50 Art Projects and Supplies for Adults

If you are interested in arts and crafts, you have landed on the right article. It doesn’t matter if you are a budding or experienced artist or you want to try something new like painting or candle making but weren’t sure what supplies to get. You are in the right place. We searched through Amazon’s art supplies and created a list that no matter your skill level, whether beginner, immediate or advanced, there is something for every artist and their skill level. These products will make your next art project a success story or, at the very least, not break the bank. So, you can focus on what matters most to you, your art project! From paintbrushes, acrylic paints, watercolor paint pens to sewing kits and crochet hooks, there are so many artist tools that there is something for everyone. So, whether you’re a beginner wanting to try to paint for the first time or a seasoned artist who needs to resupply, you will find something here for you. Because everything we found is on Amazon, and those pesky shipping details won’t be a problem! 

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Fabric & Body Paint That Glows in the Dark

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The UV Paint Sets include eight fluorescent colors and, depending on which set you want, either a tie-dye clothing dye set that can be used to create vibrant, glowing art projects or a glow body paint set. This kit comes with 8 x 0.7 fl oz containers of paint, and each color has a different hue depending on the light it absorbs best. The fabric paints are perfect for painting clothes, shoes, or objects you want to stand out in the dark. The body paint glows up the body for parties stage performances right through to Halloween costumes.

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Kids Face Paint Kit For Party Fun!

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This Face Paint Kit is perfect for creating the ultimate birthday, costume, or Halloween party look. This kit has three painting brushes, 12 large face paint pots, and 30 stencils. The paint is non-toxic and water-based, making it safe for kids to apply. The color is also hypoallergenic, so there is no need to worry about the paint causing any irritation or skin problems.

All Surface 3D Fabric Paint

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Fabric paint is a great way to liven up projects you are working on! This set comes with 24 colors that can be used for multiple materials, including fabric, canvas, wood, ceramic, and glass. The paints have a permanent finish, which will last through the years. They come in 3D formats, so your projects look more realistic and vibrant.

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Paint Pens Work on Any Surface

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If you love to craft with rocks, pebbles, glass, and any small objects, you will need a great set of paint pens! These premium acrylic paint pens work on most surfaces and come with a reversible tip 3-5mm in size. They are also water-based and waterproof, which will not fade or chip over time.

Colorful Chalk Markers

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There is nothing better than a chalkboard creation to capturing a special message with that Farmhouse vibe. Chalk markers create beautiful designs on non-porous surfaces, and these eight pastel chalk markers are erasable. Designed with sturdy tips nibs, these markers are perfect for use directly on chalkboards or on any of the 45 chalkboard labels that come with the kit.

Dual Tipped Markers for Illustrations

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These Double-Sided Markers come in a set of 40 colors to choose from so that you can create any masterpiece your heart desires. Each marker has a dual tip, the 1mm fine tip for writing thin lines and the 6mm broad tip for greater flexibility drawing. The rainbow will be at your fingertips.

Clothes Doodles With Fabric Markers

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Designed for use on any fabric, these markers will allow your creativity to thrive. These Fabric Markers are great for creating wall art, clothing, handbags, placemats, canvas, sneakers, bibs, baby gear, etc. They are available in 20 colors and have dual tips giving you more options for designing. These markers are permanent so that they won’t come off after wear or washing!

Dual Tip Brush Markers for Delicate Pieces

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These non-bleeding Dual Tip Brush Marker Pens work with sketching, professional lettering, and calligraphy. They also work well if you love drawing Manga. The kit includes 24 vibrant colors of 3.5 mm soft felt tip markers, a 0.4 mm fine-liner tip pen, and four stencils. This kit is especially great for detailed drawings with thin or thick lines.

Chalk Markers For Kids With Gold & Silver

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Mila, a company specializing in pens and markers, has just come out with 11 new colors for their signature flexible pack of pens, including gold and silver. These markers are perfect for everything from children’s chalkboards to organizing around the home, as the kit includes a bunch of cute farmhouse-style labels to get arts and crafts organized.

The Ideal Set for Manga & Anime Artists

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If you are interested in Manga and Anime, this 24 piece drawing set is a great way to perfect your characters. The set is ideal for beginners or more experienced artists and includes seven pen nibs, eight watercolors plus black and white ink, and much more.

