This is all my favorite art supplies, things I use every day in the studio, storage, business items, tech I use, and some items on my want-to-buy list!
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Palettes, Papers, Canvas, etc.
Brushes and such
Pens and Pencils
Painting and Mixed Media
Mediums and Varnishes
Printmaking
Palettes, Papers, Canvas, etc.
Any color works! I have the grey one, but I'd also enuoy a white or clear one.
New Wave Posh Glass Tabletop Palettes | BLICK Art …
I use this for my watercolors, I love it!
Blick Folding Palette Box
I've really enjoyed this sketchbook, works with all media.
Sketchbooks | Moleskine
This is the watercolor sketchbook, I use this for my swatch recipe book
Sketchbooks | Moleskine
I use the loose sheets but the blocks are good too!
Arches - BLICK Art Materials
I like the pre-primed ones these days
Blick Premier Artists' Panels - BLICK Art Materials
They have killer sales on these sometimes. Of all the pre-wrapped canvases I've tried, these are my favorite.
Level 3 Gallery Wrapped Heavy Duty Canvas by Artist's Loft®
I usually get 10oz
Canvas Rolls - BLICK Art Materials
Brushes and such
Favs! I love all the Princeton Brushes
Princeton Brushes - BLICK Art Materials
great for washes and under paintings
Yasutomo Flat Hake Brush - BLICK Art Materials
great for underpaintings and texture
Chip brush Paint Brushes - Lowe's
old faithful
Liquitex Painting Knives - BLICK Art Materials
Pens and Pencils
My go-to for everything
Sharpie Pens - Staples
Love this one for expressive mark making
Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen Sets – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
I use 2B and 4B for finishing marks.
Faber-Castell 9000 Graphite Set – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Prismacolor Colored Pencils – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
I prefer these over microns
Winsor & Newton Fineliners and Sets - BLICK Art Materials
Great for traveling
General's Kneaded Erasers – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Every day use kind of eraser
Pink Pearl Eraser - BLICK Art Materials
I like a simple cute one with a reservoir
Pencil Sharpeners – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Painting and Mixed Media
buttery and smooth. Great for adding texture to large paintings
R&F Pigment Sticks | BLICK Art Materials
Love all poscas, I think this link is for sets…
Posca Paint Markers and Sets - BLICK Art Materials
I think this link has options for individual poscas
Posca – Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Love these for under paintings and any painting where I'm not worried about pigment load.
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paints and Sets | BLICK Art Materials
Just found these and I'm stoked!
Liquitex Cadmium-Free Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Pricey, but worth it. High pigment load, great paints to work with.
Golden Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paints and Sets
My favorite watercolors! I've used them for years.
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Tubes and Set
I prefer a big spray bottle or a continuous spray bottle
Plastic Spray Bottle - BLICK Art Materials
These are great for saving paint. Couldn't find these from a decent company, so here we are lol.
Betrome 4 oz clear glass Jars with Metal golden Lids, 40 Pack 100ml Mason Jars For Kitchen Storage, Small Round canning Jars Jelly Jars Spice Jars for Herbs,Honey,Jam,Jelly,Wedding Party Favors
This is another paint saving option. I've not tried this but I know painters who use these.
Empty Aluminum Paint Tubes - BLICK Art Materials
Mediums and Varnishes
Thin, a bit liquid-y
Golden Matte Mediums - BLICK Art Materials
good for stretching your paint a bit
Golden Regular Acrylic Gel Mediums | BLICK Art Materials
I use this for priming obv, and also as a medium sometimes!
Blick Artists' Acrylic Gesso - BLICK Art Materials
The satin is my fav
Liquitex Spray Varnish - BLICK Art Materials
If the varnish you're using is removable, this can go on the painting before the varnish. This means if the varnish ever needed to be removed (often done in restoration), the isolation coat would protect the paint. It's something you'd do for long-te...
Golden Acrylic Medium - Isolation Coat, 16 oz - BLICK …
What I use on paintings that are too big to justify a spray varnish
Golden Waterborne Varnish - BLICK Art Materials
I use this on top of pencil to keep it from smudging when I add more paint etc. I also use it on posca before varnish.
Krylon Workable Fixative - 11 oz, Matte, Spray Can
Printmaking
I like the pink ones, they're buttery and smooth.
Speedball Speedy Carve Blocks | BLICK Art Materials
Brayers and Barens for applying ink and making it adhere to the surface.
Brayers and Barens | BLICK Art Materials
These sets are great for getting started
Blick Lino Cutter Set - BLICK Art Materials
These are a great upgrade if you're wanting to get some fancy cutters.
UJ Ramelson - BLICK Art Materials
oil based but cleans up with water
Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks and Set | BLICK …
for t-shirts and bags and such
Speedball Fabric and Paper Block Printing Inks and Set
for sharpening your cutters
Flexcut SlipStrop - BLICK Art Materials
Misc. Studio
I use any misc straight edge for painting straight lines.
Rulers - BLICK Art Materials
I use a metal ruler alll the time in the studio.
Blick Stainless Steel Ruler
I use one of these to get a deckle edge on paper works
Alumicolor AlumiCrafter Tearing Ruler - 12"
Great for getting 90º angles for literally anything
Blick Aluminum LSquares
I don't have one of these but it's on my list of tools to get.
Blick HeavyDuty TSquares
I love my little black cat pen case!
PuniLabo Stand Up Pen Cases
I don't have an easel right now but if I got one I'd get this one. Light duty will be nice in a smaller studio space.
Blick Studio LightDuty HFrame Easel
I use these alllll the time
ProLine 8OZ Canvas 9-ft x 12-ft Drop Cloth
Love that these are made of recycled material. The medium size works nicely for 5x7 prints
Sustainable
I use these for storing paint
18" Stackable Wood Bin by Make Market
I use these all the time
Buy in Bulk - 12 Pack: Kraft Memory Box by Simply Tidy
Tech
I love this lamp! I mostly don't even use the lamp, I just use this as a phone camera stand for videos.
White Canvas Lamp with Weighted Wooden Base
I have the "white mist" one and I love it
YETI FOR THE AURORA COLLECTION Premium Multi-Pattern USB Mic with Blue VO!CE
I love this camera. It has a full frame sensor and a flip viewing screen so I can use it to take good photos of large paintings to make prints, and I can use it for vlogging.
sony a7c | B&H Photo Video
The one I have is discontinued, this one looks fairly comparable.
Epson Perfection V39 II Color Photo and Document Flatbed Scanner
Love the wireless aspect of this puppy
Rollo Wireless Label Printer
Love EcoEnclose for eco-friendly studio biz needs. For Rollo printer choose "black timing mark."
Direct Thermal Labels on Zero Waste Liner - 4" x 6"
This scale works well!
Shipping Scale - Rollo
I have an older version that I love. It would be rad to have the wireless version.
