There’s a misconception that to be an “real” artist you need to have the best and the newest supplies to make anything meaningful.
False, bro.
The basic level paints work when you’re building a portfolio.
Your ideas won’t stop coming just because dollar store pencils were all you had at the moment.
The easel you got from your BuyNothing group functions just as well as a new one from Blick.
I use the cheap markers and all my sketchbook says is hey thanks for opening me more than once this week!
There’s a time and place for markers that are $4.50 each, but don’t ever let the ‘status’ of needing brand new, highest quality supplies ever keep from making what you need to make. Your ideas are way too important.
scribbles, brainstorms, ideas,
sketching outside in the sun,
marks, movement, history,
drawing fairy houses with your son
-s