i've been needing to make this video for YEARS now. i cut out a lot of filler and went straight to the point. feel free to skip around, just use the links or even just save this in a playlist so you can always come back when you need it. Enjoy!!!!
I have recently gotten the Artixx Jelly gouche and I was surprised with experiencing it for myself! I can forsee it as my replacement for my acrylics for if I want to do smaller works. I love love LOVE! Thank you for making this video. Saving it for video reference for when I run into new artists.
Pls try Indian brands like Camlin and fevicryl as they are very cheap as compared to the US and still the best!! many Indian fans will like it and will get to know as to what is the difference in the quality as the prices are incomparable. I suggest this to you as the way you explain is so good that audience feel as if they are actually working with the supplies❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The best thing I ever bought myself as an artist was procreate. Obviously, I had the luxury of being able to buy myself an iPad and apple pencil at the time, but if you can't afford that then there are lots of other great programs as well. But if the artist in your life has an iPad and doesn't have procreate, it is SO worth the cost (one time fee, no subscription!). I truly thought I was terrible at art when I was using physical supplies but it turns out I was just better suited to digital than traditional due to my frustration with erasing. If I could buy an irl "double tap to undo" for my traditional art, I would still be filling notebooks to this day.
I'm a professional portrait artist, and when I work in graphite, I use PaperMate Sharpwriter mechanical pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper. The paper's reasonably priced, and of course you can find PaperMate at any office supply store. The lead is a regular 2B, but I can get a great range of tones from it, and the sharp little tip lets me get very detailed. I call them my "secret weapon" because nobody would consider these a "real" art supply, but they are soooo good!
We were really interested to watch this when we saw the title!- the ~$20 price point is a sweet spot for so many great art supplies! One of these days, we hope to see something about "underrated art materials brands" featuring, oh, we don't know, maybe Blick exclusive Utrecht Professional Artist's Colors!
I have to use oil paints in art school and I recently discovered rose (with a dot on the o) oil colours, they're about 2$ a piece and are very nice, blend well, layer well and dry well, idk if they come in sets but I would say they're cheap, at least to me
My FAVOURITE MATTE paint is Josonja it’s really matte and works on anything they are pretty good price too I don’t have art friends to recommend them too so I recommend them to u
Ferrario Van Dyck oil paint probobly the best ratio between quality and price. For around 6€ u get 60ml of paint that has vibrant colors and don't loose as much of ita saturation during mixing, comparing other oil paint of its price ( like van goghs). I also recomended Sankt-Petersburg Master Class but now they are hard to get outside of Russia, for obvious reasons.
About watercolor and colored pencils, I don't know where you can find beyond Brazil and Italy, but I LOVE and totally recommend: the Giotto ones. They are school-grade, but I find them really good. The colored pencil with 36 pencils should be around $6/7 (36 reais, really cheap in Brazil for such), and they are really soft, with good pigmentation, and I can pull off a lot of layers. Imo, It is WAY BETTER than the school-grade Faber Castell colored pencil, and way cheaper too. I just wish the 55 box would come to Brazil 😬 About their watercolor, it is around $4 (20 reais) for the twelve color set, and yeah, school grade, but it has good pigmentation, it is easy to pick the paint with the brush, mix colors, and so on. I have a daler rowney aquafine case that I reserve for anything I need to know lightfastness, but otherwise? The Giotto one serves me REALLY well.
I used to do my comics' lineart with a Bic pen, before coloring them in Photoshop. I'm not the only one either. You can also use it like a watercolor pencil, brushing it with alcohol instead of water. The effect is really cool. While we're here, both Bic and Paper Mate's colored ballpoint pens are a perfectly good art medium. But I don't recommend using alcohol when doing a multicolored piece, the result gets muddy.
Dear Rae, if you like watercolor, please know this about Cotman. They are now made in China and not as good, and you can get the same exact thing under the Phoenix brand for WAY less. Trust me. There are way better watercolors out there, but if you liked Cotman, you will save massive amounts of money. However, if you want true professional watercolors for the absolute best price possible, I HIGHLY recommend Rosa Gallery watercolors. SO good.
not only are there people who literally just don't know what to get for an artist (which as an artist myself i understand-- there's too much options), but there's people that genuinely don't have an insane amount of money to spend on gifts especially in more recent times. and $20 is such a good price point for gifts that aren't too expensive but not cheap either. i'm so happy this video was made. thanks so much rae, you rock !
I say the best thing to get a art lover is a multi media kit. That comes with watercolor, acrylic, oil pastels, colored pencils, chalk pastel because then they get to experiment with all sorts of options.
