Painting Supplies
Acrylics
- Any pencil for sketching your composition
- Acrylic paints –
- Must have primary colors, plus black and white (the option on amazon is 5x75ml), however you can treat yourself with more colors!
- Bristle or hair brushes (bristle brushes recommended)
- A roll of freezer paper or palette paper (pre-cut)
- Canvas (size is up to you, I recommend 16x20in)
- Mist bottle
- Paper towels
- Field Easel (optional)
- I am recommending a field easel because you can set it on a table for small scale pieces or you can fold it out and paint outside, or use it for larger paintings. It’s more expensive than a regular table easel, but it’s more versatile.
- Brush holder and organizer (optional)
- Palette knives (optional)
- Airtight palette container (optional)
- Gloves (optional)
- Apron (optional)
Tempera
- Any pencil for sketching your composition
- Blick Brand Premium Tempera
- Only trust Blick Premium – all other brands are NOT recommended.
- 11x15in watercolor pad (size is up to you)
- Artist masking tape to tape the edges of your watercolor paper
- Field Easel (optional)
- I am recommending a field easel because you can set it on a table for small scale pieces or you can fold it out and paint outside, or use it for larger paintings. It’s more expensive than a regular table easel, but it’s more versatile.
- Gloves (optional)
- Apron (optional)
Watercolors or Gouache
- Any pencil for sketching your composition
- Choices of watercolors
- Gouache
- The very best gouache – Royal talens
- Rubber cement eraser
- Yes! You can actually erase watercolors with this
- Round hair brushes (It’s not recommended to use bristle brushes for watercolors)
- 11x15in watercolor pad (size is up to you)
- Mist bottle
- Artist masking tape to tape the edges of your watercolor paper
- Field Easel (optional)
- I am recommending a field easel because you can set it on a table for small scale pieces or you can fold it out and paint outside, or use it for larger paintings. It’s more expensive than a regular table easel, but it’s more versatile.
- Gloves (optional)
- Apron (optional)
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You do not need to buy a variety of mediums all at once; choose what you’d like to start with. We recommend starting with two mediums: graphite and tempera. This will let you attend drawing and painting classes. Eventually, you will accumulate a broad range of supplies.
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