Art Materials

Sketchbooks

I have used many different shapes, sizes and formats of sketchbooks over the years but I do have some firm favourites which I find myself going back to time and again:

• Seawhites of Brighton cloth bound square sketchbook 25cm x 25cm 140gsm paper

• Moleskine Folio Watercolour Notebook A3

 

Gelli-Plate

I have two - my small one is 5x7 inches and you can find it here or my larger one at 12 x 14 inches which is here

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Paper for Concertina Sketchbooks:

I have had many queries about what kind of paper I use for my Concertina Sketchbook Project and my go to for this is the A1 Snowdon's Cartridge Paper 300gsm which comes in packs of 50 sheets. from Jackson's Art Supplies

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Paints, Inks and Liquid Media

Brusho Powders set of 12 in a box

Brusho Powders individual colours in a pot

Liquitex Acrylic Inks  which can be bought in packs or individually. I LOVE these inks!!

Winsor and Newton Drawing Ink

I also love the Jackson's Indian Ink which you can buy in different sizes here

Acrylic paints: well where to begin. There are many different brands from basic student grade up to super duper professional and expensive ones. I do like Daler Rowney System 3 and Winsor and Newton Galleria. As for colours I would say get which you prefer but if you don't know where to start I would say get a cool and warm of each primaruy plus Titanium White and Mars Black. I would probably recommend a cool and warm yellow e.g. Lemon Yellow and Cadmium Yellow Deep, a cool and warm red, e.g. Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Red, and a cool and warm blue e.g. Cerulean and Ultramarine

Stabilo Woody - another fave of mine. Can be used wet or dry and you can find them here.

Derwent Inktense - can be used dry or wet, but as the name suggests they have ink-like qualities when used with water. They are divine and can be bought in sets or singles.

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Pastels, Pencils and Pens

Sennelier Oil Pastels - my favourite brand, buttery soft with an amazing variety of colours. You can buy in boxes or singles. I also like the packs of 36 from Faber Castell.

Derwent Artist Pencils - which come in an amazing variety of colours and can be bought as singles or in sets

For soft pastels my go to brand is Sennelier again - I bought the big box and I LOVE them. YOu can buy them as singles here.

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Tools etc

Daler Rowney Stay-Wet Palette  or you can make your own version of one of these with food trays and greaseproof paper - see my Instagram account for details

Bamboo Tools by Bina Shah

Catalyst Blades

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