Artist vs Student - Quality Not Quantity

There are two schools of thought in the art world; one says that you should buy cheap materials until you improve and the second says you should go with the more expensive quality from the start.



I must agree with buying good quality equipment.



How can you possibly improve your painting skills when the tools won't perform properly?



If you were asked to paint your front room would you buy a dodgy 10 litre bucket of watery paint and a pack of six cheap brushes? Don't scrimp and scrape on the tools you need. The old saying 'a bad workman blames his tools' is certainly justified in this case.



Going back to the front room scenario; you imagine trying to paint those four walls while the wat View the rest of this article