A Quick Look At Art Supplies For Beginners

There are art supplies for beginners in just about every category one could imagine for the adult

, students, or children. A newcomer to art should always begin with the basic implements of the trade, that is drawing tools. After learning basic drafting techniques the logical progression to learning to work in other media suggests deciding to choose an art kit to purchase or to pick out supplies separately.

It has been observed that nearly all people go through the same stages when developing their visual perception abilities, which explains why children and adults respond in a similar way when first exposed to art instruction. Teaching art making to a beginner is not much different for a child or grown up so the supplies would tend to be the same. A substantial portion of the art supply market is designed with those at the beginning level in mind.

To start off, there are some items for beginners that one might not think about immediately, for instance, face painting sets or graffiti artists are both popular items with first time artists. Painting kits of different types are also a classic choice.

It has long been an accepted principle that the ability to draw objects accurately is the basis of art. So the most important tools one can provide to a beginner are the elementary tools of pencils, erasers, some decent quality paper and some guides such as a straight edge, compass and french curves. These are the basic tools required for one to begin to practice sketching.

Pencil being perhaps the most basic drawing tool, there are other media including charcoal and pastels, which are important tools necessary to build the skills of rendering and shading tonal drawings. Gaining experience in these differing media is a good way to learn much of the visual vocabulary of marks used to build up a drawing.

After mastering basic drafting skills, beginning artists are much more prepared to advance to the full color work of painting. Pastels and colored markers are a sort of transitional step between drawing and painting. Good quality multimedia art kits can be purchased at reasonable prices and are valuable for beginners who want to build painting skills and learn the different techniques needed for each medium. Brushes, paints and canvas are also available separately.

The easiest paints to get used to working with are water based pigments such as tempera, acrylic, watercolor or gouache. These are simple enough to use by the novice, but can be taken to high levels of complexity when the required skill level is developed. Oil paints can also be used by the beginner, but they are potentially more hazardous and difficult to work with than water based media.

While having the proper supplies is imperative and practice is of great importance in learning to create art, most people can only progress so far without some formal art instruction. Those interested in advancing to a level of creating high quality or sophisticated art should find it helpful to take a look at some online resources when buying art supplies for beginners and consider obtaining some instruction books or DVDs.

by: Darell Belen

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