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Art Essentials: The Supplies That Fuel My Passion!
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items I'm at my happiest when I'm in my little studio painting! I'd love to have an opportunity to try every tool and paint there is out there. This list shares my favorite go-to paints and supplies for my studio. You can never have too many canvases, pain...
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Paint
Brushes
Canvas
Easels
Sketching, Drawing & Hand Lettering
Pastels
Paint
These are some of my favorite paints and tools. I LOVE all the colors and mixing new ones! Try some of my favorites and see if you like them too!
Posca markers are the best for mark-making and adding interesting details to acrylic works!
Uni Posca ALL COLOR Bundle Set - Japan Import
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LOVE these Golden Heavy Body acrylics! They have a helpful graphic on each tube to show opacity so you can be sure to add all sorts of interesting levels to your paintings.
Lumintrail Golden Artist Heavy Body Acrylics, 6-Color Set
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I like to buy colors that I use a lot of in this size. It's especially come in handy for Titanium White.
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics Titanium White 16oz
Quinacridone Magnenta is my FAVORITE! It's got good transparency, but a little titanium white makes it completely opaque without losing the amazing color.
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Quinacridone Magenta
Love this collection of colors and Nova Color is really good paint!
The Mid Century Bundle
The palette pads are the best thing ever! You can have a clean palette anytime you need one. I like these grey ones because I seem to be able to mix better colors in them. Give them a try!
Jack Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette 9x12, 2 Pack with 2 Knives
Brushes
Good brushes are probably the #1 thing to invest in when painting — like an amazing set of knives for a chef. I’ve had some of my favorites brushes for years and now they fit my hand like a glove. Maybe they will yours as well.
Awesome set of high end brushes for a variety of mediums. All you'll need in one convenient set!
CZDYUF Nylon Hair Paint Brushes Set, 12 Pcs
Just got started using these but I love them! They’re worth every penny when you need brushes that are a bit stiff or more rigid.
Silver Brush BR-1940 Bristlon Long Handle Set
This is an affordable set of professional brushes that has all your bases covered. It has everything you need to create amazing pieces. Outstanding quality for the price!
Nicpro 36pcs Paint Brush Set with Palette Knife & Cloth Roll
Canvas
Love these pads of canvas paper! They're great to paint on or to rough out your next project. Paintings look awesome when framed and matted. They come in a variety of sizes, as well.
U.S. Art Supply 18x24 10-Sheet Canvas Paper Pad
These are really good, all-purpose canvases and a substantial size to work with a not too big and not too small.
ESRICH 24x36 Inch Stretched Canvas 2 Pack
Easels
If you don’t have a great easel, you can’t create great paintings! Here’s what I use.
LOVE this easel! It holds smaller or large size canvases and it's easy to move around the studio.
MEEDEN Versatile Studio H-Frame Easel
Sketching, Drawing & Hand Lettering
My favorite tools for sketching, drawing and my new endeavor – hand lettering!
These are absolutely the best colored pencils I've used. Love them!
Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Pencils, 72 Count
These Kalour pencils run a close second to Prismacolor in my opinion. Still a great pencil to draw with and blendable.
KALOUR Professional Colored Pencils, 240 Colors
This is a handy little tool when working with softcore colored pencils. (Hint: It's helpful when working with watercolors, too!)
Prismacolor Colorless Blender Marker, Clear
These work great to hold the canvas paper in place while you're painting. It even fits well on your easel.
Saunders 05607 Recycled Hardboard Sketchboard
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I've been working on learning hand lettering. I'm not great at it – Yet! This has been the perfect pen set for me as I learn, though. Highly recommend!
Piochoo 8 Size Calligraphy Brush Pens Set
This has been one of my favorite guides as I work on learning hand lettering. Grab one and start practicing today to join me!
Pretty Simple Lettering: Hand Lettering Workbook
This is the workbook that gave me my start on my journey to learn hand lettering. It's a great workbook to get hands on practice!
Lettering Workbook for Beginners: Hand Lettering & Calligraphy
I'm just beginning to work with inks and tips, but I love it! It makes me feel like I'm in a Jane Austen book writing a love letter! So far, I'm loving this set!
Calligraphy Pen Set with Wooden Dip Pen & 7 Ink Colors
I love my Prismacolor Pencils, but this is my favorite all purpose pencil set to carry around with me to color and draw. I always stick it in my art bag for trips.
Castle Art 120 Coloring Pencils Zipper Case
Pastels
This is a great set of oil pastels to add dimension to your paintings! You have all the colors you need in one set and they are buttery and blend so well.
Sennelier Cardboard Oil Pastel Set, 72 Count
Great set of oil pastels in a wonderful wooden box. Great to travel with or in the studio.
Mungyo Gallery Soft Oil Pastels Set of 72
Some of the best buttery and blendable oil pastels out there!
Sennelier Picasso Oil Pastel Set, 120 Count
Inks
I love playing around with these alcohol inks. Makes your art look like stained glass. :)
Alcohol Ink Set – 48 Bottles Vibrant Colors (10ml)