Artists are often asked what supplies they use. Being that I’ve collected a vast number of different media for my various artistic endeavors, I figured I was overdue to create a list of everything I own for creating one piece or another.
I have decided to forgo listing individual colors of things like paint, for the reason that colors are a preferential thing and not something that will likely be beneficial to other artists (at least for this list). I will be making brand notes where I feel it is appropriate, but not ever supply needs to be brand specific. Certain supplies like graphite and charcoal are pretty hard to mess up, so cheaper brands are usually acceptable. Additionally just because a supply is listed doesn’t mean that it gets regular use. Many of my supplies sit for months or even years before I have a project that can utilize them properly. Additional this list is not in any particular order. I simply stood in the studio and looked around. That being said, here’s my complete list:
(List Updated 1/5/2020)
Painting Media
Acrylic Heavy Body Paint (Golden, Liqutex, & Utrecht)
Acrylic Paint Mediums, Pastes, and Gels (Golden & Utrecht)
Golden Acrylic High Flow (1 bottle)
Oils (Water mixable, Traditional, and Pigment Sticks)
Liqutex Acrylic Inks
Gouache
Acryla Gouache
Watercolors (Cake, Tube, and Mediums)
QoR Synthetic Ox Gal
Black Gesso
White Medium Body Gesso
Gesso Brush
Paint Brushes (Various Types)
Glass Mixing Palettes
Painting Knives
Powdered Tempra
Spray Paint (Liqutex Professional Prefered) & Spare Spray Caps
Gloss Clear Coat (Valspar)
Cap Cleaner
Drawing Media
Oil Pastels
Soft (Chalk) Pastels (Rembrandt & Blick Preferred)
Crayola Anti-Dust Chalk (Yellow)
India Ink (Speedball or Higgins)
Walnut Ink
Iron Gall Ink
Ink Stick and Grinding Stone
Speedball Block Printing Ink
Drawing Pens Various Brands)
Dip Pens
Sharpie Markers
Copic Wide Markers and Refills
Colored Pencils (Prismacolor Premiere Preferred)
White Prismacolor (single pencils used outside of full set)
Graphite Pencils (Wood, Woodless, and Vintage Clutch)
Charcoal (Vine, Pencils & Compressed)
White Charcoal
Erasers (White/Plastic/Vinyl, Kneaded, Art Gum)
Blending Stumps & Tortillions
Feathers
Wood Drawing Stylus
Brayer (Rolly thing for block prints)
Compasses, Circle Templates, Triangle Tools, and a big cutting mat
Chamois Cloth
Workable Fixative
Tacky Spray Glue
Papers and Supports
Canvas (Pre-stretched, Un-stretched/unprimed & Stretcher bars)
Wood
Cardboard
Sheet Metal
Illustration Board
Sketch Paper (White and Brown Toned, Canson Preferred)
Drawing Paper
Bristol Paper
Newsprint
Mixed Media Paper (Canson)
Light Drawing Paper/Tracing Paper
Black Drawing Paper
Dura-Lar Plastic Film
Vellum
Watercolor Paper
Pastel Paper
High Gloss and Semi-Gloss Printing Paper
Sticker Paper
Hardware, Tools, and Misc.
Air Dry Clay
Sidewalk Chalk
Plastic Bags (for covering palettes)
Tool Box (For travel with painting supplies)
Bubble Wrap
Metal Stylus
Putty Knife
Picture Wire
Hooks and Hangers (Sawtooth, S Hooks, Screw Eyes, L Pins)
Box Tape
Masking Tape
Duct Tape
Frog Tape
Needle Nose Pliers
Compressed Air
70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Wood Burner
Wood Carving Knives
Manual Hand Drill
Sandpaper
Staple Gun (& spare staples)
Box Cutter (& spare blades)
Rulers (listed here due to multiple uses outside of drawing)
Table Brush
Kleenex
Paper Towels
Glass Jars and Water basins
PVC Pipe, Bricks, Bolt, and Wing nut (live stream rig)
Paper Cutter
X-Acto Knife (for small paper cuts +spare blades)
Spotlight
Easels (Travel Telescoping, A Frame Wood, Small Tabletop Wood)
Nomad Art Satchel
Work Table
2 Stools
Mat Knife and Bevel Cutter
Rags
Backpack & Side Bag
Old Paintings
Tech.
Surface Pro 4
HP Pavilion Laptop
Performance Custom Build Desktop (Not in studio, but used for video and art)
Canon XA 10 Camcorder (+Microphone, lenses, and filter accessories)
Sony Handycam SR-68 Camcorder (Old camera shoots 480p)
4 Tripods
12” LCD Monitor (VGA connection 2004 era)
Microsoft Lifecam (Webcam)
AA Batteries
Old Drawing Tablet (Wacom Graphire4, new Intuos Pro used with desktop)
Photo Camera
I’m sure I’ve forgotten at least one or two things, so this list of course is always growing and ongoing. I want to make note that I did not create this list to brag. Far from it in fact. The point of this list is to show my working set of tools. If you have seen my videos you will know that much of this list goes untouched, so it’s not really about the “stuff” that any of us have but instead about how we make use of it. I’ve also been painting for over 16 years and have built up a this set out of my own purchases, gifts, and donations that have been made to me from friends over the years. I hope this list inspires you rather than intimidates you, and gets you excited to try out new materials!