Art Supplies

These are all the supplies I use, love, and recommend for painting on denim jeans and jackets! The art supplies are organized by category to help you quickly find exactly what you’re looking for.

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Starter Kit Materials List

If you’re completely new to denim painting, or even painting in general, this starter kit of materials has everything you need to create your first painted denim masterpiece!

Get fabric medium and necessary tools, and choose between paint/brush sets or individual paint tubes and brushes.

Acrylic Paint

Best: Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Set of 12, 20 ml
Student-grade: Amsterdam Acrylic Set of 12, 20 ml

OR build your own palette

Individual Amsterdam Tubes, 120 ml
Individual Golden Acrylic Tubes, 120 ml

OR build your own brush set

Tools

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Paint For Denim

Amsterdam Acrylics is the brand I’ve used most often, but Golden Acrylics is the highest quality and best brand for painting on denim.

Paint Sets

Build Your Own Palette

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Fabric Medium

My Top Pick: GAC 900, 16oz

Fabric medium is a liquid that you add to your acrylic paint once you’ve mixed a color on the palette. Heat-setting fabric medium is what makes your painted denim wearable and washable!

More Sizes: GAC 900, 8oz | GAC 900, 32oz jar

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