ART SUPPLIES LIST
I get asked almost every day about the products I use for my tutorials or videos. So, I put this page together as a way to be a helpful tool for those of you looking to quickly find art or painting supplies you can trust.
I do get a small commission from the products you see here at no extra cost you. I only link to products I personally use and support and if you do purchase through me, you have my sincere and heartfelt thanks! Hope you enjoy these products as much as I do:
Arteza Watercolor Paper
Arteza Watercolor Paper
If there is one major discovery I made in the process of making acrylic art, it’s using watercolor paper to elevate my painting process. Watercolor paper, especially from Arteza, can withstand a lot that the typical paintbrush can bring to the table – AND, your paper will not buckle or disintegrate with every paint layer. Plus, using watercolor paper is a much cheaper (and space saving) alternative to canvas.
Simply Simmons Brushes
Simply Simmons Brushes
These brushes are great for both beginner and novice artists! Not only do these brushes have amazing longevity but they also effectively store a lot of paint within the bristles and can take a beating against many types of surfaces! My personal faves include 3/4″ flat wash, #10 Shader, #10 filbert, #8 round, and #0 Detail Round.
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint
When it comes to commission or gallery-worthy paints, I always reach for the Liquitex Heavy Body professional grade paints. Each paint tube is of high quality, with deep pigmented colors, buttery-smooth texture great for blending and mixing, good drying time, and ASTM I permanence standard.
Canson Palette Paper
Canson Palette Paper
When it comes to commission or gallery-worthy paints, I always reach for the Liquitex Heavy Body professional grade paints. Each paint tube is of high quality, with deep pigmented colors, buttery-smooth texture great for blending and mixing, good drying time, and ASTM I permanence standard.
NicPro Mini Paint Brushes
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NicPro Liner Brushes
If there is one thing I rely on the most with my brushes, it’s the details, details, details! I have learned over the years that a good reliable detail brush can make or break the final outcome of a painting, and these brushes are my absolute favorites to use!
Pencil & Charcoal Drawing Set
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ProArt Pencil & Charcoal Drawing Set
Whether I am busy sketching in a notebook, transferring a drawing onto a canvas with charcoal, or erasing some doodles with my kneaded eraser, this pencil set is my life blood! It has a wide variety of pencils, charcoal pencils, and -my personal favorite- a kneaded eraser for clean lines
Arteza Mixed Media Sketchbook
Arteza Mixed Media Sketchbook
I immediately fell in love with Arteza’s mixed media paper supply, and I love using them for my videos and artwork. Each set comes with two 11″x14″ pads, sturdy, thick, acid-free, and contain 60 sheets each pad. It’s a great alternative to using canvas and for practicing with many types of medium.
Winsor & Newton Cotton Canvas
Winsor & Newton Cotton Canvas
You can never go wrong with a good canvas, especially with this professional-grade Winsor-Newton canvas. Primed with a highly pigmented acrylic gesso, the acid-free, archival canvas responds beautifully to every brushstroke. Balanced absorbency and tooth provide improved adhesion and uncompromised color vitality.
Bachmore Tracing Paper
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Bachmore Tracing Paper
Whether I need to easily transfer my art from sketches from paper to canvas or test out several inking styles, I always like turning to my tracing paper to help get the job done right.
Fineliner Pen Set
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Black Fineliner Pen Set
I love creating my pop art illustrations, and I do have a special spot in my heart for my needle drawing pens! When I don’t have the time or patience to work on minor details with acrylics, I love using these illustration pens to create clean, crisp line work.
Winsor & Newton Spray Varnish
Winsor & Netwon Spray Varnish
Our paintings are our beautiful babies, and we want them to last us many many years to come. They need extra protection from dust and yellowing once all work is done. I usually like using varnish sprays because they are much more gentle on multi-textured surfaces like newspaper paper-mache backgrounds.
Liquitex Gesso
Liquitex Gesso
Gesso is a great medium to use when you need to reuse old canvas, clean up large areas, or provide protection and optimal settings for your painting surface. Plus, using gesso gives your painting surface the best coverage to help your paint colors sit on the surface and not disappear.
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint
We all have to start somewhere, and these Liquitex BASICS paint are great tools for those beginner artists! I personally loved using the BASICS paints when I was first experimenting/playing around with my acrylics and best of all, I wasn’t breaking my budget doing so! These paints are student-grade with high pigments and ASTM I permanence.
Palette Knives
Palette Knives
If you want texture and movement in your paintings, using palette knives is one of the easiest and satisfying ways to do it. You can make gorgeous 3D texture like flower petals and waves, and mix lots of paint with ease.
Arteza Acrylic Paint Markers
Arteza Acrylic Paint Markers
Do you love the feel of markers that can give you amazing fine line details on canvas? These acrylic paint markers from Arteza are a great budget-friendly way to ditch the fine line brushes and quickly create gorgeously uniform, solid lines in your artwork.
Prismacolor Pencils
Prismacolor Pencils
Whether it be doing a rough sketch on a canvas or adding beautiful texture on top of a painting, I have come to respect the gorgeous look of colored pencils in my artwork, and Prismacolor always delivers with their deep colors and variety.
