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Art Supplies For Adults
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items I am sharing my favorite art supplies I actually tested as a self taught abstract artist. There are ideas for beginners and more advanced painters using acrylics, oil pastels, and other art mediums
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Oil Pastel Supplies
Acrylic Painting
Oil Pastel Supplies
My fav buttery oil pastels for complete beginners
Paul Rubens Haiya Oil Pastels Review - My Favorite Pastels! | Acrylic Painting School
This is a top quality pastel paper and I like using the tinted version too for different still life and landscapes. Very nice texture, smooth and durable paper.
MUNGYO Professional A4 Pastel Paper Pad
Sennelier is absolutely the best oil pastels for pros and people who can afford it. Super buttery, not oily like Paul Rubens and incredibly easy to work with.
SENNELIER Oil Pastel Set for Artists, 24
Using this oil is a hack to better blending oil pastels! It can be used with oil paints, too. It is cheap and you just need a drop, so even a small bottle will last you long. If just starting, skip it. You probably don't need to blend yet.
Winsor & Newton Refined Linseed Oil 75ml
The best trick to add small highlights for oil pastels is to use small pastel knife. But buy a set, it is cheaper to buy a set than each size separately. Go for metal palette knives.
5 Pcs Stainless Steel Painting Knives Set
Acrylic Painting
My favorite art supplies for acrylic painting on paper and canvas
I have this easel and I love it. Perfect for small apartments
Studio & Fine Arts – KraftGeek
GAC100 is the right thing to use for thinning acrylic paint because it doesn't break up paint like water and doesn't dilute it that much! The painting will still be top quality.
GAC 100 Acrylic Primer & Extender 8 oz
The only acrylic paint that works like oil! Better for advanced painters or someone switching to acrylics from oil paint
My Golden Open Acrylics Review With Painting Test | Acrylic Painting School
I love how durable Canson XL watercolor paper is for using it even with acrylic paint. I always use it for color swatching, drawing, and simple small paintings in gouache, watercolor, and acrylics. I have used the same paper brand for 5 years!
XL® Watercolour
Liquitex paints are a staple for beginners and their main advantage is the quality of professional paints available for beginners and range of colors. I love their orange and purple shades!
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint Review - One Of The Best Paints For Beginners | Acrylic Painting School
Winsor and Newton are great alternative to Golden and Liquitex and they can be much cheaper in a set! Great coverage, opacity, and quick drying.
Winsor and Newton Acrylic Paint Review (Galeria vs Professional) | Acrylic Painting School
Best acrylic paint brushes for intermediate and advanced painters. I like them because they perfectly hold shape, load, and have consistent brushstrokes. I use mine for more than 2 years now
Princeton Velvetouch Jenna Rainey Blooms Brush 12