AHH YES. Recently, my brother got me a yellow tinted sketchbook that was 10 dollars. It has Such thin paper. Like..if you have friends that are artist and your not, pay attention to what they want! And ask them!!
@@1rage17 If you talking about those art kits that come in those weird briefcase sets made for kids, no. No. Those are not good. But idk what ur talking Abt anyway
For those who don’t like drawing in a sketchbook all the time, something that has helped me out is buying a pack of cardstock paper. Not only is it good for holding my colored pencils and markers, but you can buy some at staples in different sizes, high quality, and I use it when making prints My favorite paints of all time are the arteza and soho artist acrylic paints. They’re cheap, last a while, and marketed at a good price Electric erasers are awesome. Literally. It has helped me bring out highlights and fix small mistakes in my colored pencils countless times
Definitely agree. I just got arteza guache paints and absolutely love them. Arteza is a good budget brand. I use bristle board but cardstock is a great option on a budget and can be cut to different sizes. You can also get plain notecards in the office supply store that make great 5x7 postcards. Have never used an electric eraser but have heard good things about them
back when I first started acrylic painting; I was using poster board cut to size I needed :) not super durable, but was cheap and able to decide acrylic painting is what I wanted to do. :) Good suggestion!
@@s.rose16 since mine are done not in the greatest quality this is best in the beginning and to be sold at a cheap price. I take a picture of my artwork either outside or under a lit room (best done when it’s bright out). Most devices allow you to adjust the photo anyway you like so play around with those and print a few test prints. Then you should be good to go. For larger sizes that your printer can’t handle, you need to find an outside resource. Hope this helps!!
Rae, you have been a huge impact in my life. I just re-discovered your channel and I realize how much of an example your art has been throughout my art journey. I’m currently going to a special art school that is middle through high school. You will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤
I used to use typical acrylics until I discovered HOUSE PAINT! Yes, Sherwin Williams interior house paint! You can get any color in a very large sample for 5$ - 6$, but all you really need is the primary colors. Just make sure you get base C so you get pretty much straight pigment.
1) Using a cake board as a palette (cover it up with some plastic wrap if it is too rough). 2) Using old, dried, ready to throw out brushes for various textures. 3) Buying all my art supplies from a wholesale market rather than a fancy art shop. (I have the availability in my country, sorry if you do not) 4) Buying cheap and expensive canvases and using the cheap ones to practice. 5) Buy a big sheet of some cheap canvas and have frames to attach it on for practice only. 6) Buy cheap watercolour pencils from any brand and whenever you want a precise highlight or shadow on your painting, wet the pencil itself and use it. The pigment and precision is amazing. I know these aren't art supplies but its just something I find hepful in my process.
I have to recommend eBay and other resale sites. You can get new or barely used products for ½ the price sometimes even cheaper. A lot of these sites will let you set up alerts, so if there's a particular product you're looking for, you can try to wait to get it for a good price. Like I have recently gotten an 8 pack of posca for $10 when at my local art store they are more than twice that price.
You're the most talented artist on youtube that I know. You're so goddamn unique and the way your review- RAEview I mean- is just so absolutely informative yet short and simple! Keep up the great work rae c:
I'm mainly a watercolour painter and my absolute love is the Kuratake gansai tambi paint. It's a Japanese paint so takes a while to get to you outside of Japan but is very worth it. However if you are vegan definitely not for you, unlike other watercolours from what I know most of the gansai paints are made with animals. The way they are made makes them thicker but not like gouache. They're more expensive but for me and my art it is 10000% (my profile picture was mainly done with these paints if you are wondering :)
For the ones that love pencil colors I highly recommend Faber Castell Super Soft series. I'm Latina, so I'm not pretty sure if they are available in other countries, but they're just a very good option when Prismacolor are too expensive. I've heard Arteza pencil colors are really good too and I think they are easy to get in the USA.
When it comes to watercolour I do use windsor and newton and love it, but another brand I love even more are the white nights, they feel even more vibrant and pigmented and i think they were even a bit cheaper and also come in nice cases with an inbuilt pallet :D
@@Chirp-chirp it's "nights" like the time of the day, not like guys wearing armour, idk where are you from and what internet stores you use but I just checked and they're available on Amazon if you can't find other sources
@@mothie-art thanks, last time I checked they weren't available on Amazon but I'll look into them again. Also, I know that it's nights haha I mistyped in my first comment
As someone who does cartoons finding a good graphite set is hard for me because I use it for non realism reasons. I use the Prismacolor graphite drawing set. The easers are not the best but the light weight turquoise value pencils are great for light construction and the wood less pencils are too die for. Honestly my favorite type of pencil to work with!