Sketch Board for Detailed Projects

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This Artlicious Sketch Tote Drawing Board is the best product for those complex art projects or if you need to create sketches on the go. The board measures 13 x 17 inches, with plenty of room for bigger drawings. It also comes with a built-in carrying handle, making it easy to transport your artwork.

Small Scissors for Crafts, School or Office

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Every craft set needs a set of eight-inch multi-purpose scissors! These dainty scissors work perfectly for arts and crafts and work for school, home, or office use. They are made with durable stainless steel blades and soft-grip handles, making them comfortable to hold and easy to use. They come in a three-pack value pack, so you can always have a pair on hand!

Sketch Pads for Drawing & Doodling

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These Artlicious sketch pads are perfect for drawing, coloring, and doodling. They come in an economical pack of three, so you can doodle away without worrying about having enough pages. Each book is nine inches by 12 inches, with plenty of space to create your masterpieces.

Soy Wax for Candle Making

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This Soy wax kit provides everything you need to start candle-making, including 2-lb of soy wax flakes, ten pre-waxed wicks, and two centering devices. The soy wax flakes are made of high-quality soybean oil, which means they burn clean and produce little soot.

All Natural Candle Wicks for DIY Candle Making

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Hearts and Crafts have the perfect wicks for making your candles! Their 100% natural cotton wicks are pre-waxed and have low smoke, making them the ideal wick for DIY candle makers. The pack includes two centering devices to help get your wick in the middle and 100 wicks, so you will have plenty to create your first set of candles.

Marble Ceramic Bowls for Candles

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OMG! We absolutely love these Hearts & Crafts Gray Marble Ceramic Bowls for at-home candle making. They look super expensive but can also be used for a variety of other arts and crafts projects, as well as storage, candies, planter pots, and more. Plus, they come in a set of six so you can always have a bowl on hand when you are feeling creative or need inspiration for a gift.

Compact and Colorful Candle Tins

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If marble ceramic bowls aren’t your style and you are looking for something a little more colorful then look no further than these Candle Tins with Lids. The tins come in a variety of different sizes, colors and patterns so you are sure to find a design that suits your taste. Making your candles is a great craft hobby because you can gift something you have made by hand to friends or family.

Mica Powder Kit for DIY Slime, Soap Making, & Jewelry

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This Mica Powder Kit can be used for making your candles to create colored resin jewelry or art. You can make your creations stand out with any 24 bags of epoxy powder in various colors. Whether you are making jewelry, homemade slimes, soaps or candles, or something else entirely, these powders will help you achieve a unique design. The epoxy is non-toxic and safe to work with for both adults and children.

For Fine Detail Try These Brushes

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The Artlicious Paint Brush Pack is an economical set of brushes for beginners to intermediate or advanced levels. Both sets include high-quality synthetic paint brushes perfect for acrylics, oils, watercolor paints, and gouache. They have been designed to be durable and long-lasting so that they won’t wear out quickly like other brands on the market. One reviewer said: “This is a great set of paintbrushes. I already used a couple of the brushes and could get my artwork with fine details. The picture above will show the variety. It is a good buy and my honest review.”

Economical Starter Pack of Brushes

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If you are looking for a great set of brushes to work with various painting mediums, look no further! This 50-brush set is perfect for acrylic, oil, watercolor, and gouache painting. The brushes are made with synthetic bristles that are durable and easy to clean. They come in various shapes and sizes so that you can find the perfect brush for every project. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, this value pack has everything you need!

Flourish With Foam Brushes

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These Foam Brush Packs are available in value packs of 20 or 24. These one-inch brushes are easy to use and work with most paints, varnishes, stains, polyurethanes, and chalks. Foam brushes are great with various arts and crafts projects, including painting, staining wood, and varnishing. They don’t, however, work with shellac or lacquer.

Golden Taklon Paint Brushes for Bigger Projects

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If you have been looking for a set of brushes that will do it all, then look no further than the Golden Taklon Paint Brush Set. This set includes six different brush sizes made from Taklon bristles, making them perfect for acrylic paint, watercolor paint, and oil paints. You can also use these brushes to apply varnish or sealant to furniture pieces for a professional finish.

Oval Shaped Palette for Masterpieces

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When creating your masterpiece, you need to ensure the proper paint palette. You don’t want it too small as you need enough space to mix colors. The Artlicious Oval Shaped Wooden Palette is oversized, allowing plenty of room to mix colors and create beautiful works of art. It is also made from wood, durable, and easy to clean.

