Artist supplies in your arts and crafts stores where you will find acrylic paints are labeled 'student grade' and artist grade'. Acrylic paints are available in jars, cans or metal and plastic tubes. The 'student grade' has less pigment and more filler than the 'artist grade'.
As you become more professional as an artist your selections of paints and supporting accessories will need to be upgraded.
Choosing a jar, a can, or metal and plastic tubes is dependent on how much paint you will be using as well as your storage facilities. It will be the same reasoning when choosing your palette. Palettes are available in many sizes of wood, plastic, glass and ceramic construction.
I recommend experimenting with containers of glass, ceramic and plastic containers in the home before making a palette purchase. At the present time I prefer plastic as warm water and soap wash the acrylic paint away very easily.
There are also disposable paper palette tables available. Just tear away the used portion and discard. This paper product is convenient and very handy.
Your first selection of colors for your palette should be the basic primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. Add white and black for value. Mix to produce secondary colors. Red and yellow will yield orange. Red and blue yields brown. Blue and red is purple. Blue and yellow yields green.
Add color value with white to lighten and brighten the colors, add black to darken the colors. A lighter color will bring the painted object forward; a darker color will cause the object to appear in the background or to recede.
Practice mixing the primary colors to obtain various shades of tints to add to your palette. You will want to make notes of the colors you produce or save your mixed tints in separate containers for future use. Small plastic paint containers can be purchased at arts and crafts stores.
After having fun mixing your acrylic paints it is nice to purchase ready mixed paints to increase your inventory.
With artists supplies including artist palette, acrylic paints, brushes, water, and paper towels you are ready to paint landscapes and portraits.
One more item needs to be discussed. What can you use for a canvas? Available for you are treated acrylic paper, standard canvas, stretch canvas, and if you prefer other surfaces primed with gesso. Gesso is a chalk-like substance which makes the surface area less absorbent in preparation for painting.
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