15-Piece Drawing Set

Merrill's Opinion: Faber-Castell makes the best drawing pencils. These pencils are mixed with graphite and clay and enhance an artists ability to create and layer dark tones. You will see me use this set in almost all of my videos. 

Robert Simmons White Sable Brushes

Merrill's Opinion: Robert Simmons brushes get better with age. These synthetic brushes collect particles of graphite as they are rubbed on a piece of paper. This enables me to softly move and blend tones. Most often I use the "Flat Size 10" brush but it helps to have a variety of sizes and shapes. 

Loew-Cornell Blending Stumps

Merrill's Opinion- INVALUBLE tools for blending! These will cost you LESS than a trip on the subway (Less than 2 dollars) and enhance your shading capacity substantially! I like Leow-Cornell because the stump is more compact and the tips do not wear as easily as other brands. I use these tools in almost every one of my videos.

Blick White Sulphite Drawing Paper

Merrill's Opinion: Really, I DARE YOU, try to find a better value than this one! 500 sheets of 80LB (thick) drawing paper for $11.50. AMAZING DEAL!......If you use computer paper to create your drawings, you are ROBBING yourself from seeing what you can really do! This paper has more "tooth" (texture on the surface) than computer paper and your ability to shade will be enhanced.

Lyra Graphite Crayons

Merrill's Opinion: Do you ever get TIRED of shading with a fine "tip" pencil? Get my "point"? This tool will save you time and money.

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Prismacolor Colored Pencils

Merrill's Opinion- Perhaps, color pencils are the most underestimated artistic medium being used by artists today. Prismacolor, in my opinion, is the best brand of color pencil. It is highly pigmented and its binder mixes perfectly with oil paint and liquin (painting medium). I also love to use prismacolor pencils over a layer of illustration marker It is the only brand of color pencil that you will see me using in my videos.

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Prismacolor Art Stix

Merrill's Opinion: I mostly use the "Colorless Blender" to blend regular colored pencils. Art sticks are colored pencils, shaped like chalk pastels.

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Liquin Original

Merrill's Opinion: Liquin (a painting medium) mixes flawlessly with Prismacolor Colored Pencils. I usually draw on the surface of drawing paper with the color pencil, then dip my paintbrush in a small amount of liquin; and it "blends" the color pencil pigment together like "butter"! I often also mix in oil paint!!!! Liquin is the MOST VERSATILE medium in Illustration!!!!!

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Old Holland Classic Oil Colors

Merrill's Opinion- You are going to FREAK OUT....FLIP OUT.....or yell HELL NO when you see the PRICES (I have to get that warning out of the way before you read more). But, this is Oil Paint in its PUREST form and YES, there is a difference, especially after it dries. Many companies add fillers such as marble dust to their paints to increase their margins (just think McDonalds and hamburgers). This, as I'm sure you'll agree, is evil and wrong, and whether you're buying paints or playing online poker games, you should get what you pay for. But a little bit of this paint will last you a long time. But a little bit of this paint will last you a long time. I am STILL USING tubes of this paint that I first opened ten years ago (and used quite often).

My advice would be to buy at least one tube now and slowly accumulate a collection over time. I have VERY FEW "vices" but one of my biggest vices is Old Holland paint! They are TRULY an ADDICTION!!!!! 

Rembrandt Oil Colors: Basic Set

Merrill's Opinion: This is a fantastic set for a beginner Oil Painter. Rembrandt paint is of high quality and you can mix these colors to create any color that you need. I would recommend adding an extra tube of Titanium White. It is more opaque than the Zinc White and in painting, white is added to almost every mixture. It contains 6 colors in 15 ml (0.5 oz) tubes, including one each of Zinc White (Safflower), Permanent Yellow Medium, Permanent Red Medium, Carmine, Ultramarine Deep, and Phthalo Green Blue.

Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors

Merrill's Opinion: The best "Value" in paint today. I started using Gamblin Paints at the Art Students League of New York and I haven't stopped ten years later.

Borden & Riley Paris Bleedproof Paper For Pens

The smooth, hard surface of Paris paper is a convenient and economical alternative to bristol board. Brilliant white, crisp, and bleedproof, it is the ideal surface for detailed pen-and-ink illustrations rendered for reproduction with crowquill pens, broad drawing pens, calligraphy, or fountain pens. Each pad contains 40 sheets.

Prismacolor Premier Double-Ended Art Markers

Designed for detailed work, these double-ended art markers feature an advanced dye-based alcohol ink formulation that ensures rich color saturation, impressive laydown, and smooth, silky ink flow. Each has two distinct nibs capable of achieving multiple line widths. Both ends draw from a single ink reservoir for a perfect color match end to end, making them ideal for both technical and artistic applications. Intended for professional artists and advanced students, they will not fade or feather. Stackable trays keep your markers organized. The range includes three full ranges of gradient gray color sets in Cool Gray, Warm, Gray, and French Gray.

Chartpak Ad Markers

These waterproof, permanent, solvent-based markers deliver brilliant sparkling color in fine point, medium weight, or broad strokes. Each marker contains a single nib with three distinct line weights. From crisply articulated tight comps to broadly expressive illustrations, one marker gives you all the lines you need.

Decocolor Paint Markers

These markers are great for signs, posters, and all kinds of crafts because they are solvent-based and dry instantly. Colors can be blended and are removed easily with turpentine. They are fully opaque on all porous and non-porous surfaces. They are also lightfast and weatherproof — excellent for temporary outdoor signage. Caution — Decocolor paint markers are not rated safe for children.

Hot Colors, Sets of 6

This set contains one marker in each of six colors, including Yellow, Orange, Light Blue, Light Green, Rosemarie, and Hot Purple.

Pastel Colors, Sets of 6

This set contains one marker in each of six colors, including Pale Violet, Cream Yellow, Pale Blue, Pastel Peach, Peppermint, and Blush Pink.

Paint Marker Remover

Use this marker to easily remove Decocolor paint marker. Works best on non-porous surfaces.