Art Essentials

- Art Essentials -

The selection of right art essentials give you the freedom to bring your artistic vision to life. Here are the 16 items every artist should own.

01. Pencil

Pencils are essential art tool for creatives. Find a brand working with which make you feel thatyou have always have a quality and varied selection close at hand.

02. Erasers

An eraser is important for an art work station as much pencil is required. This malleable putty will remove graphite from most surfaces – an essential art tool if ever we see because we all make mistakes. so it helps to remove all the errors.

03. Pens

If you love to work with pens, make sure you have a varied selection of the brand you like working with close by. There are thousands of pen brands to choose from, but choose the best which is suitable for your work.

04. Paper and hardback sketchbooks

A ketchbook is an art tool Where you can do roughly work on a piece for your design portfolio or a new logo design.

05. Watercolour paper

There are three major surface textures of watercolour papers, HP, CP (NOT) and Rough. HP stands for ‘hot pressed’. HP is the smoothest paper suitable for the high detail work. CP stands for ‘cold pressed’. CP paper is suitable for most types of work. And finally, third one is ‘rough’, it is suitable for landscapes, seascapes etc.

06. Masonite

Many artists use Masonite for their drawing work. These are easily available from timber & wooden hardware store.

07. Canvas

Selecting the best Canvas is the beginning for the master piece. The canvas can be eaily purchased from the art shops. Depending upon the size and texture of canvas.

08. Mahl Stick

A Mahl  is a stick with soft leather or padded head, used by artists to support the hand that holds the brush. These are widely available at theart shops.

09. Acrylics

Acrylics can be painted on anything. Acrylic paints are the paints made up of pigments suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints are water solubles & become water resistant on dry.

10. Oils

If you want to start painting with oils, there is a wide range of oils from traditional to fast-drying and water mixable.

11. Watercolour

Watercolor is a versatile and flexible medium that can help in creating a variety of results. They come in tubes and dry cake versions as well.

12. Inks

Inks are a top art tool to have a colour, and useful for glazing if dramatic colour is needed part of your collection. Great for adding brilliant

13. Easels

There are many types of easel available in the marketing. The selection of easels should be based on the size of the frame of painting.

14. Palettes

A palette, is a rigid, flat surface on which a painter arranges & mixes paints. Palette is generally made of wood, plastic, ceramic, or other hard, inert, nonporous material, and can vary greatly in size and shape.

15. Brushes

Choosing the paint brushes for the art project isn't an easy decision. Different effects require different tools so it can be difficult to understand which to use. So make sure that you are using the best quality.

16. Varnishes

To preserve the oil paintings, it requires a final picture varnish. Gloss and matte are available for this purpose from service providers.