New to PYO

Here is a colaborative list of brands some of the artists on here use 🙂
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2793

and this topic gives some more information on the items, not just the brand. http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=363

I use some of the cheaper paint brushes that you can get from the artist grade acrylic section in Micheals. They work and can last but are cheaper because I go through brushes fairly fast because of painting regularely. you can find smaller kits for a lot less, but this is one of the brushes I like using http://www.dickblick.com/products/stanislaus-golden-taklon-brush-sets/

These brushes are good for dry brush affect and texture http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-economy-white-bristle-brushes/#photos

There is more to painting, paints and brushes…dry brush affect, wash affect, detailing brushes, some of it is just testing things as you paint.

I think some people here may think I’m crazy after hearing this, but I only use 2 different paintbrushes for all of my PYOs – a #6 Filburt and a #0 Round – both are American Painter brand and I believe they’ve got synthetic bristles but I’m not positive on that. I sit in Michaels for about 20 minutes just feeling the texture of paintbrushes before I buy them 😆

Using these brushes I can gain access to a lot of detail, not sure if that’s what your wife is after or not – it can definitely get pretty tedious! I also use Liquitex Soft Body paints and Golden interference paints to give it that shiny luster.

You may also think about grabbing your wife a bottle of Retarder (Golden sells it for about 8 bucks) – when added to paints it lengthens the drying time so the paints in your palette don’t dry so fast and also the paint on the figurine take longer – in case she’s looking to keep it workable for a while.

Good luck to her, and you should definitely get her on the forums once she’s gotten her Kirin – we’d love to see her work!