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This is a follow up to my video Art Supplies Are Expensive! Am I Wasting Them? • Etsy 2019 Free Shippin...
::1. Surfaces::
Alternatives to pre-stretched and primed surfaces:
Cardboard, chipboard or any heavy weight board primed with gesso
Wood scraps found at lumber yard or furniture makers, wood working shops (MDF, masonite, birch veneer plywood)
100% rag paper bit.ly/3WNpulQ
Acrylic gesso 32 oz Liquitex Acrylic Gesso
Fredericks canvas pad tinyurl.com/tr65xpy5
18” x 24” amzn.to/2R0OsPf
8”x 10” amzn.to/2L7CXSm
:: 2. Paint ::
Student grade paint (see "4 Types of Acrylic Paint” video for more info • 4 Types of Acrylic Pai... )
2 brands I have used in my classrooms
Liquitex Basics tinyurl.com/328cuyce
bit.ly/LIQBasics4pack
Winsor & Newton Galeria tinyurl.com/22vksbtv
bit.ly/WNGaleria10tube
:: 3. Brushes ::
Try to buy the best quality you can afford. The suggested brushes are for ACRYLIC painting. If you are painting with oils use similar sizes in these 4 shapes but buy brushes specifically designed for oils.
A starter set might be:
1. Long handled thin round (4 mm or smaller) size 1 or 2 Winsor & Newton Galeria or similar. tinyurl.com/4ws36aa8
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2. Flat Brush that is 1- 1.5 fingers (10 mm) width is a good place to start. The brush I'm using here is the Winsor & Newton Monarch Flat size 12 or similar tinyurl.com/4hddj4uy
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3. Filbert (about 15 mm) Winsor & Newton Artist's Acrylic Brush size 16 tinyurl.com/2cn4cuww
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4. Bright Brush Da Vinci Size 20 (20mm wide) or similar tinyurl.com/2cn4cuww
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Watch my brushes video for more info. • Brushes for Acrylic Pa...
:: 4. Palette ::
magazine best for 1 -2 hours or less painting time.
Freezer paper freezer paper to use as palette paper
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Butcher tray palette more investment up front but reusable, and environmentally friendly Metal butcher tray goo.gl/EhbnKs
large zip top bags for putting over tray palette to save paint amzn.to/3GotKlL
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:: 5. Shop Sales ::
Back to school sales
Coupons (Michael’s has a coupon app, Dick Blick has regular sales and coupons. Who else where you are? Please share in comments.)
E-bay - buy from sellers with 97% rating or higher and allow returns, read reviews
Garage sales, estate sales, jumble sales
Some cities have re-use stores for art and craft materials.
In San Francisco Bay Area:
Scrap sites.google.com/scrap-sf.org...
801 Toland St, San Francisco, California 94124 (enter on Newcomb)
East Bay Depot for Creative Re-Use creativereuse.org
4695 Telegraph Ave. Oakland California USA
FabMo www.fabmo.org
Designer fabric and samples for creative re-use
970 Terra Bella Avenue, Suite 5
Mountain View, CA 94043
SHARE YOUR LOCAL RESOURCE IN THE COMMENTS, PLEASE!
Housepaint - not meant to last a long time, less pigment but for learning and practice.
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