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Fun Art Supplies & Inspiration for Creative Playtime
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items We are never too old to play! It's so important to let our creativity run wild & free from time to time, to recharge, reconnect and regrow our love for art and all things creative. In this list, I've gathered some of my favorite art supplies and...
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Art Supplies
Fun way to challenge yourself and receive new surprising art supplies in the mail!
The Mystery Art Supplies Box | upcrate
Super fun for lettering and mixed media projects!
RenArt Trio Magic 71-Piece Activity Set
These are super fun to use! They glide easily on paper - perfect for mark making, sketching and mixed media - and are watersoluble, too. So you can use them with your watercolors as well! Feeling all my best childhood memories when drawing with thos...
Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 Pencils and Sets
Look at the delicious color combos you get from these pretties! Their names are even as inspiring as the colors themselves: garden soirée with choco-mint candy? Oh yes, please!
Crayola Twistables Swirl Mini Crayons Set
After years of noticing these everywhere in the art world but hesitating to get them I've finally tried the Neocolor II wax pastels recently... and got instantly hooked. Like "I need to have them ALL N.O.W.!!!" kinda hooked. Such a beautiful versatil...
Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle Artists' Pastels and Sets
Dr. Ph. Martin's® range includes not only vibrant watercolors, they also have these beautiful shimmering inks available!
Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent Calligraphy Inks and Sets
You might know pastels in the shape of crayons or sticks, and they are for sure fun to paint with. But have you tried pan pastels? They are so versatile to play with!
PanPastel: Professional Quality Pastel Colour
Painting on a white surface isn't the only option - switch things up and use colored paper instead! I love the mixed media blocks by Clairefontaine, the paper is sturdy enough for watercolors, and works well with colored pencils and pastels, too. You...
Clairefontaine PaintOn Mixed Media Pads
While it doesn't look like something special at first, watercolor ground can open up a whole new world of painting surfaces for watercolors! You can paint on fabrics, wood, plaster, and even metal, plastic, and glass - just to mention a few.
Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground
If you love surprises, a mystery art supply box might be something for you! You'll find some for nearly any art niche on Etsy, and they'll surely so much fun to play with.
Mystery art supplies - Etsy
Masha's handmade watercolors are dreamy & granulating, use them on textured paper and you'll see how their magic unfolds.
Mashas Watercolors - Etsy
Prompts & Challenges
With thousands of possible art prompt combos, you'll will never run out of inspiration.
The Endless Art Challenge Card Deck: 90 Creativity Prompt Cards
Such a fun way to come up with ideas for creative projects and art prompts!
Art Dice - Inspiration for drawing and painting
TinkerLab is a creative studio dedicated to sparking curiosity and a love for art through hands-on making. Their mission is to inspire creativity and experimentation in makers and artists of all ages, transforming everyday moments into creative adven...
TinkerLab
Whenever you're in need of a quick and playful creative boost, this book/journal serves you well.
642 Tiny Things to Draw Journal by Chronicle Books
Literally creative playtime! Play this game with your family or artsy friends for fun & inspiration, or use it as a fun prompt generator.
Art Out of the Box: Creativity games for artists of all ages (Fun, creativity drawing game for the whole family! )
Peggy Dean is the queen of ALL kind of fun creative adventures! Playing with her art prompt generator will give you lots of laughs and wonderfully silly ideas whenever you feel stuck. If you scroll down the page, make sure to sign up for her free ske...
Random Generator Drawing Prompts
A lovely community of like-minded doodlers to enjoy creative playtime together! The past challenges look so much fun, make sure to sign up to get notified about upcoming ones.
Drawing Challenges and Art Prompts | Doodle Addicts
Books & Videos
A plethora of fun and inspiring techniques for your art. You could challenge yourself and use one new technique a day.
101 More Mixed Media Techniques
Expand your creative playtime to the streets! Making art and having fun doesn't mean it can't be meaningful.
Guerilla Art Kit: Everything You Need to Put Your Message out into the World (with step-by-step exercises, cut-out projects, sticker ideas, templates, and fun DIY ideas)
Carla offers a year's worth of assignments, projects, ideas, and techniques that will introduce more creativity and nonsense into your art and life.
Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun
Fun projects and creative ideas with step by step tutorials.
Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media
More fun exercises to let go of perfection and freely doodle and giggle along the way.
The Art of Silliness: A Creativity Book for Everyone
You find a lot of fun and hilarious videos on Josie's Instagram and YouTube, with all kind of playful art projects in a variety of mediums. So much fun to watch and play along!
Josie Lewis (@josielewisart)
These videos by Roos offer some really cute and fun ideas for art projects.
5 Fun and Creative Art Ideas to get you Inspired