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Have you ever wanted to start creating art pieces yourself, but either don’t know where to start, or don’t know what materials to use to create art? Or maybe you want to get into photography, but are unsure on what tools to use, or how to take the perfect photo? Fortunately for you, our artist believes that anybody, with the right training and knowledge, can create art or take photography pictures. To help you with starting your journey in art and/or photography, our artist has many different art and photography items which he recommends to use. Simply click on the link for the item you wish to purchase, and it will take you straight to the items store page on Amazon.

Art Materials:

Pens:

Fineliner Pens:

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Fineliner pens, perfect for either creating outlines for artwork, or for creating artwork with. Comes with 22 different line widths, which allows for more intricate detailing and outlining when creating artwork using fineliner pens.

Felt brush tip Pens:

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Felt brush tip pens, perfect for creating vibrant artwork that maintain vibrant hues without the need for fading, which are easy to create and don’t require overly complicated techniques to make art with, making them an ideal starting tool for creating art. This product comes with a total of 105 different colours, which are dual tipped to allow for thick or thin strokes, and are built to last and come with replacement tips, allowing you to use these pens for months without issues.

Pencils:

Polychromous Pencils:

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Polychromous Pencils, perfect for adding colour to your art drawings, by using techniques such as sketching, layering and blending. Includes 172 Colours, with options of 138 colours, 174 colours, 180 colours, 80 colours and 136 colours to select from too.

Paper:

Acrylic Paper:

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Acrylic Paper, perfect for creating art pieces when using acrylic paints to create A3 sized acrylic art pieces.

Oil Painting Paper:

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Oil painting paper, perfect for creating art pieces when using oil paints to design A3 oil painting art pieces.

Watercolour Paper:

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Watercolour paper, perfect for creating art pieces when using watercolours to design A5 watercolour art pieces.

Giclee Printing Paper:

Water Colours: 

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Water colours, perfect for creating art pieces through the use of watercolours. With this kit being new artist friendly too, it’s an ideal choice for those who want to learn how to create art using watercolours, without making mistakes being off putting or ruining the experience for new artists. Contains 168 different colours to choose from.

Oil Paints:

Acrylic Paint:

Pastels:

Sketch Pads:

Acrylic Sketch Pads:

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A canvas sketch pad for acrylic painting. This sketch pad is ideal for those who wish to experiment with acrylic paints, and to also create a smaller scale of an acrylic painting, to see how it could look when it’s created on a larger scale. This pad can also be used for oil paints.

Watercolour Sketch Pads:

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A watercolour sketch pad, ideal for those who create or want to create watercolour art pieces. This sketch pad allows you to experiment and see what an watercolour art piece will look like when it’s created, so that you’re prepared to create the same art pieces on a larger scale. This product also comes with its own watercolour brush, and a pencil.

Pencil Sketch Pads:

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A pencil sketch pad, ideal for those who create or want to create art pieces using pencils. This product allows you to experiment with different pencil techniques, and with different pencil sketch’s, ensuring you’re confident when it comes to creating a pencil drawing on a larger scale.

Smudge Sticks:

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Smudge Sticks, perfect for blending different sections when creating an art piece, with the different stick sizes allowing for blending to be done in different ways, and in larger or smaller quantities.

Rubbers:

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Elastomer Rubbers, perfect for intricately erasing mistakes when creating a piece of artwork. They can also be used to help create highlights and fine lines in any artwork you create.

Rulers:

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A pack of 30cm transparent rulers, ideal for when drawing planning lines to help plan out how each section of a drawing is going to be drawn. Each pack comes with 12 rules, providing you with a long lasting supply, and giving you backups in case one of the rulers arrives faulty, or breaks overtime. An option of a pack of 15cm rulers instead of 30cm is also available.

Art Books:

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Hardback- https://amzn.to/427ntoX

How to Draw for Beginners by Nora Layne, an ideal book for people who are new to art, and want to learn how to draw art correctly, This book helps aspiring artists and those wishing to learn how to draw, with simple easy steps to follow that focus on one skill at a time, scan and learn videos to allow you to view how whatever you’re being taught is done correctly, and sections on each page where you can draw what you’re being taught, eliminating the need to practise on another piece of paper or a sketch pad.

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Drawing: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by Christine Allison. This is a book ideal for new artists who wish to learn more about the different techniques that are used when creating art drawings The book goes through different techniques, and then allows you to test these techniques by creating drawings such as apples or a sea shell.

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Compendium of Acrylic Painting Techniques by Gill Barron. This book is ideal for both beginner artists and experienced artists who wish to learn different techniques, tips and tricks used when creating art drawings acrylic art pieces. The book goes through the different do’s and dont’s when it comes to creating acrylic art pieces, showcasing things such as how to choose and mix different colours, and how to create a multitude of effects in any acrylic art pieces you make.

