Embarking on your artistic journey? This curated list of beginner-friendly art supplies is designed to help you start painting and drawing with confidence. From essential tools to quality materials, these items are selected to provide a solid foundat...
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Tutorials
Gouaches and watercolors
Brushes
Additional Tools
Oil pastels
Drawing Essential
Tutorials
You can learn how to draw or paint by shadowing this tutorial
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
Easy tutorial how to paint flower.
🌻 Easy Mini Gouache Painting Tutorial // Summer Flowers
You should watch this video to start your aart habit
How To Build An Art Habit
Learn how to use your brush to make grass
Brush Stroke Exercise | Gouache Painting Exercises for Beginner
I learn how to make tree from this video. Easy to follow.
Simple Tree Gouache Painting
I recommend this video if you want to learn about shadowing.
How to draw a tree in oil pastels
You can start to learn to make simple things with oil pastels such as flower bouquet.
Oil pastel flower bouquet
Learn another technique in oil pastel.
Oil Pastel Art - Rose
Gouaches and watercolors
You should read this article before you decide what you should buy.
What is the Difference Between Watercolour and Gouache?
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
This gouache is travel friendly, compact but you still have 36 colour.
Miya Himi Gouache Paint Twin Cup / Half Cup Cat set 36 ...
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
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
If you want to have a good quality watercolor but affordable, you can choose this one.
Pentel Watercolor Set 5ml | Cat Air Set
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
Pocket watercolor from sakura koi. This quality of watercolor really good.
Sakura Koi Watercolor 12 Pocket Field Sketch Box
Beginner and travel friendly. You don't need additional pallete to use this watercolor.
Faber-Castell Solid Watercolour
My first gouache. Got many colors at affordable prices.
Miya Himi Gouache 36/48c 12gr
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 ...
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
Another option travel watercolor, it's compact. Just grab this watercolor and you're ready to paint in your trip easily.
DALER-ROWNEY Aquafine Travel Set - Cat Air Lukis - 24 ...
Brushes
For beginner, I suggest you to have brush set. So you can learn many technique with different brush.
It said washable and safe for kids, but i also good for beginner.
KUPTOOL Oil Pastel Set - For beginner and kids
Mungyo is one of the most famous oil pastels. It's soft, blendable and not chalky.
MUNGYO 48 Assorted Soft Oil Pastels
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
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
Drawing Essential
The most familiar color pencils. Vibrant and pigmented color.
Faber-Castell Pensil Warna Color Pencils Classic Color
A range of pencil grades for sketching and shading.
Set Maries Drawing Pencil 12 pcs - Pensil
Malleable eraser perfect for lifting graphite and creating highlights.
Faber castell kneaded art eraser
Surfaces and paper
I love this pad. It has soft texture that suit to make our drawing more realistic.
Potentate Oil Pastel Paper Sketch Pad Kertas Gambar
Ready-to-use surfaces for acrylic and oil paintings.
Kanvas Lukis Painting Canvas Sudah Gesso Kecil Sedang ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Another 300gsm pad recommendation. Specifically designed to handle wet media without warping.
Potentate Watercolor Paper Pad Block.
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
Ready-to-use surfaces for acrylic and oil paintings.
Kanvas Lukis Basic Persegi Panjang
This pad can work best with watercolor and gouache.
Potentate Watercolor Paper Pad Block 13,5x19cm Kertas ...
