Art Supplies I Use

This is a collection of the art supplies I use regularly in my studio and across my online classes.

As I’m based in N.Ireland, the links are to UK and Irish retailers. If you’re shopping internationally, the product names will help you source the same or similar items in your own country.

All of the supplies listed here are part of my own day-to-day practice.

Paintbrushes and Paint Applicators

Short Flat Paintbrushes

Royal & Langnickel SG-304 5 Piece Flat Brush Set

Mop brush set

Silver Brush : Silver Silk 88 : Synthetic Brush : Series 8819S : Mini Mop : Set of 4 Set of 4 mini mop Silver Silk goat hair brushes Suitable for acrylic, acrylic ink, watercolour and gouache.

Sometimes known as a smudger, a tinter or a blender, this versatile brush can be used in all mediums and is available in sizes small, medium and large and extra large. In decorative painting, you would tend to use it as a dry brush and for softening edges

Deerfoot Stippler

Terry Harrison Special Effects Brush, Perfect for use with watercolour, acrylic, and oils. I use this for stencilling and stippling paint effects.

Water Reservoir Paintbrushes

6 Pcs Water Paint Brush with Refillable Reservoir - Water Brushes with Fine, Medium, and Large Tips for Painting and Sketching

Needle Tip Bottles

Needle Tip Applicator bottles small

Pipettes

10 Pcs Pipette Dropper Plastic,10ML Pipette Dropper, I use for transferring inks and paints into my needle tip bottles

Catalyst Tool

Princeton : Catalyst Wedge Silicone Painting Tools. Not quite a brush. Not quite a palette knife. Catalyst tools are crafted from flexible silicone to allow artists a new form of expression.

Stencils and Texture Tools

Cell Theory Stencil

This stencil from The Crafters Workshop is great for mixed-media, paper arts, stencilling, sponging, spraying, spritzing and chalking.

Wood Effect Stencil

Marianne Design Stencil mask Tiny's Sliced Wood, White, Small

Leaf Design Stencil

Marianne Design Stencil mask Tiny's Leaf Grain, White, Small

Animal Print Stencils

CrafTreat Animal Print Stencils for Painting - Cheetah and Zebra Skin (2Pcs) Size: 6X6 Inches

Foam Design Stencil

Marianne Design Stencil mask Tiny's Foam, White, Small

Geometric Stencils

CrafTreat Reusable 6x6 inch (12 pcs) Geometric Set Stencils for Painting

Natural Texture Stencils

10pcs Stencils for Spray Painting, 6x6 inch Reusable DIY Stencils

Collage Paper

120 Sheets Vintage Scrapbooking Paper.

Handmade Collage Paper

An assortment of collage paper packs. Each pack contains at least 35 pieces of collage paper, mainly unique, painted and hand printed by artist Roberta Hopkins.

Palette Knives

RGM : x6 Traditional Palette knife Set. Excellent for painting and mixing, RGM's high-quality palette knives offer functionality and versatility

Paints & Mediums

Winsor & Newton Acrylics

Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic paint available in 60ml, 200ml, and 237ml sizes

Liquitex Acrylics

Liquitex : Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paint. Highly flexible, durable, non-yellowing, UV resistant, water-resistant and pH neutral when dry.

Holbein Acrylics

Holbein : Heavy Body Acrylic Paint. Professional range of heavy body acrylics with the texture of extra fine oil paint, offering superior covering power, clean mixing, and vivid, brilliant colour.

Golden Acrylics

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic paint available in 60ml, 150ml, 236ml, 473ml, and 946ml

Golden Fluid Acrylics

Golden : Fluid Acrylic Paint. Strongly pigmented fluid acrylic paints. Suitable for a range of painting techniques from brushing to spraying.

Golden High Flow Acrylics

Golden : High Flow Acrylic Paint. Ultra-thin acrylics with an ink-like consistency offering incredible versatility. Use directly from bottle to airbrush, refillable marker, or dip pen. Great for staining, dripping, pouring, and more

Acrylic Inks

Daler Rowney : FW Acrylic Ink. Acrylic-based, water-resistant ink in a choice vibrant colours. Suitable for a range of painting techniques.