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The Complete Beginners Guide to Watercolours by Phillipa Grafton. This book is ideal for beginners learning to create art pieces using watercolours. The book goes into detail about everything you need to know about creating watercolour art pieces, from simple things such as which paints and brushes you should use, to other things such as how to do different blending techniques, and effects.

https://amzn.to/4nP1wTY

Oils: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by Norman Long. This book is ideal for beginners who wish to learn how to use oil paints in order to create different art pieces. This book covers all the different things you need to know about creating oil paintings, from what materials and techniques to use, to how to apply those techniques and create and oil painting.

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Pastels for the Absolute Beginner by Rebecca de Mendoça. This book is ideal for those who wish to learn how to create pieces of art with pastels. The book covers everything you need to know to create art using pastels, by things such as teaching techniques to use when using pastels, and showing you how pastel art can look once it’s finished being created.

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The Complete Beginners Guide to Painting by Phillipa Grafton. This book is a good book to use for those who are interested in learning to paint using different types of paint, such as watercolour and oil paints. The book goes through the different mediums you can use in painting, for example watercolour and oil paints like mentioned before, as well as going through what tools are needed for painting, as well as the different techniques that can be used when painting.

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Sketching for the Absolute Beginner by Peter Cronin. This book is ideal for those who wish to learn and/or get better at sketching. The book teaches you how to sketch using different medians, such as pencil and charcoal, as well as teaching things such as sketching techniques, all to train you and make you able to do sketches well.

Paperback - https://amzn.to/3IYcGqN

Hardback - https://amzn.to/497ng9r

The Paintings that Revolutionised Art by Claudia Stauble. There are many artists who have influenced the world of art creation by creating famous art pieces, or by creating art that used new methods or brought a unique twist on them. This book goes through one hundred examples of art paintings that helped shape the way art is now.

Books on Artists:

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Van Gogh, The Complete Paintings by Ingo F. Walther and Rainer Metzger. This book goes through Vincent Van Gogh’s story, talking about his life, what he went through in his life, as well as talking about each on of his paintings, allowing you to learn about who Vincent Van Gogh was, and how his art came about.

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Dalí. The Paintings by Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret. This book showcases and explains Salvador Dalí’s art, talking about how it was made, techniques used etc., allowing you to see how Dalí created his art, whilst also giving you a look into how his life was, and how he came to be known as an artist.

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Monet, The Triumph of Impressionism by Daniel Wildenstein. This book goes through the life of artist Claude Monet, talking about how he became an artist, as well as talking about each of Monet’s art pieces, letting you get an idea of who Claude Monet was, as well as how their art came to be.

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Vermeer. The Complete Works by Karl Schütz. This book goes through the life of artist Johannes Vermeer, an artist who until the 19th century was largely unknown. The book goes through the complete catalogue of Vemeer’s art pieces, as well as talking about his life, and inspirations behind his art, allowing you to learn all about how he created his art.

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Leonardo, The Complete Paintings by Frank Zöllner. This book goes through the life of well known artist Leonardo da Vinci, known for his paintings such as the famous Mona Lisa. The book is split into 10 chapters, each chapter going through his life, as well as the art that he created during different stages of his life, allowing you to get a clear idea of how Leonardo da Vinci was, and what he accomplished during his life.

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Frida Kahlo, by Luis-Martín Lozano. This book goes through the life of artist Friday Kahlo, an artist known for having over fifty self portraits of herself. The book talks about each of these self portraits, as well as other pieces of art that she created during her life, allowing you to see how she created her art, as well as learning about her life and the way she came to be an artist. 

Photography Materials:

A4 Paper:

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Giclee Paper, perfect for printing out photographs in A4 sizes. It’s also good for printing out reproductions of art prints in A4 sizes.

A3 Paper:

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Giclee Paper, perfect for printing out photographs in A3 sizes. It’s also good for printing out reproductions of art prints in A3 sizes.

Photography Tools:

Cameras:

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The Canon EOS R100, a mirrorless camera ideal for capturing photos of everyday life. The R100 can capture high quality high resolution images, even in low light conditions, with a 24.1 megapixel sensor, CMOS image sensors, and a DIGIC 8 image processor.

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The Canon EOS R7, a mirrorless camera ideal for capturing photos of wildlife creatures. The R7 captures high quality high resolution photos, with a 32.5 megapixel sensor, a dual pixel CMOS AF II focusing system that allows the camera to track high speed movement, making capturing moving wildlife easier and making the photos from it a higher quality, a 4.5 stop optical image stabiliser in the lens that ensures crisp high quality photos, amongst other features.