Watercolor Starter Kit

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This watercolor paint set has everything you need to get kids started with painting in watercolors. The kit includes paints, brushes, and paper so they can start right away. Easy peasy.

Acrylic Starter Kit for Professionals and Beginners

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This acrylic paint set comes in sets of 12 or 60 so there is a set to suit all levels from beginner to professional. Each kit includes rich pigments that will last through years of wear and a wide variety of colors perfect for every project. So whether you are an art student or a professional artist, these sets are an excellent investment.

Portable Watercolor Palette

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This Watercolor Palette is a great buy for those attending art classes who need something compact to travel with or if you enjoy painting in the great outdoors. This set includes 48 colors and everything you need to start, including two blending brushes, a storage case, and 20 sheets of 200-gram paper.

Portable Art Desk Easel With Drawer

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This Beechwood Portable Art Desk is the perfect art easel that even has a drawer where you can store all your brushes, paints, and other painting gear. It has an easy-to-grip handle to pick up so you can paint indoors or out whenever you feel like it.

Value Pack of Canvas Boards

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These canvas panel packs are fantastic as you can select whichever package suits your needs. They have 4 x 4 to 12 x 6 packs in quantities from 12 up to 30, which is excellent if you are looking for great value packs of canvases to practice on. Canvas is suitable for all different types of paints. Whether you are painting with acrylic, oil, or watercolor, you take them out of the package, and they are ready to go.

Canvas Panels Ready to Paint Right Away

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If you are looking to unleash your inner artist, then check out these eight packs of Pre-Stretched Canvas! Pre-stretched canvases are made with high-quality materials have been triple primed in Gesso, creating a textured surface that works well with acrylic, oil, pencil, charcoal sketches, and pastels. Plus, at this price, you can’t go wrong!

Wood Panels Are a Great Alternative to Canvas

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Wood Panel Boards are a great alternative to painting on canvas especially if you are fond of creating with acrylics. One reviewer said: “I do a lot of work with resin and acrylics, and I’m always looking for new mediums to work with. For the price, it is worth, as our art stores charge twice as much; so I’m glad I found these online. Would highly recommend.”

Economical Packs of Different Sized Stretched Canvases

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These packs are great value if you want to buy stretched canvases for practicing or making multiple pieces. You will find the perfect size for any project as there are 11 sizes to choose from, between 4″ x 4″ to 12″ x 14″. And the packs contain anywhere from six to 48 canvases per pack. The price is right, so you can’t go wrong with these affordable canvases.

Watercolor Pad Perfect for Blending and Layering

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If you love to paint with watercolors, you need to use slightly rough-textured, high-quality thick paper to guarantee the best results. This Watercolor Pad is 9″x 12″ in size and contains 30 sheets of acid-free paper. This paper also works well with watercolor brush pens, calligraphy ink, and coloring pencils.

Put A Ring On It

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With this Craft Scrap Collector Ring, you won’t have to worry about sticky craft pile-ups or making a mess of your crafting table. Pick up your scraps through the slits of the silicone crown and drop them in the wastebasket—the vents on the tool work to collect your scraps off your tweezers. The sticky bits naturally fall into the wastebasket until you are ready to step away from your masterpiece.

Non-Stick Silicone Sheets for Crafts and Painting

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You want to keep your crafting table as clean as possible, but you don’t know-how. These Silicone Mats will transform any surface into an easy-to-clean workspace without damaging it like traditional materials might. Available in various sizes and shapes, they can be used for arts and crafts, cooking, baking, jewelry casting, painting, etc.

Self-Healing Cutting Mat for Sewing, Quilting & Crafts

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If you do a lot of crafts, then this self-healing cutting mat is essential. Cutting mats are not all created equal, and it can be hard to find one that will stand up to your needs. This Rotary Cutting Mat has features like a self-healing surface non-slip back, so when you move around your fabric while working, nothing goes slipping out of place!

Turn Memories Into Magnets

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If you have a lot of pictures that you want to hang about the place, then an option is to add them to these adhesive magnetic sheets. These are great for picture frames and hanging artwork and are flexible and work great for any size frame. If you are looking for a personalized gift idea, then this is the one.