Glazing Liquid

Golden : Glazing Liquid : Satin : 237ml. Glazing Liquid can be blended artist acrylic paints to create an incredible variety of colour glazes.

Masking Fluid

Winsor & Newton 75Ml : Art Masking Fluid

Matt Gel Medium

Liquitex : Professional : Matt Medium Gel : 237ml.

Black Gesso

Liquitex : Professional : Black Gesso : 237ml. Liquitex Black Gesso is a pre-mixed black acrylic ground used to prepare painting surfaces.

White Gesso

Liquitex : Professional : White Gesso : 237ml. Liquitex Gesso is a premium acrylic gesso used to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint.

Holbein : Coloured Acrylic Gesso

Coloured acrylic ground for use on all surfaces, including canvas, paper, cloth, wood, stone, and primed metal.

Mark Making

Caran d'Ache : Luminance Colour Pencils

Luminance Colour Pencils are formulated using finely-ground pigments chosen for their purity, intensity, and resistance to UV light. Suitable for artists and creative professionals.

Water-soluble Pastels

Versatile water-soluble wax pastels with high pigment concentration and a soft, velvety texture. Suitable for a wide range of surfaces.

Derwent Pastel Pencils

Derwent : Pastel Pencils. These pastel pencils have a soft powdery texture and are ideal for blending and colour mixing.

Derwent Water-soluble Pencils

Derwent : Inktense Pencil. Highly pigmented watercolour pencils that are permanent once fully dry, offering excellent layering without moving previously dried layers.

Posca Fine Markers

Uni POSCA Marker Pen PC-1M Extra-Fine

Archival Drawing Ink Pen

Sakura Pigma Micron Drawing Pen. Archival quality ink is acid-free, chemically stable, waterproof, and fade resistant. No smears, feathers, or bleed-through on most papers.

Empty Acrylic Marker

Molotow : One4All : Empty Acrylic Twin Marker : 1.5mm and 4mm Nib. Empty Twin Marker has two tips - a 1.5mm fine liner and a broad 4mm bullet tip - which make it suitable for a range of applications. It be filled with fluid paint.

Molotow Acrylic Markers

Molotow : One4All : 627HS : Acrylic Marker. Permanent acrylic-based markers

Pentel Mechanical Pencil

Mechanical Pencil 120 A3, Tip 0.9 mm, Ochre. Easy to grip, no need to sharpen!

Sketchbooks & Substrates

Soft Cover Sketchbook

Stillman & Birn : Zeta Softcover Sketchbook : 270gsm : Smooth : 8x10in (20x25cm) : Portrait. White, extra-heavy weight 270gsm paper has a smooth surface and also has internal and surface sizing, allowing it to accept light washes, wet media, and watercolour as well.

Hard Cover Sketchbook

Stillman & Birn : Beta Papers : 270 gsm Natural White Cold Pressed. The hardbound bindings - stiff when new - are designed to be broken in. The spines get eased in and then lay completely flat, accommodating both two-page drawing layouts and flatbed scanning.

Trio Toned Sketchbook

Stillman & Birn : Nova Trio : Softcover Mixed Media Sketchbook : 150gsm : 7.5x7.5in (19x19cm). Nova Trio is a softcover sampler sketchbook that has mixed sheets of the three Nova Series shades, beige, grey and black.

Black Toned Sketchbook

Stillman & Birn : Nova : Softcover Mixed Media Sketchbook : 150gsm : 8x10in (20.3x25.3cm) : Black. Soft cover and contains a versatile medium-grain 150gsm paper. This paper supports a wide range of dry and wet media and is double sized for exceptional wet strength.

Watercolour Paper

Canson Montval 300gsm watercolour practice paper pad including 12 sheets, size:24x32cm, natural white and Cold Pressed (Not)

Primed Canvas Roll

Loxley Gold Canvas Roll 100% Cotton - Universally Primed

Derwent Watercolour Paper A2

Professional quality watercolour paper. Extra large A2 paper size Contains 12 sheets of heavy-weight 300 gsm acid-free paper in white Derwent A2 Watercolour Pad, 12 Sheets, Dimensions (D x W x H): 07 x 594 x 42 cm

Artway STUDIO Spiral Bound Sketchbook

This spiral bound sketchbook forms part of a range of professional quality artist sketchbooks, using high quality materials for a balance of quality and practicality.

