I want to get "real" artist supplies for my daughter. I know nothing about art. I know I want something other than paint. Does that mean pencils, or are there other choices? What brands, suppliers, and types of supplies would you recommend?
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justwonder
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There are many possibilities. Pencils, pen & ink, charcoal sticks, pastels and even grease crayons. I would take a stroll around my local craft shop (if there's a Michael's near you, that would be ideal). I'm sure you'd get some ideas.
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theres several pencils you will need' also a board' sketch pad,brushes an eracers,
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What age is your daughter? That will probably determine what you get the most. You said no paint but watercolor paints are generally pretty safe and easy to use with out a lot of cleanup. If yu don't mind mail order stores Dick Blick has a huge catalog of lots of great things and they have very reasonable prices. http://www.dickblick.com/stores/ A lot of stores charge an arm and a leg for art supplies.
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If she prefers pencils and similar, you could try watercolour pencils, oil pastels etc. If you can get them, I would recommend Derwent Graphics. Not cheap, but great quality.
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If you have a Hobby Lobby in your area, it would be a great place to start. I had rather buy art supplies from a store. They have a great variety of art supplies ranging from very economical to very expensive...in just about everything you can think of....pencil, charcoal, watercolor, pastels, etc.
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oil pastels are great and fun to work with and blend/shade....whatever you do, dont get the Roseart brand, of anything <_> its horrible... as far as colored pencils go, i think crayola is as good as anything out there, i mean you dont really want to pay an arm and a leg for something with a fancy name when its just going to be the same thing as crayola... paints are a different story, theres alot of different kinds, mainly water colors, regular crayola paint that comes in the jugs at wal mart, or theres acrylic paint, not cheap but definately the best, its what i love to paint with when i do paint, very easy to work with. if she really likes colored pencils and pencil type things, you could get her some charcoal pencils, when used properly they can create some magnificant pictures. theres always drawing with chalk, too. hope i gave you some good ideas! and you dont have to spend an arm on a leg on these things either, all are found at wal mart! being a real artist doesnt mean you have to spend alot of money
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GET SOME PRISMA ART MARKERS THERE A LIL EXPENSIVE BUT HEY UR ART LOOKS BAD AS AFTER WHEN U BLEN THE COLORS TOGETHER
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Unfortunately, in the art supply world. The most expensive brands are usually expensive for a reason, as in they contain the best ingredients and work the best. So that is usually a good indicator of quality. I use charcoal, pastels, liquid markers and pencils (pencils and markers that change to paint when you add water) and when I paint, I paint in either oils or acrylic on canvas or paper specifically for the medium being used. Watercolor painting is rather difficult and the set up is really expensive as you need dryers and things like that. As is an airbrush set up. Depending on what medium she prefers, find out and go from there. It is best to start with one thing at a time especially if there is a budget to consider. Art in any case is a rather expensive hobby.
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Pastel chalks and pencils as well as different weights and styles of paper would be fine. An easel is a terrific gift.
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For color pencil, I recommend COLLEEN, it's affordable but its colors are brilliant. For more expensive and better color tones, Use Lyra Rembrandt or check out Prismacolor. For board paper for colorpencil, MasterBoard is fine. But I heard Bristol paper is better. For watercolor, PRANG brand is affordable and brilliant as well. But you can check out more expensive ones for better finishes. For watercolor paper, give her Stratmor 300 gsm. ;-)
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I read that shes 8 years old, but honestly at that age shes way too young to determine if shes actually any good at art (everyone thinks their child is awesome, but 8 is just way way too young). You would be better off just working on keeping her interest in it. Dont worry about getting expensive supplies- better to do your best to facilitate her creativity.
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Personally I love to work with prisma colored pencils, In AP art studio thats almost all I used, They are just incredible art tools but don't get the thin ones, get the Premier prisma color because they allow for maxium blending oh and make sure to buy a colorless blender they come sperate but are a great thing to have.
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It depends on how old your daughter is, if she's around 9 or 10, get her colored pencils and a how to draw or sketch book,or if she wants paint, get her water colors. but for coloring, get her oil pastels or crayola crayons. It all depends on the age.
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http://www.dickblick.com/ Is she showing any aptitude for art? If she hasn't done anything yet, just get her a few things and let her try them. Get beginner kits. If she doesn't like that, try something else. My grandmother lived near the original Dick Blick store and was an artist herself. She used to get me supplies. I think the first thing she got was a small set of acrylics, a few brushes, a palette knife, a pad of wax paper palettes and a pad of canvas textured paper. Over the years she got me water colors and brushes, charcoal pencils and paper, etc. I never took to any of it, but eventually I settled into pen and ink and did pretty well with it. Later I learned to dabble in water color and tempura as well. Just remember that an artist can create real art with anything. I think it was Benjamin West who learned his craft by drawing on fence boards with cold coals out of the fireplace.
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