8 Basic ART SUPPLIES for Beginners !

Every Artist dreams that they should have all the art materials that bring the best version of their work. The right tool brings your artistic vision to life.

In this article, you will learn about each art supply and find out how to choose the best ones for a beginner, as well as where to buy them.

The type of art supplies you need depends upon the type of work you do, like 

- Watercolour Paintings

- Gouache Paintings

- Acrylic Paintings

- Oil painting

- Abstract Art

- Mandala Art

- Dot Mandala Art

- Floral Art

- Sketching 

- Doodling

- Calligraphy

Table of Content

1.Drawing paper

2.Pencil

3.Eraser

4.Paints

5.Brushes

6.Fineliners pens

7.Brush pens

8.Varnish

1.DRAWING PAPER

Choosing the right paper for drawing/painting is very important. As a beginner, you don't know about which paper you should use. There are many varieties available in the market is based upon the density of the paper. 

From here you can understand! 

g/m² is also known as GSM.

• Best brand for Charcoal Paper is Brustro.

• Best brand for 300gsm Watercolor paper is Canson Montval.

• Best brand for 400gsm Acrylic Paper is Anupam.

BRUSTRO Toned paper is also available in different sizes and density!

2.PENCIL

THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF PENCIL - GRAPHITE AND CHARCOAL

1) GRAPHITE PENCIL

One of the most important tools in art is pencils.

For normal outline or any drawing, you can use HB pencils

But for sketching you need a full set of different shading pencils The average six-pencil set will have a 2H, HB, B, 2B, 4B, and a 6B. These numbers correspond with the hardness of the graphite. You don’t require a large collection of pencils, 3 to 4 pencils are enough. However, it is essential to have 2B for drawing sketches and shading, 6B for dark shading and 4H for light shading.

• H stands for "hard". 
• HB stands for "hard black", which means "medium-hard''.
• Letter “B” to designate the blackness of the pencil's mark, indicating a softer lead.
• The letter “F” is also used to indicate that the pencil sharpens to a fine point.

 

 

2) CHARCOAL PENCILS

Charcoal pencils are used for fine and crisp detailed drawings.

Some of the best charcoal pencils that can be used by both professionals and beginners.

For Professionals

•Derwent Charcoal Pencils.

•Staedtler Mars Lumograph Charcoal Pencils.

•Mont Marte Woodless Charcoal Pencils.

•Original Charcoal Pencil by General Pencil.

•Looneng Sketch Charcoal Pencil (Soft)

For Beginners

•Camlin Kokuyo Medium/Soft/Hard Charcoal Pencils - Best Choice

•Apsara Charcoal Pencils Assorted

•Brustro Woodless charcoal pencil set

3.ERASER

There are so many types of Eraser

 

Asan Artist you should buy Kneaded Eraser as

it does not leave behind eraser residue, thus it lasts much longer than other erasers. Kneaded erasers can be shaped by hand for precision erasing, creating highlights, or performing detailed work.

                                        4.PAINTS

The most Important COLOURS COLOURS AND ONLY COLOURS. For an artist, there is no end to buying colours.

Different Types of Colours are -

1) Watercolors - It came under tube or dry pans.

Watercolours give you a transparent effect and have a water-based solution.

Best Watercolor Paints for Professionals

1)Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolors. 

2)Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: The Classics. 

3)Reeves 24-Pack Water Color Paint Set. 

4)Royal Talens Ecoline Watercolors. 

5)Daniel Smith Introductory Watercolors.

Best Watercolor Paints for Beginners

•Camel Student Water Color Tube

•Doms Artists Water Colour Tube

•Faber Castell Creative Studio Watercolors - Best Choice

•BRUSTRO Artists’ Watercolour 

2) Acrylic Colours - It came under tube and glass bottle. It gives opaque and shiny appearance after they dry and can be used on surfaces besides canvas, such as wood, metal, fabrics, and ceramics.

Best Acrylic Colours for Professionals

•Winsor & Newton Artist's Acrylic. 

•Liquitex BASICS Acrylic 

•Blick Studio Acrylics. 

•Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint

•Golden Fluid Acrylics 

Best Acrylic Colours for Beginners

•Fabrica Camel acrylic colours 20 shades - Best choice

•Fevicryl - Acrylic Colors

•BRUSTRO Artists Acrylic Colour Tube Set of 24 Colours

Open stock acrylic Colors are available at Sitaram Stationary

3) Poster Colours -Poster colour is a water-soluble opaque paint consisting of a colour mixed with a binder such as glue or gum to give it a dull finish.

