Which art supplies would you recommend for a 9 year old? Where to purchase?

Question

My friend's daughter is very interested in art and would like to experiment with different mediums like drawing, painting, and sculptor. Where is the best/cheapest place to buy these items? Also, what items would you recommend as a starting artist? We wanted to buy some supplies for her for Easter.

(Michaels is expensive, and she's been to Craft Depot)

Answer 1

My daughter is 9. I am an artist. I have exposed her to water color and have taught her the difference between regular water color and watercolor gouche paint. She prefers the gouche because is prevents transparancy. She is not ready for acrylic because acrylic requires working with speed since the paint dries quickly. She not ready for oils since it is very messy and I dont want to clean everything with turpentine including her little fingers. Pastels and charcoal are also too messy. I've introduced her to "kneeded eraser" which is gentle to paper and doesnt leave the standard eraser type mess. I've introduced her to the different desities of pencil (the artist pencils that range from 6H, 5H,...across to... 7B, 8B).
I've introduced her to different types of paper. She uses and I recommen the following as a guide:
Tracing paper,
Sketch pad paper,
Watercolor paper,
(and for creative arts and crafts) Contruction paper and foam.
Colored pencil (not dollar store colors and not crayola) maybe a 12 set of prismacolor (not "verythin")
Graphite pencils 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, 4H
Any gouche watercolor paint for now (and paintbrushes)

I dont know much about sculpting so I'll leave that to someone else.

I go to Utretch or Pearl Paint for most of my supplies. I have found the following at Staples and staples .com.
Prismacolor pencils, good drawing pads, Staedler brand drawing pencils (kits), kneeded eraser.

Good Luck

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Asel art Supply

Answer 4

Try on line distributors like JerrysArtarama.com, and CheapJoes.com. There are plenty out there. One warning though: cheap supplies are more difficult to work with, and cause frustration. Quality supplies produce happier results. It took me years to discover this. I just thought I was a bad artist. Let her try out one type, say painting. Then, when the supplies are getting close to used up, ask if she would like to try sculpture, or something else, or continue using the current material. There are many, many ways in which any supply can be used, so unless you or her parents can afford for her to try out many materials at the same time, it will keep the spending down.
There are also many books available for beginners, children, and video tapes that are helpful to inspirational that are definitely worth investing in for her.

Answer 5

One good place to go is Asel art Supply. That's where I got my art supplies from. I bought my supplies in a pack and it came with a bag to put everything in. It was a lot cheaper than buying everything separately. It's a good place to shop. I don't know if they have clay though.

Answer 6

What I have given as a gift is a pre-packaged kit with a variety of media in it such as pencils, colored pencils, water color pencils, markers, watercolors, pastels and more. It costs about $20 and sometimes they are available for $10 all in a nice self-contained kit.

If you have an Arron Brothers near you, you might start there.

Otherwise start at Wal-Mart and fill in with items they might not have at your local arts and crafts store.

Here is what I recommend for a beginner to experiment with.
Water based markers, colored pencils, graphite pencils, clay or sculpy, tempera, several brushes, some art sponges for making patterns, water cups, pencil sharpener, small tray with depressions for mixing colors (from an art supply store) a good sturdy tablet of paper from an art store that will accept a variety of media (I suggest a smooth surface). And for a young person, a box to carry it all in. You can get such boxes for perhaps $10-20 depending on size and what they are made out of. Feel free to contact me privately for additional information.

I did this for my son starting at age 5. By the time he was in high school he was receiving awards and college brought additional recognition.

Answer 7

I know when I was about that age I got a paint by numbers and you can paint or use any medium on them. Also I got some modeling clay for my girls at walmart just the cheap rose art kind. Also a good place is Hobby Lobby. I love this store they have something for everyone including children. I really like letting my children explore their artistic side. It is very healthy for yungsters to explore it. So I hope this helps happy painting!!!

Answer 8

i recommend a gouache set. they're very bright and colourful and a littel goes a long way. They also clean up with water. get them and a book on basic watercolour technique - the same techniques can be used for gouache. get her a cheap apron and a drop sheet fro the floor and some large sheets of paper. Tell her to make a small sketch first on an A4, and repeat till she's really happy, then blow the result up onto the big paper

Answer 9

you can get a lot of things at the dollar store.
also you can give her old magazines to cut images and text out to do collages with
you can give her toothpicks and glue
teach her how to use paper mache
salt dough is very cheap to make and fun
let her break (or do it for her) old bottles and/or dishes to make a mosaic with it
making potato stamps
paper for tissue paper flowers
soap carving
paints (acrylics) for painting pet rocks
chalk for sidewalk art
it's never too early to teach a budding artist that creativity is using things for art which don't necessarily come out of a art store. you can use various flower petals to produce color on paper, you can use spices as well, various colored sands/soil can be used. Though I admit that some of those things may be a bit disappointing to find in an easter basket...

Answer 10

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Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery is the perfect allied to make the ideal draw.