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My favorite art supplies!

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I am an abstract artist, and I use a lot of different things to create artwork. So when I come across products I use and enjoy, I add them here! I have divided the supplies into different sections to make finding the type of product you're looking fo...
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Acrylic paints

 
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Great addition to the studio for fluid art!
Acrylic Ready-Mixed Pouring Paint by Artist's Loft™
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Beautifully pigmented paints!
Liquitex BASICS® Acrylic Paint, 4oz.
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Good quality paints!
Acrylic Paint by Artist's Loft™, 4oz.
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Incredible heavy body acrylic paint!
Golden® Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, 2oz.
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I absolutely LOVE Decoart premixed fluid paints! A must have for any studio 🤍
DecoArt® Fluid Art Ready-to-Pour Acrylic™ Paint, 8oz.
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Gorgeous color and quality!
Montana™ Gold Acrylic Professional Spray Paint
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I love these paints! So smooth and beautiful ✨️
Liquitex® Professional Acrylic Gouache™ Paint, 2oz.
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I love this paint!
Liquitex® Professional Soft Body Acrylic Bottle, 2oz.
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Amsterdam makes gorgeous paint! I always have the greyish-blue, oxide black, titanium white, and greenish blue in my studio.  Highly recommend!
Amsterdam Acrylic Tube 120ml Greyish Blue 562
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Pearl paints are absolutely stunning! They are gorgeous when used in fluid art, as well as when they are used straight out if the tube. They have become a staple in the studio!
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint Set 6x20ml Pearl
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Ivory Black, 500ml - Galeria Acrylic
 
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Beautiful, vibrant colors! These paints are so smooth to work with!
Liquitex Soft Body Artist Acrylics - Essentials Set, Set of 12 Colors, 22 ml
 
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love these!
Golden Open Acrylic Paints and Sets
 
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I love using acrylic ink! These inks have loads of beautiful colors to choose from and so many ways to  use them!
Liquitex® Professional Acrylic INK!, 1oz.

Watercolor paints

 
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A great kit for starting out, kids, or just playing!
36 Color Watercolor Paint Value Pack by Artist's Loft™ Necessities™
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I love these paints! So beautiful!
Professional Watercolour | Winsor & Newton
 
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Daniel Smith paints are incredible!
Daniel Smith Extra Fine™ Watercolor, 5mL
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Oil Paints

 
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Buttery smooth oils!
Winsor & Newton® Winton Oil Colour™ Tube, 37mL
 
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A great set for beginners or for traveling!
Winsor & Newton™ Winton Oil Colour™ 20 Tubes Set
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Paper and canvases

 
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Great canvases available in so many sizes.
Level 1 Back Stapled Canvas by Artist's Loft®
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Great canvases for all types of art!
Level 2 Ultra-Smooth Traditional Profile Canvas by Artist's Loft™
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Love these canvases!
Level 3 Gallery Wrapped Heavy Duty Canvas by Artist's Loft®
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I love and trust the quality of Strathmore art supplies!
Strathmore® 400 Series Drawing Paper Pad
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Highly recommend!
Strathmore® 400 Series Mixed Media Paper Pad
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XL® Mixed Media
 
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Great paper for drawing to mixed media!
Ohuhu Marker Pads Art Sketchbooks for Markers
 
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Love this paper! And these come in 4 different sizes!
400 Series Colored Pencil
 
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These canvas packs are a great deal! I use them for acrylic, gouache, oil, markers, inks, etc… they take whatever I put on them.
2 Pack Value Pack Canvas by Artist's Loft® Necessities™
 
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I LOVE these canvases!
Level 3 Gallery Wrapped Heavy Duty Canvas by Artist's Loft®
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I use these quite a bit and love the quality!
The Edge All Media Pro Cotton Canvas 36"x36" - 2-1/2" Deep (Box of 3)
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Studio furniture ideas

 
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Great way to organize your arts and crafts and have everything at hand while working!
Essex Rolling Cart by Simply Tidy™
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These carts are so handy in the studio!
Lexington 3-Tier Rolling Cart by Simply Tidy™
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Perfect storage and organization anywhere in the home!
Modular Mobile Chest by Simply Tidy™
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Perfect for plein air painting!
Medium Sage Storage Box by Artist's Loft®
 
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Great to organize your favorite supplies!
ArtBin® Large Art Storage Case
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Drawing and sketching supplies

 
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I use these all the time!
General's® Charcoal Pencil Kit
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My favorite! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alcohol-based Markers
 
Explore Colored Pencils
 
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My favorite brand!
Derwent | Derwent
 
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You can't go wrong with Derwent!
Pencils - Derwent
 
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love these pencils! They lay down beautifully, blend, and look gorgeous and vibrant even after adding water.
Derwent Inktense Pencils, 4mm Core

Paint brushes & other tools

I am an abstract artist and I tend to use random things for mark making… you never know what might appear on this list!

 
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This Gamvar varnish brush is purpose-built to support the work of varnishing for oil and acrylic painters working with Gamvar gloss, satin and matte varnish. The brush offers the correct thickness and stiffness — soft enough to contour to the texture...
Gamblin Gamvar Varnish Brush, 2"
 
Acrylic - Princeton Brush Company
 
New York Central Oasis Synthetic Brush Short Handle, Size #10 French Quill
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Gouache

 
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I love this brand!
Winsor & Newton™ Gouache Paint Set
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Mediums and varnishes

Some of these products are for oil paints and some are for acrylic paints

 
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Gamsol is a must for oil painters!
Gamblin Gamsol
 
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Neo Megilp is a contemporary version of Maroger. Customize your palette with this soft gel medium that maintains the body of oil colors, increases transparency and flow and imparts a smooth, silky feel.
Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors Neo Megilp Medium, 4.2 oz.
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This paint medium from Winsor and Newton is a low-viscosity alkali refined oil of pale color which is a slower drying variant of the linseed oils. Refined Linseed Oil makes oil color "fatter." It reduces the consistency of the paint and increases glo...
Winsor & Newton™ Refined Linseed Oil, 250mL
 
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This set contains a sampling of Gamblin painting mediums and is a great introduction to understanding their role in your artist's practice. Created with safer materials than traditional mediums, this assortment recreates historical practices without ...                                               2 oz. Gamsol - 2 oz. Refined Linseed Oil - 2 oz. Galkyd Lite -   2 oz. Neo Megilp - 2 oz. Cold Wax Medium - 37mL Solvent-Free Gel Medium
Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors 6 Piece Medium Set
 
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I love this varnish!! (for acrylic paintings)
Liquitex® Gloss Varnish
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Love this for use with acrylic fluid artwork!
Liquitex® Gloss Medium
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