I make art. Here are some of the things that put a hole in my wallet (wouldn’t have it any other way).
Meeden makes a really good range of easels. I find mine is quite sturdy and very adjustable depending on canvas size.
All Selections of Art Easels For Paintings-MEEDEN Art
Michael Harding never goes wrong when it comes to consistency of paint pigments.
Artist quality oil colours | Michael Harding
Good pallpoint pens for some stippling, line art or doodling.
Xpress black Line width 0.8 mm Fineliners and fibrepens
Excellent lightfastness, these guys never go wrong for the Artist. They are on the pricey side though.
Faber-Castell - Polychromos Color Pencils
I get these pencils singularly, just so the price doesn’t throw me off. Quite expensive, but among the top of the bunch. I tend to go for their white and earth coloured pencils.
Luminance 6901® Permanent Colored Pencils | Caran d'Ache
Acrylic primer in a few coats is usually sufficient to prepare my canvas for an oil painting.
Acrylic Primer Paint
If I happen to use a pencil (rather than a brush) for sketching, a fixative spray keeps the sketch on the canvas and helps the sketch withstand the first layers of paint.
