Art supplies for Kids (adults too I guess)
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This is a hill I will die on.
Buy the good stuff, quality over quantity. Invest in high quality materials they'll last, a few high quality blending colored pencils, will be much better for your child to work with than 300 waxy unblendable colored pencils that will be limiting and a source of frustration So make the investment of a few high quality supplies for your child to work with.
Encourage your student to Pick a challenging new medium and to work through the frustrations. Children are brilliant magical creature that deserve to be treated as professional artists because frankly they are!
Here's my list of some of may favorite materials along with descriptions of the material. There are some affilate thinks, feel free to use them or visit your local art supply store to get what you need. This is just a suggestion of materials, you buy no need need all of the supplies or any at all you can work with what you have at home. I love prismacolors for colored pencils, markers and pastels. They are great quality and a worthy investment.
Prisma Colored pencils
Pastels
Prismacolor Colorless blender marker- this is great for both markers and colored pencils
Prismacolor Colorless blender pencil, it great for colored pencils for blending and creating texture.
Oil Pastels
Sketching Traditional Materials
Conte crayons
Pencils
Graphite lead woodless pencils
Paint
Gouache
Watercolor
Watercolor pencils and crayons
Acrylic Paint
Gel Mediums
Brushes Get the right brush for the right paint. Soft brushes are great for watercolors.
Water Color Brushes
Acrylic Brushes
Palate Knives
Substrates aka Paper
Cutting down good quality paper when learning and experimenting with the medium is helpful. Move on to large pieces of paper to create finished artwork and projects
WaterColor Paper
Canvas
Other supplies
Exacto Knife and Blades and cutting mat
Free stuff
Old magazines, cardboard, paint chips, old photos, Newspaper, sticks, pressed flowers.
I know this was a long one but the idea is to have this blog to come back to and reference for what fits your families needs.
-Julia