What are the basic supplies needed for acrylic painting?

A combination of hogs hair and either synthetic or natural bristles, in flats, rounds, AND filberts in a small, medium, and large of each type is a good start. For broad washes or moving paint around on a big canvas, house-painting brushes or even sponge brushes will do until you are ready for more details and adding some brushstrokes. I probably have about 3 dozen (or more) brushes, and most of them good quality synthetic. A recommended color list for oils and acrylics might be: Cadmium Yellow Light Yellow Ochre Cadmium Red Light Venetian Red Cadmium Orange Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Alizarin Crimson Chromium Oxide Green Viridian Cerulean Blue Ultramarine Blue Ivory Black Titanium white Here is a link to the Daniel Smith Catalogue so you can read up on acrylics. I know that they ship all over the world. <a href="http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/danielsmit..." rel="nofollow">http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/danielsmit…</a> . . . and another to the Golden website, as they also offer a ...  more