Daler Rowney A5 Sketchbook

Ebony Artist's Hardback Sketch Book - 150gsm - 62 Pages - A5 Landscape

Ranger Dylusions Creative Journal

Ranger Creative Art Journal 11 1/2 x 9 inches, 64 pages

Tools and Accessories

Paint Tube Squeezer

Paint tube squeezer. Tube squeezer helps you get every last bit from all metal and plastic tubes.

Brush Cleaner

The Master's Brush Cleaner & Preserver-1oz. Will keep brushes like new. Also easily restores old, hardened brushes.

Long Point Sharpener

KUM : AS2M Automatic Long Point Sharpener With Lead Pointer

Double Sharpener

Studio Essentials : Double Pencil Sharpener

Masking Tape

Frog Tape Yellow Delicate Surface Painters Masking Tape 24mm x 41.1m.

Stay Wet Palette

Masterson Sta-Wet Premier Palette Airtight Paint Palette Keeps Paint Fresh for Days 12 x 16 Inches

Colour Wheel

Color Wheel 9.25-inch, Other, Multicoloured

A2 Drawing Board

A2 Drawing Board - Large Adjustable Table Top Easel/Stand for Painting, Drawing.

Binder Rings

Multi-uses: binder rings are great for loose-leaf, scrapbook, stencil storage etc. I use mine for my colour palette library and mark making library!

Hole Puncher

Compact and lightweight tool for creating a hole in paper or card. I use this to punch holes in my colour swatch cards and in my stencils for storage.

Water Spray Bottles

Plastic Spray Bottles 500ml, 2-Pack Water Sprayer Bottle. Handy to keep stay wet palette moist and for thinning and spreading paint.

Varnish & Sealants

Gloss Spray Varnish

Winsor & Newton WN Professional Gloss Varnish ( I use the gloss, satin and matt varnish depending on the finish I want to achieve)

Matt Spray Varnish

Winsor & Newton Professional Matt spray Varnish ( I love to use the matt finish when varnishing paper paintings )

W&N Spray Fixative

Winsor & Newton : Professional : Soft Pastel Fixative Spray : 150ml

Degas Fixative

Spectrafix Degas Pastel Fixative 360ml. This natural fixative works well on all papers and is based on an antique recipe used by Degas himself. Perfect fixative for pastel, charcoal, gouache, and watercolour.

Framing

Jackson's : Ready-Made Wooden Tray (Float) Frame for Canvas

Designed for framing canvas, Jackson’s Wooden Tray Frames Sizes available from 20 x 20cm to 60 x 75cm, in rebate depths of 23mm or 44mm Excellent quality Obeche wood

Jackson's : Canvas and Ready-Made Wooden Tray (Float) Frame Sets

Jackson’s frame and canvas sets are great value and high quality. The tray float frames are made from Obeche wood and include fittings for hanging. Sizes available from 20 x 20cm to 60 x 75cm, in rebate depths of 23mm or 44mm. Artist quality Cotton, pine and obeche wood

I LOVE ART | Floater Frames

These frames are made of Abachi wood painted white. They have a deep stepped profile width of 5.3 cm and are 3.5 cm deep.

Studio Set-Up Equipment

Dahle 446 Paper cutter

I use this for trimming my art prints and for cutting watercolour paper to size it cuts up to A1, 25 sheets cutting capacity 920 mm, it has self sharpening blades with useful cutting guides.

Neewer Ring Light 14"

Dimmable LED Ring Light Kit Includes: 30W Bi-Color 3200k-5600K Small Ring Light, Light Stand, Soft Tube, Phone Holder

iPad Stand

Height Adjustable Tablet Stand, I use this regularly in my studio to view reference images and my photo album to paint from.

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Product availability and prices may vary by region. While these links direct to UK retailers, most of these brands are available internationally through art supply stores and online marketplaces.
I am not affiliated with any of these products or brands - these are simply the supplies I genuinely love and use in my own art practice. I receive no commission or compensation for sharing these recommendations with you.

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