To help children progress with their drawing and painting skills, it is important we provide them with the right art tools that match their progress and give them a sense of accomplishment by leveling up their art supplies.
Students feel proud and motivated when they are told that the supplies they are now using are used by professional artists and illustrators!
Here are a few professional supplies that I suggest parents getting for their advancing artists. Don’t worry! They won’t break the bank.
- Mechanical pencil
- kneadable eraser
- Holbein acrylic gouache
- Holbein watercolors
- Posca paint markers
I remember getting my first mechanical pencil. It made me feel very grown up! It also enables drawing accurately with fine lines.
Going hand-in-hand with a mechanical pencil is a kneadable eraser. A kneadable eraser allows an artist to get into tight spaces to erase marks making for cleaner sketches and drawings.
Holbein is a Japanese manufacturer of art supplies that make high quality materials that many professional artists go to. I particularly love their acrylic gouache because the colors are saturated. The paints are opaque and dry almost instantly making for easy layering and bold colorful artworks.
If you’re looking to upgrade from student quality watercolors to artist quality, I suggest Holbein here again. It is professional quality without the often hefty price tag. A little goes a long way with these paints so a set will last a while.
Finally, a set of Posca paint markers are super versatile and can be used for many different art projects because they work well on so many surfaces!