For doing base sketches prismacolor col-erase was a game changer for me. It was something a favorite artist listed as a staple supply when I was in my late teens and I've been using it ever since. Always use the light blue or green. You can put down twenty layers of lines with that light blue and it erases clean every time. Love it. For acrylics, using liquitex basics for the first time after always using sets of student grade tiny tubes by unknown brands, or using craft acrylics... absolute revelation. They're like butter. So creamy and smooth and wonderful. My go to art pens are actually faber castel pitt pens. Alcohol markers I always bought Promarkers (I guess they're Winsor and Newton now). Great marker at an insanely low price. (At the time) 0.99 or 1.99 a marker to Copic's (again, at the time) 3.99 or 4.99.
Personally I enjoy using the Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pens for my fine-lining work and for filling in the black areas. I find they give me more control than using the Micron Pens. 🙂
I used the Tombows for years until I tried the Zebra brush markers and was blown away by how much darker they are, if you haven't tried them yet I highly recommend them.
OIL SET - Personally I would recommend the Daler Rowney Georgian Oil Colour set. The last set I bought was in college 15 years ago and they are still going strong even though I don't use them as much.
I always recommend using a water color pencil to sketch for paintings so that while your painting the sketch disappears and blends in. It’s a little pricey but holbein acryla gouache is amazing, it’s smooth and dries matte. Since it’s acrylic based it won’t be reactive if you go back in when it’s dry to add details, which is nice.
Yeah, the watercolor pencil & traditional watercolor combination is really helpful, I've been doing this vs using a regular pencil to sketch the line work in recent months.
I can't remember the prices but I get these a lot from Hobby Lobby and Amazon: Faber Castell is my all time favorite brand for art supplies. Been using them over 20 years now. I'm happy you brought up their Graphite! I love that set! I used to do Watercolor and Gouache a lot: Windsor and Newton is definitely an amazing brand but another recommendation is Holbein. But the Gouache from Windsor and Newton is the best. Artist's Loft is another great type of paper. I haven't yet tried the Watercolor pad but I have with the other pads. They're amazing just like Strathmore. Edit: I'm looking for an Oil Paint myself. I can't find one I like and ones I tried are. . . 😓.
If you want some good and cheap oil paints then check out Camlin Kokuyo’s professional set of oil paints 12 x 20 ml set it’s only about 8 to 9 dollars and their really good.
I think staedtler mars lumograph black pencils are also a really good set to use especially if you want less of a glare compared to regular graphite! I've had trouble personally with charcoal due to the messiness, but I still wanted that same rich darkness in my drawings and those pencils provided a somewhat similar look.
My first watercolor set was a Windsor & Newton set of pan paints. 3 years later and I’ve finally just about wiped it out. Good quality for beginners, and it’s a great travel kit too. Just got a Koi set with a water brush. More vibrant but that water brush is a new skill 🫣
I find it a shame that the only affordable and nice quality gouache on the market is himi gouache. Don't get me wrong now, himi makes amazing gouache and I do own a set. But the only other gouache I've ever found is either cheap gouache for children or tiny tubes of super high quality and VERY expensive gouache. I may be wrong but so far I feel like there's NO middle point besides himi on the market, and it was a shame back them when himi didn't exist because I couldn't try anything out without either getting really poor quality or ruining my expenses Some people are not willing to buy online too recently, which means I can't really suggest any middle ground for people I know or customers at the art store I work at
I bought myself a glass dip pen a couple years ago, it's so sparkle-y and beautiful! It's not the most precise point but functional, and well under $20. I also like little travel sets of watercolors and little sketchbooks. When I was a student I wanted the FULL SET of anything, and hated pocket-sized sketchbooks, but now that I am older and have no time to lay out paints, I like these little sets that can fit in my purse or desk.
This was such a great video! So often people buy junk that won’t get used or things that stifle creativity. A gift of art supplies really helps the recipient open new doors and let their creativity free and encourages imagination. Thank you! There are a couple I’ll be checking out for personal use as well! Happy holidays!
