Watercolor Painting Tips – What Paint Should I Buy?

Just like oil and acrylic paint, there are also a variety of watercolor paints available to the beginner.

It is best to start out with a less expensive brand of watercolors in the beginning. As you become more experienced, you can then experiment with more expensive higher quality watercolor paints.

Here are a few recommendations for beginner watercolor artists:

Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolors

Grumbacher Academy Watercolors

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Oil Painting Tips – What Paints Should I get?

Oil painting is a very popular medium and there are a variety of different paint manufacturers on the market today, which tends to confuse most beginners.

Since you are new to oil painting, it is probably best to begin with a descent quality student grade oil paint. A student grade oil paint will serve its purpose well until you become more experienced.

I recommend looking into the following student grade oil paints:

Winsor & Newton Winton Oils

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Acrylic Painting Tips – What Paint Should I Buy?
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One of the more difficult aspects of Acrylic painting, when just starting out, is figuring out what acrylic painting supplies to purchase. It can be very confusing, so hopefully this this post will help shed some light on the situation for you.  This post will discuss and recommend a few good acrylic paint brands to consider trying.

There are a variety of acrylic paints on the market to choose from, ranging in quality from very poor to exceptional. In my opinion, it is best to start off with student grade paints first and then upgrade to a higher quality acrylic paint as you become more familiar with the acrylic painting medium.

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