These are just some of the beginner friendly art products that iāve used and loved! From acrylic painting, colored pencils, to oil pastels. I have some quality yet affordable art materials recommendations!
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Loveee these markers, super easy to use! I have the brush tip markers easy to blend with a brush or your fingers.
Acrylic Paint Markers - Shuttle Art
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This brand is a good beginner for acrylic paint. It nice and smooth, easy to mix. Iāve used it for canvases, mixed media paper, and wood.
Acrylic Paint - Artist's Loft
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Another good brand if youāre a beginner and at a pretty affordable price. This paint is thick and easy to mix. The opaque paints have a good pigment.
Basics Acrylic Colors - Liquitex
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These are smooth like butter! It is pretty pricier but i donāt think the quality can top other brands in my opinion. There are different quantities so if you donāt wanna break ur bank Iād say get the 24 count.
this is a good brand for sketchbooks, the mixed media books are amazing when you want to use colored pencils and/or acrylic markers! Blends nicely.
Sketch Paper - Strathmore Artist Papers
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These are really good! If you want to try stippling or sketches these are great quality. They have different sizes which is great for outlining too.
Sakura Pigma Micron - Pen Store
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Love these oil pastels! I just started using these and they are amazing quality, blends really nicely!
MUNGYO Gallery Artists' Soft Oil Pastels, 48
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This is a good sett to have if youāre wanting to start sketching/drawing! It includes graphite, charcoal pencils, sketch pencils, and colored pencils. All pencils have great quality!
KALOUR 76 Drawing Sketching Kit Set - Pro Art
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These are good for when you want to mix paints or use them instead of brushes to create texture on ur art piece!
Paint Knives
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Artistās loft has good quality brushes. These are good for beginners who donāt really know what to get.
Artist's Loft: Brush Sets - Amazon.com
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If you want a smooth canvas this would be part of the canvas prep. It also keeps the paint vibrant once dry rather than a different tone.
Liquitex Gesso - Amazon.com
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Once youāve finished painting varnish is important so ur art/craft will last longer! There different varnishes such as gloss or matte. This is a good one for beginners!