I actually love the caran d'ache luminance in terms of colored pencils. They blend like an absolute dream and layer really well. Doesn't rlly matter that they're expensive. Well they're lightfast (for those who do not know what is lightfastness,it is something that makes ur artwork last longer when exposed under the sun or any ultraviolet light source) don't worry if you can't buy them, it's for people who sell their artwork. (orignal artwork obviously not the print). Also because the color on the pencil almost matches the color that's actually the color of the pencil. That's actually not a problem, you can use swatches if you want to match the color to a printed picture and if ur not someone who wants to sell their artwork u can use prismacolor premier, these pencils also blend like an absolute dream and u can layer them really well. So if you have the money, you can spoil urself and buy a set of caran d'ache luminance but if you don't want to spend a lot you can buy prismacolor, they work the same except for the lightfastness thing. Edit: Arteza and Arrtx, both also really an amazing alternative for both. These pencils also blend and layer pretty well. Another good alternative to caran d'ache is the Derwent lightfast. They're much more cheaper than caran d'ache. But THESE PENCILS blend SO GOOD AND LAYER and the thing is that they're LIGHTFAST just like the luminance. Also when it comes to markers, Ohuhu markers are really good, like Rae said they're just cheap and AMAZING!
Rae did a video a while back testing Amazon basic art supplies and found them to be good quality. I purchased her recommendations (all were under $20) and loved them! Her video is on her other channel. Thanks for doing this Rae!
Budget and nontoxic tips/supplies for painters: Instead of using turpentine to wash your oil or acrylic brushes in, you can use witch hazel. It is less toxic especially if you have animals around that like to sniff your paint water. Also no strong smell so you can use in a less ventilated studio or office like say a garage. You can also mix some into your paint water to keep your brushes from getting crusty. (Never leave your brushes in water overnight, it ruins the bristles) Also craft/popsicle sticks are good for mixing paint or a pallet knife. Never mix with your brush as it will ruin your bristles. You can never go wrong with gifting the canvases and paint from the dollar store as it is great for beginners and artists on a budget. I go through the small canvases and paint from the dollar tree on a regular basis. For an off brand paint marker instead of poscas, penguin brand have 28 colors with dual tips that work just as if not better than poscas for a fraction of the cost on Amazon. They are $28 retail but can usually get them on sale for under $20 or use a gift card even better Watercolor paper is great for all media and cheaper than multimedia paper. The arteza cold pressed mentioned is what I preferably use for all my painting and sketching Also can never go wrong gifting good quality brushes like artistic bear co as well.
Oil paints are not only available in sets but also individually, maybe it's cheaper to start with buying a few individual colours, yellow, blue, magenta, black and white. The oil paints I like are Winton by W&N and Van Gogh by Talens. Talens also has a cheaper brand called Art Creation, they also have oil paints under their name. Art Creation has, in the price range it is in, materials that are of a higher quality than other brands at a similar price and also has larger quantities of paint to buy individually than other brands.
For gel pens, I love the Pentel ones like Milky Pop, Glitter, and Metallic. I used to get them when they were more widely available in stores (back in the late 1990s, early 2000s). They can still be found online and in some art stores. Although I haven’t tried it yet, I did buy the Windsor and Newton oil paints that can be cleaned up with water.
I just have to say .. speedball India ink and I go WAY back …. Like 45 years 😱 … nocked it off my desk in my bedroom in the 70’s … and yes, it STAINS yellow shag beautifully 😂😂😂
i love prismacolor premiere!!! oh my god they're fantastic. though for a cheaper option prismacolor scholar is also quite nice! i own a small pack of the scholar series and they're pretty nice imo ^^
I work with watercolor mainly, and I absolutely fell in love with Reeves watercolor. I was introduced to them in high school and still use them to this day. They're decently priced, perfect for every artist beginner or advanced, and super pigmented.
i mainly use alcohol markers and it can be hard to find paper that is thick enough to handle the ink but doesn’t t soak it all up and dry out the marker. The best (under 30$) ones that i have found is the Ohuhu marker pads, the price depends on the size but they usually vary from 10$-30$ CAD. i hope this helps anyone looking for good marker paper!
Paul Rubens watercolors Prismacolor colored pencils Strathmore 300 series watercolor paper Silver black velvet watercolor brushes Stadler graphite pencils Micron PN pen Deleter pen and nibs Dr.ph. Martens ink These are the supplies I use the most
I would think alcohol markers would dry much faster than water-based markers since the alcohol evaporates quickly. 🤔 I'm confused. I am new to using markers in mixed media.
either SOHO Urban from Jerry's Artarama or Maimeri Classico. Lukas Strudio from Jerrysartarama, Gamblin 1980, Blick Studio or Utrecht Studio from DickBlick are also good.
unfortunately for international viewers, prismacolors cost a lot more outside of the US. For example, prismas on amazon US cost (when directly translating the cost from usd to rub) 5k rubles, while here buying it officially will cost about 15-20k (10k on aliexpress) 💀
If y'all are high schoolers in the US, PLEASE look into dual enrollment art classes!! My state provided the full cost of dual enrollment and I was able to get 300 dollars worth of supplies, to keep, for free! Remember to keep your grades up and participate tho :)
Paper mate ink joy black in is my favorite to use for watercolors and illustrations. It’s dark, goes on smooth and water resistant. Oil pastels my go to is mungyo gallery soft oil pastel and then Caran D’ashe. Gouache I like Turner’s Acryl and Holbein.
