What kind of art supplies should I buy?

Question

I have very little experience with painting/drawing, but I'm very interested in it. What kind of supplies should I buy to get started with?

Answer 1

I agree with "I don't know" answer, I am a bigginer myself, I started last year and I bought tones of art supplies(colors, paper...etc) that I didn't use. First start taking some classes or use books to learn the basics with pencil, fusion and paper. Then decide with medium you want to use in painting. I started with Pastel because it is simple to use and apply. then I am in watercolors now, (or you can choose oil, whatever you like and you are interested in)

Walter foster have very useful books for beginner, they are series for drawing, pastel, watercolors, oil, acrylic...etc
you can buy some to introduce you to every midium and inside the book they give you the list of supplies that you need to buy. here is the link: http://www.walterfoster.com/

Hope my answer is useful and good luck.

Answer 2

If you want to learn how to paint, an excellent place to go for supplies is dickblick.com. You can buy the Reeves Easel painting oil set which isn't too expensive and it's great for beginners, it has all that you need to get started included in the set, even a desktop easel. There's a lot of different sets you can buy at Dick Blick, just navigate to the oil painting gift sets on the website (or if there is a store near you I'm sure they have the same sets). The only thing that isn't included in the set I mentioned above is paint thinner, you'll need a small bottle to clean your brushes and materials with. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Well if you don't know these then I suggest you be under an Art teacher or guide before you practise art or atleast read some good art teaching books .To start ,start with anything you feel like. .By experience you will know by yourself what is good for you.Most of the material also depends on what art work you are contemplating to do. Of course art supplies you can bye either from most of the stationary shops or shops catering for art supplies exclusively in your town If you have not done portfolio page before then my suggestion is be simple and don't go for fancy ideas and if portfolio cover is very important to you then get it done by some professional at cost which may come out cheaper than cost of all material you are thinking of buying for one time job. good luck

Answer 4

Here are some supplies for you to get started. They don't need to be fancy or expensive for as long as you have them. The key here is to use different materials and find which one you enjoy using.
-pencil
-crayons
-water color
-thick bond papers or a skecth book
-color pencils
-eraser
-sharpener

Try to use different coloring instruments for every artwork. I tried crayon but I didn't like using it because it is difficult to get the right shades. When I tried using water color and I realized that I'm good at it!.

Remember, you're only beginning so don't spend lots for canvas and oil paints. Start with the basics and work your way up. Let your creativiy flow!!! Good luck!!!

Answer 5

It all depends what area of painting you want to do ? . If you are interested in fine art , that is take a canvas and just flip and trow paint at will to make some color collage of lines and mushy stuff to be called art !! for that you need canvas of medium size like a 3x4 and any oil kit of the shelf will be fine , But that kind of painting takes allot of oil tubes , so Buy 4 to 5 brushes , from small to wide ones to move allot of paint , then buy if you want not necessary is the hand paint board , but you can do it on a sheet of plywood or even better a laminate, of course just a small piece like 16" x16" will do , is easier to clean , then the oil paints, get a largest tube of Titanium white and Lamp black , and the colors go with Burnt Umber ,sap green, cadmium Yellow, lemon Yellow ,burnt sienna , Phthalo blue, cadmium red , cobalt
blue ,.. then get your self a small metal art spatula , will serve you for mixing and also for laying it on the canvas besides of the brush ,, Get a bottle of paint thinner to clean , and some pure turpentine to mix in the oil paints .
Now if you are interested in painting realism , start with practicing simple objects like balls, cubes and practice shadows with light emanating from different directions , practice first with color pencils fill in spaces of objects and practice variations of tones related to shadow so it looks tree dimensional , and then practice
the horizon point of view with dimensional distant points , to give the cube effect , after you find confidence with the same paints I suggest and a simple scenery begin to practice , pay attention to your tree dimensional objects by emphasizing your shadows this is very important . and good luck.

Answer 6

that is a very open ended questions as it depends entirely on what it is you want for a finished produce having said that you can check out the online catalog of DanielSmith.com and see what strikes your fancy. If I were you I would start out with a very simple water color set and try your luck if you find that you are contented with what you produce then graduate up to acrylics because they do not smell, dry quickly and clean up with water. If you are going to do that then get a starter kit. It contains a tube of each of the following black white red yellow and blue you would then have the three primary colors and something to tint with (white) and something to shade with (black) get used to mixing your own colors with those basics and you will save thousands of dollars over time by knowing that... anyone can go out a by a tube of premixed colors so learn to mix the basics and you will be very satified with what you can do.

good luck with the experience from someone who has been painting longer than you have been alive.

Answer 7

you should take a class at a local art place. The teacher will tell you what supplies you need to get started, and youll learn a lot more that way

Answer 8

Go to any craft store (like AC Moore) and walk around...keep looking at so many different things...and you'll be drawn to admire somethings and go back to certain items more and more.

I walk through....and always buy a blank canvas.....and have paints on hand. When the spirit moves, I paint....whatever I want.

Answer 9

Buy a beginner's kit which would have most of the things you need to start painting. I got one from Costco that came with a wood easel. I put a painting that I bought on it and pretended that I did it.