Great Art Supplies to Try!

I wanted to share some great art supplies with you. I am a mixed media artist so there are a lot of art supplies that I use in my art practice. Here is a list of great art supplies that I love. Be sure to check out these great art supplies!

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Great Art Supplies 

Great Art Supplies -Painting

I love Golden Acrylic Paints and Golden acrylic fluids. The fluids are like an ink/dye and very nice for painting on fabric! 

Posca Pens - I have made lots of painting tutorials with Posca Pens. They are paint markers that can paint on a variety of surfaces. The pens come in different size tips and are great for adding writing, detail and outlines to a painting easily. 

Princeton brushes are the brushes I use most often. I also like Artist Loft brushes that are a bit cheaper but still a pretty good quality. 

Great Art Supplies- Paper making

I like moulds and deckles from the Papertrail they are based out of New Dundee. I also get most of my paper making supplies from there including different types of pulp. 

Great Art Supplies -Software

I love Canva Pro - you can read more about it in this article. It is a great computer program and mobile app to create marketing materials and designs. It is easy to use and organize files. You can try the 30 day FREE trial here! 

Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom- I love Lightroom for editing photos. It is so easy and fast. I love Photoshop to edit more details in photos or create patterns and designs with photos I have taken. 

Great Art Supplies -Books

These books have really helped my business by taking it to the next level. 

Storybrand by Donald Miller

Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill 

I hope you love these great art supplies as much as I do. Let me know which one is your favourite in the comments below! Happy shopping! 

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My Top 10 List of Favourite Painting Supplies

Here is my top 10 list of favourite painting supplies to help elevate your acrylic painting! Learn what Jackie Partridge likes to paint with. What I love about art is being able to test and try new materials. I love experimenting with art supplies and often make great discoveries that way! New painting supplies can allow you to feel creative again in your art practice. Here is a look at my top ten list of favourite painting supplies! I wrote a basic list of supplies you need to get started with acrylic painting - you can read that here!

My Top 10 List of Favourite Painting Supplies

1.  Besides a different variety of primary colours it can be nice to have special paint like a metallic gold or silver -these can be nice touches in a painting -buying a smaller amount is fine to try if you want. Metallic paint is usually more expensive than regular acrylic paint. I also love grabbing colours that I am drawn to or colours I love using like yellow ochre or different greens.

2. A good easel for painting - I purchased a wooden table top easel from Michaels that folds away, making it nice and compact. I went for wood because it can be more durable than some of the cheaper metal or aluminum ones out there.

3. Posca Pens - I love using Posca Pens in my paintings and to doodle with. You can learn more about Posca Pens in these videos on my YouTube channel: Posca Pen Introduction and Posca Pen Zentangle Technique

4. Golden Acrylic Fluids- I enjoy using these as inks on paper, or to mix with my paint or gel mediums to make it more vibrant.

5. Golden Matte Gel, Golden Modelling Paste and Golden Crackle Paste - with these products you can really enhance the quality of your acrylic paint you can make the paint thicker or crack like broken glass. Although the brand Golden is more expensive it is great quality and a brand I recommend.

6. A great sketchbook- I prefer something smaller that I can carry in my bag. I usually buy mine at Michaels because they often have a BOGO sale. It’s great to have a sketchbook to store ideas of future art projects.

7. A variety of brushes including plastic scrapers -just like having extra paint it is nice to have other options.

8. Palette knives- I love abstract painting and the texture that palette knives allow you to get. You can see my palette knife painting videos here:

   How to choose a palette knife, palette knife painted sunset, palette knife river painting, palette knife painted poppy

9. Watercolour paper and coloured drawing paper- I love painting on paper. It is a nice and affordable option to painting on canvases. Make sure to browse the paper aisle at your local art supply store to find something that calls out to you! 

10. Handmade Paper -It can be really fun and beautiful to paint on you can check out some I have for sale in my shop here!

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