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Beginner-Friendly Art Supplies to Start Your Creative Journey

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Starting your art journey can feel overwhelming with so many tools out there, so I’ve put together a list of art supplies that are perfect for beginners. These are the basic tools I personally used (and still love) when I was just starting out—easy t...
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Tutorials

I put some videos to learn.
 
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You can watch this video if you want to learn how to use gouache. Gouache is a little bit different from watercolor, the important thing is you need to know the water consistency in your gouache.
know this BEFORE you start // beginners guide to GOUACHE
 
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Easy tutorial how to paint flower.
🌻 Easy Mini Gouache Painting Tutorial // Summer Flowers
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You should watch this video to start your aart habit
How To Build An Art Habit
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Learn how to use your brush to make grass
Brush Stroke Exercise | Gouache Painting Exercises for Beginner
 
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I learn how to make tree from this video. Easy to follow.
Simple Tree Gouache Painting
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I recommend this video if you want to learn about shadowing.
How to draw a tree in oil pastels
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You can start to learn to make simple things with oil pastels such as flower bouquet.
Oil pastel flower bouquet
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Learn another technique in oil pastel.
Oil Pastel Art - Rose
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Gouaches and watercolors

 
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You should read this article before you decide what you should buy.
What is the Difference Between Watercolour and Gouache?
 
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It's my first gouache. I love this product so much. I chose twin cup because I get many colors at affordable prices.
HIMI Twin Cup Jelly 48 set
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This gouache is travel friendly, compact but you still have 36 colour.
Miya Himi Gouache Paint Twin Cup / Half Cup Cat set 36 ...
 
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Need compact gouache? Here's you go! You get 36 colors.
HIMI Gouache with 36 colours
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This is a very complete watercolor kit. You'll get 48 colors (including metals), a water brush, a nylon brush, a pencil, an eraser, a sponge, a self-filling card.
Giorgione Watercolor Watercolour Set 36 / 48 Colors
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One of the best watercolor I ever had. It's easy to use. You also have water brush which really friendly for the beginner.
SAKURA Koi Watercolor - 30 color
 
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If you want to have a good quality watercolor but affordable, you can choose this one.
Pentel Watercolor Set 5ml | Cat Air Set
 
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This is my first solid watercolor. It comes with water brush, sponge and pallette. The color is pigmented, vibrant and no chalky. Faber castell always has the premium quality but at affordable price.
Faber-Castell Solid Watercolour
 
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Pocket watercolor from sakura koi. This quality of watercolor really good.
Sakura Koi Watercolor 12 Pocket Field Sketch Box
 
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Beginner and travel friendly. You don't need additional pallete to use this watercolor.
Faber-Castell Solid Watercolour
 
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My first gouache. Got many colors at affordable prices.
Miya Himi Gouache 36/48c 12gr
 
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If you want to get more colors, you could choose this one. The color is pigmented and vibrant. No chalky at all.
Sakura Koi Watercolors Water Color Cat Air 12 18 24 30 36 ...
 
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Another recommendation for watercolor, and you will get a waterbrush, a pencil, 8 papers, and sharpener.
MIYA HIMI KIT Watercolor / Cat Air Set 36 KIT
 
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Another option travel watercolor
DALER-ROWNEY Aquafine Travel Set - Cat Air Lukis - 24 ...

Brushes

 
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For beginner, I suggest you to have brush set. So you can learn many technique with different brush.
18pcs Set Kuas Lukis Lengkap / Kuas Melukis Kuas Cat ...
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As beginner, we can start with round and flat brush. You can get 60 pcs of round brush and flat brush from any size.
60 Pcs Paint Brushes
 
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Outline brushes.
Giorgione Outline Brush Kuas Lukis Garis Besar Oil Paint ...
 
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I highly recommend this brush cause you have all variant brush.
Professional Artist Paint Brush Set of 12
 
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High quality waterbrush.
Giorgione Water Brush Kuas Cat Air Watercolor Brush G-001
 
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My fav brush. The brush is soft and flexible.
[Artopia] Lumos Art Nox Brush for Beginner Round Flat / ...
 
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Set brushes for beginner
BOMEIJIA Round/Filbert/Flat Brush 12 pcs

Another compliment

You can find brush, pad and pallete in this section.
 
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Wooden easel.
Drawing Board
 
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Recently, I use this product. When do gouache painting, I prefer to use this pad.
V-TEC Watercolor Book Spiral A5 300 Gsm Cold Pressed ...
 
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I have some different size but for beginner I suggest you to use A5 or A4.
Giorgione Kertas Cat Air Watercolor Paper Pad A3/A4/A5 G ...
 
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My one and only pad for oil pastel.
Potentate Oil Pastel Paper Sketch Pad Kertas Gambar
 
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I love use this product as my watercolor book because its has hardcover. I feel so professional even i'm not hehe
8.5" Watercolor Book, 2 Pack, 76 Sheets
 
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I use acrylic pallete too, because it's easy to clean, no stick and no residue from color itself.
Watercolor/gouache pallete
 
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You can  use this tools both for gouache, watercolor or oil pastels. Very useful tools.
5 Pcs Stainless Steel Painting Knives Set
 
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Another 300gsm pad recommendation
Potentate Watercolor Paper Pad Block.
 
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Adjustable wooden easel desk.
BALIARTEMEDIA Adjustable Wooden Desk Easel
 
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Easy to clean.
Palet Lukis Akrilik 20*30cm Transparent Acrylic Palette ...
 
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Big canvas
Kanvas Lukis Basic Persegi Panjang
 
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Canvas mini
Kanvas Lukis Painting Canvas Sudah Gesso Kecil Sedang ...
 
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This paper pad doesn't curl! It's the best to have paper pad which resist to curl.
HIMI Gouache Pad 7X10''(98lb/160g) 50 sheets
 
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Ideal for gouache, watercolor and acrylic.
Potentate Watercolor Paper Pad Block 13,5x19cm Kertas ...

Oil pastels

 
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It said washable and safe for kids, but i also good for beginner.
KUPTOOL Oil Pastel Set - For beginner and kids
 
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Mungyo is one of the most famous oil pastels. It's soft, blendable and not chalky.
MUNGYO 48 Assorted Soft Oil Pastels
 
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I also recommend this oil pastels. I use 3 product and sometimes I combined them together. The size of Paul Ruben is bigger than mungyo.
Paul Rubens Oil Pastels for Artists, 72 Landscapes
 
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If you like the texture in your painting, you can use this brand. It's super soft so you can easily to have texture and use painting knife or spatulla on it.
Mont Marte 39pc Extra Soft Oil Pastels

Color pencils

 
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The most familiar color pencils. Vibrant and pigmented color.
Faber-Castell Pensil Warna Color Pencils Classic Color