>why don't we have a general thread
We do, it's just seasonal for the most part since there aren't a lot of people coming into trad and there's not much to talk about most times.
>tell me what acrylic paint to buy
Golden
>I'm poor and cannot afford
Acrylics are shit in general and they're double shit because of mini painters, anything remotely "good" (acrylics aren't good) is going to be on the pricey side

>>7957901
>>7957905
Also, you don't need 24 fucking tubes, buy a normal palette

>>7957901
Artists (trad) are poor because they spend all their money on art supplies.
In europe we have Pebeo which is a good cheap alternative to other acrylics and there's also Maimeri which has affordable ones, you can check if in your country they cost about the same or lower.

I'm doing watercolor and looking for synthetic brushes to take the stress of my sable brushes. I got a Da Vinci Colineo but I'm not feeling it, it dumps water and isn't receptive to shaking water out, is an Escoda Versatil better in that regard? Or is there some kind of brush that has a steady water release and can be shaken out that doesn't cost 150+ dystopiacredits?
I like goat hair for washes, but I need something firmer for the actual painting

>>7957901
desu, i just buy whatever brand i see, the cheaer the better, but i know there are some diferrences with the pricey ones

>>7957901
Yo anon, you do NOT need 24 different colors. You need 8, 2 of each of your core colors, one warm, one cold, and your utility colors.

2 reds, one cadmium red, one magenta,
2 blues, one ultramarine, one pthalo
2 yellows, one cadmium, and one lemon or just regular yellow

one titanium white (get a fuck ton of this as you will use this more than anything else)

One mars black

Someone suggested golden, but I disagree. You don't need premium acrylics as a beginner, it'll just be a waste. Liquitex is fine, but rather than spend so much on 24, buy 8 quality student paints. I recommend Winsor and Newton Galeria paints.

If you don't wanna mix your colors then an essentials kit by Winsor and Newton with a big thing of titanium white works just as fine

>tfw one of my black gouache tubes broke somehow and leaked all over my other tubes

>>7960540
Forgot to ask how do you guys store your gouache/watercolor tubes? Right now I have them all in a mason jar.

>>7957959
isabey

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>>7960585
Do you mean the Isaqua line? 3 of the 6 ratings on Jackson's are saying they literally fall apart

>>7957901
>I thought artists were poor, but somehow they all have these really expensive paints!

you fell for the meme

pigments are very rare and most actual poor artists use dye based colors

>>7960612
>pigments are very rare
it's literally dirt

>>7960614
where you finding blue and purple dirt

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>>7960618
purple pr102 is also a thing btw