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[WIP] OA Art Bin

Fantabulous art supplies that we love a ton. (I grabbed these items from posts on OA.com).

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Sandpaper Block

Get Loew-Cornell Sandpaper Block on Amazon

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White Charcoal Pencils

Get General's Erasable White Charcoal Pencils on Amazon

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Winsor & Newton Vine Charcoal

Get Winsor & Newton Vine Charcoal on Amazon

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Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad

Get Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad on Amazon

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Pens & Ink

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Higgins Black Magic Ink

Get on Amazon

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Pitt “Big Brush” Pens

Get Pitt Big Brush Pens on Amazon

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Classic Bic Pens

Get Classic Bic Pens on Amazon

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Pitt Brush Pens

Get Pitt Brush Pens on Amazon

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Pentel Pocket Brush Pen

Get Pentel Pocket Brush Pen on Amazon

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Markers

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Copic Sketch Markers

Get Copic Sketch Markers on Amazon

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Sharpie Twin Tip Fine Point and Ultra Fine Point Permanent Markers

Get Sharpie Twin Tip Fine Point and Ultra Fine Point Permanent Markers on Amazon

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Painting

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Pro Tape Artist Tape

Get on Amazon

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Travelogue Watercolor Book, Square (8¼x8¼)

Get on Amazon

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Travelogue Watercolor Book, Pocket Panorama (3½x8¼)

Get on Amazon

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Water Brush Pen – Specific brand though? Pentel?

Get on Amazon

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Mobile Workstation

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Copic Mini Wallet

Get Copic Mini Wallet on Amazon

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Mack Weldon Convertible Backpack

Get on Amazon

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Etchr Art Satchel

Get on Amazon

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Plein Air Gear

Grabbed this stuff from ‘plein air workshop’ post on OA.com

Sketch Board (26×38)

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Mabef Giant Folding Easel

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Mabef Mini Field Easel [UNAVAILABLE – Is There An Alternate Product To Use In It’s Place]

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Jack Richeson Three Leg Wood Artist Folding Stool, Saddle Leather

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Guerilla Painter Umbrella With Ground Stake

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Charcoal Paper

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Strathmore 500 Series White Charcoal Paper (9×12)

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Strathmore 500 Series White Charcoal Paper (18×24)

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Strathmore 300 Series White Charcoal Paper (9×12)

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Strathmore 300 Series White Charcoal Paper (11×17)

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Medium-High Tack Masking Tape (Brown)

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Low-Tack White Drafting Tape

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Nitram Charcoal

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Nitram Soft Round

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Nitram B (Soft)

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Nitram H (Hard)

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Nitram HB (Medium)

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Nitram Sharpening Bloc + Refills

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Sandpaper Pencil Pointer

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Derwent Pencil Tin

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Charcoal Blending

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Stumps & Tortillions

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Colorfin Sofft Knife

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Simmons Signet Bristle Brush Filbert

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Erasers

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Chamois

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Kneaded Rubber Eraser

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Faber-Castel Eraser Pencils

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Faber-Castell Perfection Eraser Pencil with Brush

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Sanford Magic Rub Peel-off Eraser Pencil

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Factis Magic White Extra Soft Vinyl Eraser

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X-Acto Knife

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Helix Auto Eraser

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Prepatory Work

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Palomino Blackwing (Soft)

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Palomino Blackwing Pearl (Medium)

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Palomino Blackwing 602 (Hard)

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Blackwing Two-Step Sharpener

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Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad

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Preservation

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Spectra Fix

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Flat File

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Digital Art

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? WACOM Intuos Tablet ?

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? WACOM Cintiq ?

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? Adobe Photoshop ?

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? Clip Studio Paint ?

NOTE: Definitely a raging fan of this, but I don’t know if it should be included purely because it isn’t yet (in the us/europe, at least) an accepted industry standard tool in studios…

Unsure/Not-Really-Art-Stuff-But-Has-Been-Recommended-At-OA-For-Art-Things

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Straws (Out Of Stock Also Dunno That We Should Even Include TBH)

Get Straws on Amazon

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Paper Towels

Get Unbleached 2-Ply Recycled Paper Towels on Amazon

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Seventh Generation Paper Towels

Originally in ‘Charcoal Blending’ section.

Sponges

Get Scotch Brite Greener Clean Sponges on Amazon

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White-Out Tape

Get BIC Wite-Out Brand EZ Correct Correction Tape on Amazon

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White-Out Liquid

Get on Amazon

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White-Out Shake `n Squeeze Pen

Get on Amazon

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Makeup Sponges

Get Wonder Wedges Makeup Sponges on Amazon

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Ball Jar

Originally in ‘Nitram Charcoal’ section.

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