You can be an artist and create from anything with supplies as simple as a pencil, pen or sharpie and paint on anything from a napkin to a piece of cardboard.
For me, it means anything goes. I love experimenting and use a lot of different supplies to make my marks, paint/collage/draw on my ground or surface and tell my story. BUT, that doesn’t mean you have to. My goal is to show you my process with many options and techniques so that you will see it is okay to try different things to create your own unique art piece.
Basic supply staples that are always in my art kit
Art Surface or Ground (I used a 16” x 20” canvas but all the techniques and processes demonstrated are applicable to other surfaces or grounds)
Liquitex Matte Medium Fluid
Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
Golden Artist Colors Acrylic Paint
(I primarily used titan buff, titanium white, zinc white, raw umber)
Golden Fluid Colors Acrylic Paint
(I primarily used titan buff, titanium white, zinc white, raw umber, bone black, carbon black, Indian yellow hue, burnt sienna, nickel azo gold)
Bondo spreaders
Pencil
Pen
Charcoal
Caran D’ Ache Neocolor Water Soluable Wax Pastels (pick your colors)
Palette paper
Palette knife
Assorted sponges
Stikk black masking tape (any painters tape is great, I just happen to love black)
Sharpie Peel-off china marker
FW Ink (I used black)
Paper towels
Spray bottle for water
Other Nice Supplies, not required
Sponge Nibs
Sand Paper
Tracing Paper
Date Stamp (plus ink pad)
Sharpie Ultra-Fine Retractable Tip
Primo Elite Grande Organic Black #5000
Voiskie Acrylic Painter White extra fine
Water Color Paints + Gum Arabic or + marble slab to mix on
(I primarily used Earth Pigments – Black Iron Oxide, and my Majorelle Blue Pigment came from Morocco)
Daniel Smith Watercolor Stick (I used black)
Mint Tea
Warm-ups
Art Oracle Cards
The Secret Language of Color Cards by Inna Segal
Inspired Color Palettes
The Little Guide to Butterflies by Tom Frost
Vintage book
Instax Share SP-2 + Fuji Film Instant Instax Mini
Assorted papers
Stencils: (numbers, letters, and symbols) but there are so many awesome ones available in various craft stores or online sites.
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