Want to buy something unusual or extraordinary for the artist in your life? Here's a collection of gift ideas, whether it's for a birthday, an anniversary, or a Christmas present. Or perhaps simply a "I love the fact you're an artist" present.
Keep the sun off yourself and your painting while you're working outdoors with this adjustable umbrella that clamps to your easel or table. As the umbrella fabric is white, it won't affect the colors you're seeing on your painting.
Pens with colored ink are perfect for getting down ideas quickly, whether in a sketchbook or journal, and for planning compositions of paintings. The Faber-Castell Pitt range include pens with brush tips, ideal for painterly mark-making.
If you want to make your own paints, a glass muller is essential for grinding pigment finely, and for mixing pigment and binder together. With a muller, some pigment, and an egg yolk, you can investigate egg tempera painting techniques. With a muller, some pigment, and some oil, you can make your own oil paints from scratch. If you're a pastel painter, you can use it to make some new pastels from old broken fragments.
In an age where everything can be bought ready made, why not spend the time to step back and make your own paints like the Old Masters would have (or rather, an apprentice in their workshop)? Get to really know your paint colors by working with the raw pigments and make your own paint.
If I ever win the lottery, then I'm going to get one of these painting stations. It's got space for having lots of materials and stuff to hand, and the ability to tidy it all away if studio visitors are expected.
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