Top 5 Art Supplies NOT To Buy

[@elizabethvarnadoe420]

I use a backscratcher for a maul stick that I can put into my backpack when I plein air paint.

[@lozantoninocreations]

I was in an art store last year browsing and an older lady came in looking for paint thinner and saw the price and asked if she could just go to the hardware store and buy it cheaper. I had to warn her that the hardware store versions, while cheaper are much more harmful and aren't designed for art studio use. I'll admit that I used to use the cheap supermarket turpentine. But I hated painting then, because I hated using it. I now know the right products and practices and no longer have that extremely toxic and stinky product. I did buy a maul stick though. But I'd honestly not do it right and at least I'll have it a long long time. I want some metallic oils, so I'm going to make them myself. I have the pigments for resin art anyway, and realised it was much cheaper to make these myself. I only want them for small highlights anyway.

[@AmazinGraceXOXO1]

“ Don’t bother with them. Don’t even look at them” That’s all it took to subscribe. I can definitely use that kind of honesty in my life lol

[@greyno7030]

my joke answer is that I regret buying high quality expensive brushes, because now I compare all my cheap brushes to them and my college student sized budget has never looked tighter. my real answer is a set of 16 cheap brushes from the dollar store. cheap brushes shed, they don't hold paint, and they don't hold up well to any kind of prolonged use. cheap brushes made the initial learning curve of oil painting so much harder than it needed to be when I could have invested in 3 or 4 affordable brushes and had a much easier time.

[@pambeals3254]

I love your down-to-earth style. Thanks, also, for your humor and sound advice. Planning on watching all your videos!

[@mariapires8704]

I like that you offer alternatives

[@askialuna7717]

Things I would not buy again and also regret: Dahle sharpening machine I thought that I could sharpen the pencils with a short cone, unfortunately the machine doesn't do that. The angle is always the same, I just don't get one with a larger angle, only one that looks like it was cut off and is a blunt cone. metal brush washers, these will rust sooner or later. Watercolour paper with a strange texture from 1€ shops, for acrylic they are still OK, but then I also wonder if I can buy other thick paper that is not sold as watercolour paper cheaper. What I only half regret are watercolour pencils, with which I was able to practice applying colour and water separately and had a lot of fun with it and was later able to switch to watercolours. Which I hated before because they were so difficult to control. I thought that's why watercolour is not for me. These have been lying around here unused ever since. I think gouache is better suited for learning how to use water-soluble paints and later switching to watercolour. These are different enough that you would use them later.

[@CritterMunch]

“I’m kind of ashamed that I even have them in my studio” got a laugh out of me

[@acaccholi]

The information on the hardware store paint thinner should be blasted all over the internet! Some so called artists are actually recommending the very brand that you showed in this video!

[@chrisgriffith1573]

Ha! I am an artist and an industrial painter- I clean my brushes using the hardware store mineral spirits, and always use it outside, keeping it in a gallon paint can with a lid, and a screen at the bottom so I can quickly scrub the bristles clean. While painting however, I never use it, I use Gamsol odorless if I use spirits at all in a painting. As far as hangers, the little zinc ones are crap, but they also sell stainless ones that are great, and you need to position them on the inside wall of the frame, not on the back of the frame as you said, that is a silly move indeed. The cheap one you showed has threads too small to hold in any wood, and will pull out easily, look for larger threaded eye hooks. Also, you need to get eye bolts that are proportional to the frame you plan to hang, it makes no sense to buy tiny ones for a 24x18" or 24x30" frame. (Buying those expensive "D" hooks would be nice, but I follow your other rule to not buy things that are overly price for what they truly are...)

[@squirrel8161]

If you’re using quality brushes don’t use the cheap cleaner! It leeches the oil out of the natural hair. Just a tip 😊

[@angusg220]

Hmm.... turpentine would be my first choice. In terms of linseed oil, well I refine my own and it takes about 9 months to really refine it down as naturally as I can. Anyway, I take my time and make my own paint from oil I have refined but pigment I have purchased. While my talent is pretty hopeless, I know that there can be no blame on the tools!

[@ourlittlefamily8342]

Do oil paints off gas? I use us art supply that did come in a set and seems cheap. It is good enough for me as far as quality but I want something safe

[@liliax9147]

I bought a metallic red sennelier pastel lol. Common sense who? 🤪

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I'm using walking stick as mahl stick

[@janedoe5229]

No gallery or show will hang your paintings with those toothy things on the back. They will reject your painting even if it is the quality of Rembrandt or Rockwell.

[@RyanDelgadoArt]

Absolutely. Throw them in the garbage!

[@art-hx6hq]

You are very smart, can you do video on Easels? I plan on doing big paintings but have metal tripod one, not sure what to expect after painting on carboards with cotton. I reinforced the bottom of easel so it doesnt slip, but not sure if top will not fall over from brushes pushing it. @@RyanDelgadoArt