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The Canon EOS R6 Mark II, a mirrorless camera built to capture photos of anything you want to capture, whether it’s wildlife, landscapes or whatever else you wish to take photos of, the R6 Mark II is a hybrid camera designed for photography of any kind. The R6 Mark II has a 24.2 megapixel CMOS sensor, that helps capture high resolution high quality photos, an intelligent auto focus system that detects different elements and provides clearer image quality, amongst other features that make the camera an ideal choice for multi-use photography.

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The Canon PowerShot SX740 HS Lite Edition, is a compact camera ideal for taking photographs when travelling to different locations.  The SX740 HS has a 20.3 megapixel CMOS sensor and a DIGIC 8 processor that allows for high resolution photos to be captured. The camera boasts a 40x Optical Zoom camera lens that allows you to capture photos both from up close and from afar easily. Additionally, the fact that it’s compact sized makes it easy to carry the camera around, plus it has a 180 degree flip screen that allows you to capture photos at different angles.

Camera Accessories:

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Tripods:

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Camera Cases:

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The TARION TB-02 Backpack, an essential for existing and upcoming photographers who travel or aim to travel and take lots of photographs at different angles, using different cameras. If you’re the sort of photographer who uses multiple cameras when traveling to take photographs, then you know that carrying multiple cameras, plus items such as the tripods for the cameras and the camera accessories, can be quite difficult and awkward to do. With the TARION TB-02 though, carrying multiple cameras and accessories for the cameras is a lot easier. With multiple slots to place different cameras and the accessories for them, plus space for other items you bring with you, such as water bottles, all while being lightweight and easy to carry on your back, the TARION TB-02 is a wise choice to pick to make your photograph travels enjoyable, without the worry of carrying loads of camera’s and camera accessories around being awkward.

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MicroSD storage cards:

MicroSD storage cards. In order to store any photos you take during your photography sessions, you will need an microSD card for them to be saved on. The three listed sizes above are the sizes you will typically need for storage, depending on how many photos you plan to take, and if your camera can also record or not, if you want to record that is. Other sizes, such as 512GB are available, but the listed sizes above will be more than enough for the majority of photographers.

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Although some cameras may support using only a microSD card, to store any photos you will more than likely need a microSD adapter to put the microSD in, as the adapters purpose is to allow the microSD to be read if the camera being used doesn’t have a microSD slot that works without needing the adapter. It should be noted though that when buying microSD cards, like the three listed above this, they will usually come with their own microSD adapter. This listing is primarily for if they don’t come with one, or if you already have a microSD card, but no adapter to put it into.

SD Cards:

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As an alternative to using a microSD and an microSD adapter for cameras that use SD cards, you can just buy SD cards like the ones listed above, instead of buying a microSD card and an adapter to fit into a SD card slot. SD cards have the same function as microSD cards, they just fit SD card slots without needing adapters. Like with microSD cards, there are larger sizes available than the ones listed above, the listed sizes are just ones that have enough storage for the majority of photographers.

Photography Books:

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The Complete Beginners Guide to Photography. This book is ideal for those who want to get into photography. The book goes into detail about the different features your camera has, as well as how to use those features correctly, as well as teaching you other techniques such as how to maximise image quality, ensuring you know how to take photos correctly, ensuring they’re good quality photos.

https://amzn.to/3ILXuwY

The Wildlife Photography Workshop by Ben Hall and Ross Hoddinott. If you want to get into photography involving wildlife, then this book is ideal for you. Hall and Hoddinott’s book is designed to test and enhance your photography skills, to help you become good at taking photographs, specifically ones that involve taking photos of wildlife animals.

Hardback - https://amzn.to/47oHQ3T

Paperback - https://amzn.to/4oqT8dD

A History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present, written by William Johnson. Since the first camera came out in the 1800’s, photography has turned from simple colourless photos that took time before they were even taken, to photos that are full of colour, and enhanceable through different methods. This book will take you through the history of photography in its fullest, from when the first camera was created and used, to the present day.

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The Ultimate Photography Ideas Book by Niall Hampton. If you want to practise or learn new techniques when taking photos, then this book is one that you can consider using. The book consists of 60 different ideas, or projects as the book describes them, which cover all the major areas of photography, and provide you with different inspirations for photos that you could take, allowing you to practise your photography skills.

Art and  Photography Software:

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Sometimes, the photographs that you take don’t always look the way you want them to look. If this happenings, you have two choices. You either have to accept that the photo doesn’t look the way you want it to, or even potentially retake it if possible, or use a software to alter the photos to look the way they want. If you pick option two, then using Adobe’s Creative Cloud photography plan will provide you with three different softwares you can use to alter the photographs to look the way you want them to, these softwares being Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Lightroom Classic….

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