Buy good tools and materials and you will save yourself money and aggravation in the long run!

Palette and Materials I like on Amazon:

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Pastel Paints

Rembrandt Soft Pastels

Canson Mi-Teintes Multi Colored Pad for Pastels

CarbOthello Pastel Pencils 

Nupastels sticks 

Julian Easel (for pastels, oils, acrylics and even watercolor)

Uart Paper 400 Grit   You can use water on the Uart paper.

 

Oil Paints:

Sets:

Gamblin Artist Grade Set.

Gamblin Artist Grade Set.  (This would be my first choice)

Gamblin Student Grade Paints (Good for beginners and economical)

Winsor & Newton Oil Paint Sets (This is the one I would recommend- it is Artist grade)

Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Paint Set (Good for beginners and more economical)

Odorless Mineral Spirits (do not use Home Depot - it is not the same - or Turpentine)

Oil Oderless Mineral Spirit Holder 

Glass palette with gray background 12x16

Student's favorite stay wet palette and tote bag-the palette fits nicely inside the tote bag

Portable stay wet palette for acrylic, oil, watercolor and gouache. 14.5x9.5x1.6.

Tote bag with Multiple pockets storage art caddy 

Photographing your artwork:

Canon Camera  

Canon Camera  with attachments and tripod

Tripod for Camera (I use one like this)- Also good for taking photographs to paint from)

Framing Tools

Logan Dual Driver Point Gun

Fiskars Self Healing Dual Sided Cutting Mat

Scotch ATG 700 Tape dispenser for backing your frame

Acid free tape for Scotch Tape Dispenser

Picture hanging wire  for framing

Small electric rechargeable screw gun -the best I have found for framing!

Black backing paper

Logan Mat Cutter 

Picture Hanging kit with wire and hooks

Utility Knife

Wire cutters/staple pullers/nail pullers

Picture Hangers

 

Books I Recommend

Alla Prima by Richard Schmidt

Color and Light by James Gurney

Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis

 

 

 

 

Winsor & Newton:
Flake White
Ivory Black
Raw Sienna
Cad Yellow Medium
Cad Lemon
Permanent Alizarin Crimson (I like Van Gogh brand as well)
Burnt Sienna
Colbalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Viridian

Optional colors for landscape:
Pthalo Blue
Sap Green

Portrait
Naples Yellow ( a really good color to have)

the paper you buy)
Kneaded Eraser