11:22 I am not sure if in countries other than mine (Poland) it is possible to buy these oil paints but they are really good quality 45zł (11$) for 18 colors are called "Marie's oli paint" worth looking for if someone really cares about good cheap paints
As a watercolor artist, I don't recommend cotman! Sennelier's student watercolors are great. They probably are more expensive, but are REALLY worth it! When it comes to Pro watercolors, I personally tend to mix and match. M.Grahms have the best blues there are. Daniel Smith are best known from their Earth tones. I've had best of luck with Reds and yellows from Sennelier. But tbh, all these brands are amazing. (Daniel Smith's essentials set is 25$and it AMAZING for beginners. Given you only 6 paints, which is less, but it teaches you mixing. I'd suggest adding Earth tones to it to make the pallet versatile.) A watercolor paper made using 100% cotton is usually preferred due to its superior absorbtion of water. The paper by bee paper co is very inexpensive. And I would not get anything below 300gsm (140 pounds). :)
I agree with everything except the brushes. I haven't had to buy a brush in so long I have no idea what is out there. I noticed you didn't cover crayons, soft pastels, oil pastels, and water-based markers so maybe you could do a follow up video on those media..
I wouldn't call these my favorite but this opinion is coming from a broke person who's never used prismacolors they are the "leisure arts premium colored pencils 30 count." it's got an owl on the box if that helps. I'm not sure how much they are at walmart or something but I get them at a local place for 2.99 I think they do their job pretty well :)
Thank you for mentioning that you don’t do business with HL anymore. I’m lmao-ing about how you say oil….. like a girl from the middle of the oil field 😂
5 below paint. oh my gosh not the best but its beginner friendly and i even still uses them when i have stuff like gold brand paint and stuff i manly paint land though so i don't know if it would be good for portents. i love the canvas she suggested . i would suggest gold brand but its like 20 a bottle but if you got the cash you should try it and if you need help blending pencil you can just put some lip balm and it will blend or if you put some mascara and lip balm it will help for dark darks if your like me and have turbel getting dark darks i wouldn't suggest doing it on regular paper but if you do let it sit and with carmex it will dry down perfectly
What kind of paint do you use in kindergarten in your country? In France we use gouache because it's washable, the teacher had those giant bottles to fill all the little cups of everyone
Yay, a buying guide=)Love-love-love such vids, sometimes I just watch only them - help to understand what is still great and useful=) I'd rather buy watercolours in tubes - I'd have more, than in pans. But I have to admit - little cubers in their own palette are so cute=)
I have tried ohuhu markers and I absolutely love them but here is my complaint. Many alcohol based markers have a large variety of pinks and blues and greens,but other colors like red orange and purple they only have 1 or 2 in the smaller sets and that is quite an issue I see with ohuhu.
My daler rowney Ebony series sketchbook has taken literally everything i’ve thrown at it- gouache, watercolour, pencil, crayons, paint markers, alcohol markers, acrylic, and even india ink/calligraphy ink doesn’t really bleed on the paper noticeably, which i find is a problem in almost every other sketchbook i’ve had. It’s the most versatile and reliable sketchbook paper i’ve ever used and i’d consider it a must-try for any artist!!! It is also not too expensive (at least in the uk) and comes in various sizes, black or white paper, and both spiral and perfect bound versions.
dallar tree they have acrylic paint &canvass start there then upgrade to walmart paint and canvases next upgrade to either hobby lobby or michales (hobby lobby has sales every other week) michales sometimes has 40% off compon sigh up for rewards :D thats how i started....and my buget was legit 20$ a month and now i have my own youtube channal and upgrade tohobby lobby or michales! also ross dress for less always has paint,canvas,brushs all under 20$
Ive been on a making sketchbooks craze so if soneone wants to give me a gift just give me sone cheep ish big paper and ill make it into a sketchbook for myself.
this is not a suply nor am i an artist but if you guys dont know where to buy a white pen and its hard to use corectors my tip is grab offise fluid correction take a pencil cover the pencil tip w nail polish or glue and dip the pencil in the fluid it dries quick and its what i use it rlly helps out