Best Poster Colors Doms Poster Colors or Doms Tempera Colors.

4) Gouache Colors- These are highly pigmented, bright opaque colours with a matte velvet finish. It has strong coverage and is easily intermixable. It is also lightfast.

Gouache has finer pigments and can come in both tube and pans.

A primary difference between the two paints is that gouache is more opaque than watercolour.

Best Brands For Gouache colours-

•Winsor & Newton Designers' Gouache

•Daler-Rowney Designers' Gouache

•Sennelier Gouache Extra Fine

•BRUSTRO Artists' Gouache Colour - Best Choice for Beginners

• ARTEZA Gouache Paint

5. BRUSHES

Choosing the right brush is very important. After all, different effects require different brushes you’ll find many types to choose from: natural or synthetic bristle, long handle or short handle, and various shapes and sizes.

Choose a beginner watercolour brush set!

• For watercolour, which demands loading with lots of colour and water, uses a natural-bristle brush.

• For Acrylic paints, which are alkaline use synthetic brushes.

Here is the difference between natural and synthetic brush set -

ROUND BRUSHES

Always first buy a Round series brush set practice using these brushes then buy another brush set!

I would recommend 3 brands you can buy anyone -

• Pidilite

• Faber castell

• Camlin

Pidilite Fine Art Taklon Brushes they are superb it would cost you around ₹370!

Faber Castell Round Brush Set which cost you around less than ₹250!

Camlin Round Brush Set which cost you around less than ₹350!

Note - Always have a 000 size brush!

If you want to buy single brushes instead of a set, you can buy it from Sitaram Stationary or Itsy Bitsy Here you will get Round, Flat and Fan Brush at low cost.

FLAT BRUSHES

A combo of Flat and Round brushes are always necessary for any painting. Flat brushes have domed ends. They allow good coverage and the ability to perform some detail work.

Pidilite Taklon Flat Brush Set this cost you under 400

Camlin Flat Brush Set this cost you around 500

Faber Castell Flat Brush Set and this cost you under 150 - I will recommend this one!

NOTE - You don't have to buy the full set just buy size 1, 3,6, 8 that's it.

COMBO PACKS - You can also buy combos of flat and round brushes from  Faber Castell and Brustro brands under 500 you can get both the sets -  BEST CHOICE!

If you want to buy single brushes instead of a set, you can buy it from Sitaram Stationary or Itsy Bitsy Here you will get Round, Flat and Fan Brush at low cost.

6.FINE LINERS PENS

 

Finliner pens are favoured by artists to create detailed and precise linework. They came in different sizes so that you can easily do detailed work.

Rollerball = a bit softer with some variation depending on pressure, the ink is slower to dry out.

Fineliner = Fiber tip and much softer, with good line variation, dry quickly.

•Sakura Micron series 

•Uniball Signo series

•Staedtler Pigment Liner Fineliner Pen Set

•Brustro Professional Pigment Based Fineliner - The best choice for Beginners

7.BRUSH PENS

 

 A brush pen is essentially a marker used by calligraphers and illustrators so that they can create varying widths depending on how much pressure is exerted. Using a brush pen, we can create thick and thin lines upper strokes and downward strokes.

Best Brush pen for Professionals -

•Karin markers

•Tombow Brush pen

•Crayola Markers

•Pentel Touch pens

•Ecoline brush pens

Best brush pen for Beginners -

•Doms Brush pens - Best Choice For Beginners

•Camlin Brush pens -Best Choice 

•Zig Fudebiyori pens

•Staedler Brush pens

•Add get Little Artist twin tip brush pens 

8.VARNISH

 

Picture varnish is a post painting coat for oil paintings as well as acrylic painting. A coat of picture varnish will not only protect the painting but also impart a gloss to it. Fixative Spray is a much needed, suitable for a variety of mediums like soft/ dry pastels, charcoal, oil pastels, pencils, crayons, etc. The fixative will form a transparent non-removable protective film on the surface after drying.

 

Brand - Camlin Fixative spray

          IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CREATE!

So these are the 8 basic material you should buy as an artist. With this essential art tool, you are ready to craft some inspirational art paintings. 

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