Organize Your Embroidery Floss

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When you are working on a cross-stitch project, there is nothing more frustrating than having to search for the correct embroidery floss. That’s why it’s so important to have an embroidery floss organizer! This organizer comes with 17 compartments and 100 sturdy cardboard bobbins plus 640 floss number stickers. It’s perfect for keeping all your thread floss and needlecraft organized and untangled!

Endless Possibilities With This Fuse Bead Kit

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There are many benefits for children from taking up arts and crafts like beading. It increases their creativity and improves fine motor skills and visual perception skills, which is healthy for cognitive development and may help with math skills. This Fuse bead kit is not only tons of fun, but I love that it is also rewarding and educational for kids.

Wooden Star and Heart Cutouts for Crafting

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Create unique and creative pieces with these heart or star-shaped wooden cutouts. These unfinished wooden cutouts are one-inch plywood, which leaves you with endless possibilities for adding your finishing touch to them. With 125 pieces per package, this set will provide hours of creative entertainment.

Wooden Sticks Are Super Fun for Kids

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Wooden craft sticks are perfect for all sorts of fun activities. You can use them to create a variety of crafts, including mobiles, garlands, and much more! They come in different sizes so you will be able to find the one that best suits your needs. This package includes 200 wooden popsicle sticks, 4.5-inch standard size.

Create Memories With This Hand Casting Kit

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Discover the complete hand casting kit on the market! This DIY casting kit includes everything you need to create a mold of your hands, including paints and tools. Follow these 11 steps for an easy-to-follow tutorial for making your one-of-a-kind castings with this great set!

Essentials Sewing Kit for Crafts Beginners

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The sewing kit is a great way to get started in fabric crafts. The kit includes everything you need when working with fabrics – from sewing needles and scissors to thread and bias tape spools. This is a great economical kit if you are starting or looking for a new set of supplies.

Crochet is a Breeze With This Starter Pack

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If you want an economical starter kit to learn Crochet or pick it up again, this set has everything you need. BeCraftee has created a complete set of 12 ergonomic crochet hooks with an assortment of add-ons to make your life easier. These top-quality crochet hooks are made from polished aluminum and have comfortable handles that will not slip or scratch while providing a perfect grip for your hands!

So Many Uses for Tulle

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This beautiful tulle fabric is brilliant for arts and crafts or making costumes from Halloween or ballet. This set comes in three colors: red, green, and gold, making it the perfect setting for holiday festivities.

Color Bath Bombs or Soaps With This Dye Set

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This dye kit is perfect for making homemade soap supplies and bath bomb molds. Create your own bespoke lush bath products, playdoh, slime, eggshells, and tie-dye clothing. Use less color to create soft pastel shades, or add more dye for bright hues in your creations.

Shape Jewelry With This Bench Block Set

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I love making wire jewelry with little stones, but I find it quite tricky to shape it without a hammer and block. That was until I got myself one of these Mini Hammer and Rubber Bench Kits, as it is the perfect kit to start making your jewelry! You can also repair existing jewelry with this set. It’s brilliant.

Pack A Punch With This Mini Punch Set

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First of all, these mini punches are super cute and are specially designed to create embossed patterns with interior cutouts on cards, envelopes, scrapbook pages, and much more. The Mini Paper Punch Set has 58 individual designs so that you can create custom pieces with ease. With so many punches to choose from, the possibilities are endless. Whether you are a craft beginner or experienced, this cute set will come in handy!

The All-in-One 1,500 Piece Craft Set

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If you are looking for an economical choice, this 1,500 piece craft set is a great all-in-one set. This kit includes everything you need to craft from contains pom poms, felt, glitter, buttons, craft sticks, googly eyes, beads, sequins, feathers, and more. The possibilities are endless!

Blank Flip Books for Sketching

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With these 4.5″ x 2.5″ blank flipbooks, you can create your mini-movie for drawing animation. You can bring your sketches to life when you flip the pages from superheroes to explosions to creatures. These little pads are ideal for drawing, painting, sketching, and tracing with the aid of a lightbox. They are made of thick drawing paper that doesn’t bleed, so your artwork will look great.

Create a Bespoke Creation With Mesh Canvas

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This six-piece plastic mesh canvas kit is ideal for embroidery crafting, weaving in ends, and sewing up seams on your knit and crochet projects, needlepoint, or cross-stitch. It’s super easy to cut the plastic canvas to the size you need, and the kit includes six sheets with holes for large eye blunt needles in three sizes and a needle threader.