Favorite art supplies

From kids to an advanced artist, my top 12 art & craft supplies have something for everyone: sticker books, a Galaxy tablet, a sketchbook, watercolors & more.

I often get asked about my favorite sketchbooks, colored pencils and other supplies, and I know I love to hear about what other artists are using! So I thought I’d put a master list together of all my favorite art materials in case that’s helpful for anyone. While these are my current favorite suppl

With Christmas just around the corner, I wanted to share with you the must have mixed media supplies for the art journal. Depending on what and how you like to create, your essential mixed media art supplies may be different. Here are my recommendations for mixed media supplies for the art journal. Hop-A-Long Studio is

Two years ago, I had no idea how I could include dry pastels in my mixed-media art journaling. I thought that they are reserved for fine arts. I was pretty sure that dry pastels are challenging to work with, that they smudge and smear and require a lot of faffing around (fixing, having the right paper, smooth surface, and so on). And I knew I have to keep my daily art journaling practice simple for it to be consistent. But the beautiful problem was that one of my drawers was full of dry…

The art materials I use to make my picture books, from award-winning Australian author-illustrator Emma Quay.

I'd wanted to write this post for a while now, and figured the upcoming Holiday season would be the perfect fit! I don't know about you, but I am always on the lookout for Christmas sales and new art material, as well as little creative gifts for fellow artists. As an artist, you can never have too

Often I get asked what supplies I use and what my favorite supplies are. Find a list of the supplies in different categories that I use over and over again in my paintings and art journaling.

Drawing, watercolor, acrylic and oil painting supplies I always must have in my studio. They are all great quality and affordable.