World of Painting Materials...

 Do you sometimes wonder what art tools are required to make a good painting?

Here I'll provide you 5 most useful tools, check out all of them and purchase the appropriate tool for your unique painting...

1. Graphite Pencil: A pencil is inevitable if you want to draw anything, right? 

There are many shades in graphite pencils which shows hardness & softness , lightness & darkness of the painting 

2. Brushes: If you want to paint, brushes are inevitable art tools as well.

Let me introduce you to a few basic brushes you might need for your art journal paintings.

For painting with acrylic paint, I usually use flat brushes of different sizes.

However, with watercolor, I mostly use round brushes in different sizes as well.

You can use flat brushes with watercolor, too. Especially if you want to cover bigger areas on your page. But I just love big round brushes for watercolor. They hold enough water and paint for numerous strokes.

3. Paint: There are varieties of paints like Acrylic Paint, Watercolors, Oil Painting, Gouache etc.

I mostly use acrylic paint and watercolors. They are completely different but both have positive sides to them that make you use them over and over again.

If you’re just starting out the painting  you don’t need to spend a lot of money on professional paints. Buy student grade paints now, practice and develop your skills, and then invest in something more expensive and of greater quality. This way, you’ll feel more confident when you start using more artist-grade paints.

And even more, when starting with cheaper art tools and materials, you don’t feel the pressure of making everything perfect and lose the fear of ruining expensive supplies.

4. Painting/Drawing Paper Pads

I use both. I buy paper pads or big sheets of watercolor paper and I cut them into the sizes I want. Making an art journal with these paper pads is another idea, to have them in one place.

Also, if you want to draw and paint separately, for framing or scanning, you can use paper pads.

There are different kinds of paper you can use, depending on what you want to do on it.

The more wet media you want to use, the thicker paper you need. You can choose from mixed media paper, watercolor paper, sketching paper, craft paper, and so many others.

As I said, I mostly use watercolor or mixed media paper because I use a lot of paint and other art supplies that just don’t go well on thin, plain paper.

5. Painting knife or a palette knife

These two are different but can also be used for the same purposes.

A palette knife is used to mix paint on the palette, whereas a painting knife is used for applying acrylic paint on paper or canvas. This way, you create texture and can add interesting details like lines, or small chunks of color.