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Category Archives: art supplies

Art Studio Makeover Plans and Inspiration

2 / 17 / 202 / 21 / 20

Art Studio Makeover Plans and Inspiration

Designing a workable and attractive Art Studio has been at the top of my list this past year, and I’m happy to say we’re finally nearing the home stretch.  Organization and functionality is at the top of my list.  In my work as a professional designer, I use a lot of different supplies, and keeping them close at hand makes my work flow faster and more reliable.  And also more profitable.  I was raised by a professional organizer who always taught me that losing time looking for things comes at a cost.  

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How to paint Watercolor Bugs DIY

2 / 3 / 202 / 4 / 20

Learn to paint watercolor bugs with this DIY tutorial! I  had the opportunity to share this tutorial with Brooke Walker on KSL Studio 5 and wanted to post all the supplies you need to paint fun watercolor bugs like these.  There are a few great tips and tricks that makes these so simple and fun to paint; I’m sure you will be painting tons in no time!

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Best Overhead Camera Mount Tripod for Painting Videos

2 / 1 / 202 / 1 / 20

I’ve finally found the best set up for overhead camera mount tripod painting videos!  If you’re looking to create multi camera or single camera Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook videos or posts keep reading!

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Watercolor Professional Starter Set

1 / 17 / 201 / 17 / 20

Ever get intimidated by all the different tubes of watercolor there are for sale?  I know I do!  I frequently get asked which watercolor professional started set of paints I’d recommend.  This post has links to my most used colors, as well as my favorite style of palette. 

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Best Brushes for Watercolor

12 / 1 / 1912 / 11 / 19

Some of the best brushes for watercolor can still be budget friendly, and what is what you will find in this post.  I paint most things with a round size 4 Cotman or Princeton brush.  I also love their liners for fine details; and have recently started using the FW markers with watercolors or inks inside for all my fine line work so they made this list as well.

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15 Best Art Supplies for Kids

12 / 1 / 1912 / 1 / 19

Being professional illustrators and parents to 4 small children, we have some major opinions on art supplies.  I believe it’s important to buy quality supplies, and to keep them edited so they don’t become a hot mess.  I also think that kids create more work for a longer time when they have less supplies.  Here are links to our current faves for all ages brought to you by me and my ten year old daughter.

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10 Best Watercolor Supplies for Christmas Gifts

11 / 24 / 1912 / 11 / 19

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Best Watercolor supplies for Christmas gifts

The holiday season is here so here are my top 10 best watercolor supplies for Christmas gifts. These are all items I use every day in my career as an illustrator and surface designer.  If you know me, you know I’m an art supply hoarder and I love nothing more than trying out the latest and greatest, and here are my tried and true picks!

At the end of this post you’ll find links to my new Blick University pages where you can easily add everything to your cart, or pick and choose whichever items you need from this list!

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All about Gouache Paint Traditional and Acryla

11 / 18 / 1912 / 11 / 19

Gouache paint traditional, acryla, and watercolor. Paper and palette.

All about Gouache

The time has come to tell you all about Gouache.  I’ve included everything you need to know in this blog post, including what’s the difference between gouache and watercolor, what paper to use with gouache, how do you pronounce gouache, acryla gouache vs. traditional gouache, and much much more!

 

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Dave Malan Art Pencil Sketch Portrait Supplies Sketchbook Drawing

11 / 4 / 1911 / 24 / 19

My husband, illustrator Dave Malan, is probably best known for his pencil studies of faces done in a distinctive cross hatching style.  His mechanical pencil portraits have a life to them unrivaled in the art world.

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Schmincke Blick Floral Watercolor Haul in NYC – Part 1

2 / 8 / 1910 / 20 / 19
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