normal. I'm wondering what these would be like. It seems like there would be less waste with the packaging as well.
Sennelier Abstract Acrylic - Primary, Set of 5 with Tips
POSCA paint markers are acrylic paint pens. These are so fun to use and so versatile! An essential tool for mixed media artists--They're water based and compatible with other acrylic paints and inks on many types of surfaces including paper, wood, canvas. I've also seen people using them to paint mandalas on stones and decorate clothi...
Uni Posca PC-5M 16 Color Medium Tip Paint Marker Set
I have an easel similar to this. I added wheels to the bottom so I can easily move it out of the way when not in use
Mabef Artist Studio Easel M09D
The absolute perfect tape! My whole family uses this instead of masking tape. I have to hide my stash. It's expensive but totally worth the price. It sticks hard but doesn't tear your paper when you remove it.
Blick Artist Tape - White, 3/4" x 60 yds
Wasted paints = wasted money. If you work on paintings over multiple days, you'll need a paint palette that you can seal so your paints don't dry out. This one is a 12x16 inch palette, large enough so you can load up a full range of colors. Use with a regular paper palette (a much cheaper option) or with the Sta-wet palette products that uses a damp sponge to keep paints fresh.
Artist Palette Seal
It's like a silicone spatula and a paint brush had a baby! Use these like you would a brush or palette knife. It's meant to spread and texture the paint on the artwork. You'll need to practice with this tool to see what kind of effects you can achieve but experimentation is always good for artistic growth.
Princeton Catalyst Blades and MiniBlades
Liquitex Heavy Body set of 12 professional paints. If you're graduating from student grade to professional paints, then this is a well-rounded set of 11 colors – It includes 1 tube of ivory black and 2 tubes of titanium white (because they know we use a lot of white paint!)
Liquitex® Heavy Body Acrylic Classic 12 Set
These cradled wood panels by Ampersand are smooth gesso coated and ready to go. They are “cradled” meaning they have wood boards supporting them. This gives the piece dimensionality and doesn't require framing of the final piece. You can leave the sides the natural wood color or paint it expanding your options for your art--maybe your art will wrap around the sides?
Ampersand™ Gessobord™ Museum Series Cradled Panel
Daylight desk light in rose gold. I don't have this yet but I want it! As a professional artist, you really need good lighting in the right color temperature. Ideally the color temperature should be like outside. I think people prefer a slightly “warm white” bulbs around their house but this is not what you should use in your studio. Why? It affects your paint colors and will affect how you mix colors together.
Daylight Slimline 4 LED Table Lamp - Rose Gold
Set of 6 metallic acrylic inks have the consistency of traditional inks and can be used in a dip pen or painted on with a brush. I think this could be used for calligraphy or illustration. I use these for adding fine metallic details to my paintings.
Liquitex® Professional Acrylic™ Ink Metallic Set
A good all around canvas. Pre-stretched, gessoed and ready to go. This one comes in plenty of sizes and 3 different depths
Blick Premier Stretched Cotton Canvas
Need a way to manage your supplies on the go? Skip the art store supply bins and go to the hardware store and get a tool box. They are well designed and durable and they come in a variety of sizes. If you're taking a class or going to a life drawing event, your supplies are going to be rattling around and the handle will break off. Ask me how I know this!
Stanley 24 in. Tool Box Black/Yellow
Liquitex freestyle brushes are large and can lay down a lot of paint. Don't use a tiny brush when a large paint brush will do the job better. People use these brushes for large canvases and murals – anywhere you need large even brushstrokes
Liquitex Freestyle Brushes