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Best Watercolors to use for beginners and intermediate level artists

A common mistake I see many of the beginners who start with Watercolors do is not using artist grade watercolors. Many people keep asking me in my workshops or Instagram Live sessions if they can start with any non professional or non artist grade colors. Here is why you should NOT DO THAT AT ALL. The problem is, if you use some other student grade watercolor to begin with, then you will NOT get good results no matter how good you paint.   Instead you can go for a low cost, affordable set of Watercolors to start with as a beginner, but make sure that you are using ARTIST GRADE Watercolors only. They can be either tubes or pans, that doesn't make much of a difference but it MUST BE ARTIST GRADE.  How to check if the colors are artist grade Watercolors? Don't worry much about it. You just need to check if it is mentioned on the pack of those colors that they are artist grade watercolors. That's it. Sounds easy right ? Yes it is ! So, now that you know what you should mainl...
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Best type of Papers or Sketchbooks for Painting with Watercolors, Acrylics, Gouche, Oil Pastels, Inks, etc

Which paper or Sketchbook should I use to paint ?!
This is one question people keep asking me many times. But before answering it, I always ask which medium do they wish to use it for ? Because the most important thing you need to understand is that you cannot use the same paper or Sketchbook for all mediums !

Yes, you heard me right. You cannot use the same sheet of paper for all the types of mediums. There are different papers for different mediums. Moreover, every medium works differently and appears differently on different types of papers depending upon the paper's quality and characteristics. So, it is really very important to know which paper to use for which medium. 

I am here to quickly guide you on the main things you must consider before buying Sheets or sketchbooks for creating your artworks in different mediums. I will right down some key points to look in before you buy the paper for that particular medium. I will also share some of my suggested preferences of sheets for every medium. I will provide you the Amazon Links of those products below, so then you won't have to search for it but you can directly buy it online from there :)

WATERCOLOR PAPER
Important things you need to check before buying a watercolor paper or book. 
- 100% cotton
- 300 gsm or more
- Acid free paper
(Tap here to check out more about different types of Watercolor materials I use)

I am providing the links of few of my personal preferences for Watercolor papers below. You can try them out if you wish to buy some :)

ACRYLIC PAPER
For Acrylics, you can either use any of the things I have mentioned below.
- Thick acid free acrylic paper
- Thick acid free mix media paper
- Canvas paper
- Canvas board normal or stretched

I am providing the links of few of my personal preferences for Acrylics below. You can try them out if you wish to buy some :)
Menorah Sketchbook Thick : https://amzn.to/3al8QTQ
Canvas Paper : https://amzn.to/3x4ENJU
Canvas Board Stretched : https://amzn.to/3mUTlHA


DRY MEDIA PAPER
The Dry Media Paper is something that you can use for anything apart from wet painting techniques. Which means, you can use it for Oil Pastels, Crayons, Color pencils, Sketching, and similar mediums.

I am providing the links of few of my personal preferences for Dry Media papers below. You can try them out if you wish to buy some :)
Menorah Sheets : https://amzn.to/2Q3DSZP
Scholar Sketchbook : https://amzn.to/2RMhOTV
Anupam Sketchbook : https://amzn.to/3eeXQsj

For other opaque Painting mediums like Fabric, Gouache, poster Colors, etc. You can go for the mixed media paper or you can also you the watercolor paper for that, both of which details I have mentioned above. Both of these will give you good results. 

So, these are a few tips for which type of papers you can buy for various mediums to paint. Just make sure you don't use the same paper for all mediums, since it will not give you good results. Apart from this, if you wish to know more about anything else, feel free to drop a comment or reach out to me on my Instagram @artyvibesbysanika for any queries.

Thank you for your time. Hope this helped you in some way. 
Have a great day :)


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