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Best Student-Grade Soft Pastels for Beginners of All Ages
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Buttery and vibrant, soft
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Five Canvas Pliers to Help You Pull It Together
Look, we won’t tell you how to live your life, but if you’re stretching canvas anytime soon, you really, really should get a pair of canvas pliers. This nifty tool helps ensure that the material…
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The Best Self-Moistening Water Brushes for Artists on the Move
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Super convenient for artists on the go, self-moistening…
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Which Wood Stretcher Bars Are the Best Fit?
Behind every great taut, flat canvas is a set of seriously tough stretcher bars—at least, that’s the hope. Flimsy bars and poor construction can doom an artwork the minute it’s mounted. If…
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Give Your Projects a Place of Their Own With the Best Worktables
If you’ve ever used your dining table as a work area, you’re probably familiar with the frustrations of not having a designated space for art or hobbies like sewing or crafting. Keeping…
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Smooth Your Pottery With the Best Steel Scrapers
Chop, trim, smooth, and finish your pottery with a steel scraper. An essential tool for any ceramicist—recreational or professional, beginner or advanced—a scraper, also called a rib, is a…
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Essential Books: 8 Vivid Monographs on Famed Outsider Artists
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission Outsider Art isn’t a particular genre so much as it is a…
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The Best Needle Felting Kits for Fiber Works
Needle felting is a process by which one tangles wool fibers together using a barbed needle to create small dolls, animals, and other soft objects. It’s a beginner-friendly sculpting method with…
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Essential Tools: A Dozen Things Every Artist’s Studio Needs (That Also Make Great Gifts)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Looking for a gift for an artist friend or a child in art
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The Best Lace Ribbon for Adding a Delicate Touch to Your Crafts
Useful for everything from table decorations to clothing trimming to collage, lace ribbon is a must-have in any crafter’s supplies drawer. Originally made of linen, silk, gold, or silver thread…
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